Black Violin is making classical music cool again. The duo from Fort Lauderdale fuse classical music with hip-hop sounds to create an energizing new genre, often described as "classical boom," that's ...

The members of Black Violin want to change perceptions about who can play what kind of music. Wil Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin met as high school orchestra nerds. Today they play ...

On Thursday and Friday evening at Baker-Baum Concert Hall, the La Jolla Music Society presented violinist Midori in the six Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach.

The unique style of Black Violin’s music is created from a mix of hip hop and classical music described as “classical boom.” Some artists may say their influences are Mozart and Bach, but Kevin ...