The late Hubert Schwyzer, former UCSB professor of philosophy, beloved community member, and passionate musician, was given an incredible legacy when Westmont commissioned a string quartet in his ...
The Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet puts the "class" in this episode of Classical Classroom. We discuss where string quartets come from, why the instruments in a quartet go together so well, what ...
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 ...
Brooklyn Rider explores aspects of citizenship and democracy in string quartets by Haydn, Beethoven, and four contemporary ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – She played the violin. He was a tool and die maker. To show his love for her, he built a string quartet. Two violins, a viola and a cello. Esther Fulton and Marvin Mock ...
Quick — name a jazz string quartet. Classical string quartets are easy enough, thanks to such well-known names as the Juilliard String Quartet, the Emerson String Quartet and the Guarnieri String ...
“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...
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), ...