Over the past 18 years, FourPlay String Quartet have redefined notions of what a string quartet can play. A handful of albums have seen them bring rock'n'roll dynamics and a multitude of influences ...
This summer the Videri String Quartet launched a competition, Quarantets, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their separation from each other as performers. The competition solicited string ...
Matthew Jocelyn and Brett Dean’s 2021 song cycle based on the Scottish Queen’s letters was perfectly partnered with Dean’s new arrangement of Schumann, and Janáček’s second string quartet Mary Queen ...
Classical crossover Vitamin String Quartet, whose pop covers are featured on Netflix original series "Bridgerton," will tour to Akron's E.J. Thomas Hall Oct. 24. One of the hottest pop ...
"David Laurence has spent a lot of time in front of the rewind button," says first violinist Antoine Silverman following a set of superbly executed vintage jazz by Laurence’s Speakeasy String Quartet.
The Hampton String Quartet are known for their inventive arrangements of classic rock tunes, like "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin. But on their latest CD they offer new takes on old holiday ...
A trombone, with a string quartet, playing arrangements of American standards? It sounds rather unorthodox indeed, yet this is exactly what Spanish trombonist Víctor Correa proposes with Strong Bone. ...
When you’re a kid, playing in the high school orchestra and feeling disconnected from the popular zeitgeist means any music that incorporates classical instruments is something to be celebrated. And ...
A popular string quartet returns to the main stage of Meetinghouse Arts this Friday with a few fresh surprises.
Festival of the Arts Boca is nearly two months away, but organizers are celebrating early this weekend with a prefestival concert from the Israeli Chamber Project, an eclectic corps of classical ...
The time is long since past, if it ever existed, when you'd get any argument about the artistic merits of the work of composers like George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. Still, it's striking and ...