The Skaneateles String Quartet is making a much-anticipated return to Aurora later this month, bringing a program of classical favorites to the Morgan Opera House. The concert takes place Sunday, ...

Silesian Quartet - Witold Szalonek. Witold Szalonek: "1+1+1+1 per 1-4 strumenti ad arco" (versions for violin and cello and for the string quartet), "Symphony of Rituals" for string quartet. Silesian ...

With a running time of just over two hours, Morton Feldman's 1985 composition "Violin and String Quartet" is one of his longer ones, even though it falls far short of such pieces as 1984's "For Philip ...

Who knew the venerable violin still had surprises in store for us, after nearly 500 years as one of the leading voices in music? An Australian master archetier, or bow-maker, has built a simple device ...

The term "to play second fiddle" is commonly taken to indicate inferiority. There was certainly nothing inferior in the playing of Siegmund Nissel, who was second violin in the Amadeus Quartet, the ...

Janevic and Long's path to that Lollapalooza stage began at age 17, when they met at Interlochen Arts Camp in northern ...

The Armenian violin school is more than just a tradition. It is the breath of time, a voice that resonates through ...

A movie about one member of a famous New York City string quartet feeling inferior and making a power play doesn’t, on its face, sound enthralling. Sprinkle in some Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the ...

These musicians came together in 1978 as students of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. The quartet's members perfected their skills during master classes lead by the members of ...

Guitarist John Stowell does not hesitate when it comes to taking on unconventional projects. 2021 saw him teaming with vocalist Dan Dean on Rain Painting (Origin Records)—an album of featuring an ...

Venice is an iconic landmark—a city built atop a body of water whose long history and stunning views have inspired great works of art over the centuries. It is also, as of last weekend, the only place ...

The trademark gondolas of Venice's Grand Canal played second fiddle this weekend to a very unusual vessel: A giant violin carrying a live string quartet. "Noah's Violin" is the most recent creation of ...