A violin solo gives us four strings; a duet, eight. A full quartet has 16, but what ensemble has 22? Any group playing Luigi Boccerini's Quintet for guitar and string quartet. That's the music we hear ...

Until 2013 Seckou Keita was best-known for workmanlike albums with his UK-based kora quartet. But a delightful collaboration with the Welsh harpist Catrin Finch propelled him into the big league, and ...

String theory began over 50 years ago as a way to understand the strong nuclear force. Since then, it’s grown to become a theory of everything, capable of explaining the nature of every particle, ...

String theory might be the theory of everything… or a flawed framework for theoretical physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Steven Reineke will lead the strings-only concert with Houston Symphony. Credit: Photo by Bertuzzi Photography It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got those strings. Houston Symphony will present ...