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 ...

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 ...

Based on a five-part video series for choreographed string quartet, this concert-length production merges experimental music, video and theater to create a sensory experience that considers our ...

For two decades, the Brentano String Quartet has been the grand finale of the Friends of Chamber Music of Reading series, and they rarely fail to attract a full house and they never disappoint. And ...

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 ...

Why it is hard even for some professionals to enjoy the masterpieces of Schoenberg more than 50 years after they were written is difficult to answer. Last evening in the Baltimore Museum of Art the ...