The album Grażyna Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets recorded by the Silesian String Quartet wins the Gramophone Classical Music Award in the Chamber Music category. The Silesian String Quartet’s ...
When you hear the term “chamber music,” think “string quartets” because most chamber music series consist of about 80 percent string quartet concerts. That might explain why there are so many fine ...
Was the famous Hungarian composer the forefather of bands like Rush and Yes? The Chiara String Quartet breaks it down. The celebrated classical music composer Béla Bartók was really into folk music. I ...
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), ...
Classical crossovers have taken Hollywood by storm. One of the musical entities leading the charge is Vitamin String Quartet, which returns to Northeast Ohio for a show on Oct. 24 at EJ Thomas Hall in ...
Quartet Davis joined host Jennifer Hambrick live on Classical 101's Facebook page for a performance and interview. Think you know what a string quartet sounds like? Quartet Davis might have you ...
The Vitamin String Quartet is bringing their unique crossover music to Spokane. The group may consist of four expert string musicians, but their style brings a rock attitude to the classical ...
On September 4, Death of Classical, purveyors of fine musical experiences, presented the Ariel Quartet performing Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 in the catacombs of ...
Add the Escher String Quartet to that list. On the BIS label, they are evidently working towards a cycle of their own, which would be the first on Super Audio CDs. Charles Downey, writing in the ...
Is the Bay Area really the center of classical music disruption, the region’s favorite term? Last week offered some reasons to think so. There was the news that the San Francisco Symphony had made Esa ...
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 ...