In 1976, four young conservatory-trained musicians formed Emerson String Quartet (ESQ), taking their name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. This week, the ensemble played its ...

For more than three decades, the Marian Anderson String Quartet-- named after the extraordinary 20th century contralto Marian Anderson -- has been sharing their artistry and passion not just in ...

I heard a remarkable new piece of chamber music this past January. The work, the String Quartet no. 4 (1988) by the thirty-seven-year-old composer George Tsontakis, was performed in its world premiere ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL. - People listen to classical music for different reasons. Some might plug their ears with Bach to mute the distracting noise from adjoining cubicles or others just listen to it for ...

String Quartets – No 1 in G minor, Op 27; No 2 in F, CW146 Coupled with Schumann String Quartet No 1 in A minor, Op 41 No 1 Since Grieg owed much to Schumann, coupling their quartets seems a good idea ...

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This cool video produced by the New York Times tries to explain the mystery of how a string quartet communicates by transforming their movements into visual data. Every member plays a different and ...

An abundance of facial hair is not restricted to the sensitive male indie-rocker set. Three of the four players in the Danish String Quartet could easily pass for hipster Brooklyn beard farmers. "We ...

The Jupiter String Quartet, with Nelson Lee on violin, Meg Freivogel on violin, Liz Freivogel on viola and Daniel McDonogh on cello, gave a concert in Foellinger Great Hall on Nov. 10, containing two ...