The exceptional intimacy required of a classical string quartet requires hard work and the right chemistry between four sensitive musicians before it can bear fruitful results. Happily, this is the ...

Despite being feted with two Grammy Awards for best classical crossover album, the members of the 30-year-old Turtle Island String Quartet (TIQ) initially dreaded the label “crossover.” Even as they ...

When the Calidore String Quartet took to the stage of St. Francis Auditorium last Sunday, in a recital presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica, the second violinist announced that there would be a small ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

National Public Radio’s classical music blog, Deceptive Cadence, has bestowed upon Seattle Symphony the No. 8 spot on its list of “Our 10 Favorite Classical Albums of 2015.” The honored album, ...

The next Fretworks program this Saturday evening will feature music with an American theme for the Memorial Day weekend, as well as music of J. S. Bach, and a guitar concerto by Ferdinando Carulli.

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 ...

Boston has always had a disproportionate share of extraordinary musicians and chamber ensembles for a city its size. So when The Boston Globe, on the occasion of the Boston Trio’s 1997 Tanglewood ...

The Virginia Symphony will be making regular appearances on the Peninsula starting this fall, and tonight it’s giving us a free sample. The free, city-sponsored outdoor concert at Town Center in ...