The quartet communicated intimately and naturally in a programme of music by Shostakovich, Ravel and Stravinsky ...

This quartet combines a glorious selection of blonde beards and moustaches and eyelashes and floppy fringes with playing that ...

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This year’s String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam saw big names and rising stars play 113 works from Beethoven to Larcher, plus masterclasses, a DJ – and free biscuits. Can you have too much of a good ...

A few minutes into the pilot for Bridgerton, Netflix’s latest breakout series with all the lush trimmings of your classic Jane Austen adaptation, viewers with a discerning ear were given a treat: The ...

Belinda Niling Stohner was always told the concert hall was the best place for classical music. She didn’t believe it. Yes, you have the acoustic design, the heavy velvet curtains, the audience seated ...

What’s in a string quartet? The members of Enso tell all. Or…some. They tell a good deal, let’s say. The Enso String Quartet is Maureen Nelson (violin), Ken Hamao (violin), Richard Belcher (cello), ...

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 ...

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The Danish String Quartet is one of the most widely acclaimed chamber groups at the moment — although, in the interest of full disclosure, we should tell you that one member of the quartet is actually ...