One reason that Washington D.C., not otherwise the most fertile ground for culture, has long been one of the greatest chamber music towns in the world was the presence of not one, but two! famous and ...

Although their bellies are made from a 1,000 year old piece of wood, the two violins, a viola and cello made in Orange in central-west New South Wales are nearly brand new and have almost never been ...

Luthier, or strings instrument maker, Peter Reid of Orange in central west New South Wales, calls the special quartet instruments he has made his "family". The two violins, a viola and a cello are ...

Personally, I find this to be in very poor taste. They are showcasing and making money from the worst natural disaster in Japan’s recent history.

Grażyna Bacewicz treated violin and other string instruments with a special attention, a consequence of her violin studies under Józef Jarzębski in Warsaw and under André Touret and Karl Flesch in ...

Members of the Tokyo String Quartet say the four players in their group try to fit together as if they were a single instrument. So they do, in the best way. In their program Sunday afternoon for the ...

We have some big numbers here. Houston Friends of Chamber Music, which opens its 51st season tonight at Rice University's Stude Concert Hall, is hosting the 38th Houston appearance of the Tokyo String ...

Stradivarius instruments, especially Stradivarius violins, are known the world over for their exquisite beauty, unparalleled craftsmanship and extraordinary sound. Six of the rare instruments are ...