Since Black History is celebrated during the shortest month of the year, it’s laudable that the Spokane String Quartet is tipping its cap early with a tribute to a Black musical pioneer. Florence ...

FOR DECADES string-quartet recitals conjured an image of men in tailcoats demurely playing staid classical works in a concert hall. But the Kronos Quartet took to the stage in San Francisco on June ...

String quartets are among the hardiest and most adaptable of musical organisms. As mobile as rock bands, in some ways even more so, they can appear, do their thing, and slip away into the night. Small ...

After 47 years of captivating audiences, the Emerson String Quartet is set to conclude its run as the nation’s premier chamber music ensemble, marking a bittersweet moment in musical history. Their ...

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated ...

On the evening of March 29, the Slosberg Recital Hall at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. was filled with reflection, resonance and remembrance. The occasion was “Time’s Echo Live,” a live ...

In 1976, some Juilliard students got together and created a string quartet — and the Emerson String Quartet was born. They came to the NPR Tiny Desk to play one of their final live performances. The ...

Tucson officially became a footnote in the storied career of the Florida-based Amernet String Quartet. On Sunday afternoon, before a full house at the University of Arizona-area Grace St. Paul’s ...

LENOX — Out of one of the darkest eras in human history, the Holocaust, rose some powerful musical performances and compositions that both captivate and haunt today's audiences. "As a composer, I love ...