San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet occupies an interesting niche in classical music. All four are adept players, and make their instruments (some of which are more than 300 years old) sing. But they ...

The Chiaroscuro Quartet was founded in 2005 at London’s Royal College of Music by four young string players who shared a ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – She played the violin. He was a tool and die maker. To show his love for her, he built a string quartet. Two violins, a viola and a cello. Esther Fulton and Marvin Mock ...

The late Hubert Schwyzer, former UCSB professor of philosophy, beloved community member, and passionate musician, was given an incredible legacy when Westmont commissioned a string quartet in his ...

The Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh this weekend. Microtonal music, according to festival organizers, “expands the possibilities of sound by using tuning systems beyond, or in ...

“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...

Schubert’s sorrow-laden string quartet “Death and the Maiden” would be an unlikely candidate for any holiday playlist. Ditto the rest of Wednesday’s program by the Miró Quartet at the Library of ...

Senior Academic Advisor Christine Norquest recalled a conversation with her colleague Kate Torno regarding an English department advisee who happened to play the cello. When reminiscing on this ...