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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Based on a five-part video series for choreographed string quartet, this ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The group, famed for its rich vitality, easy power and a vast repertory that it recorded prolifically and toured tirelessly, is saying farewell. By ...

The Opus 76 Quartet made its Carnegie Hall Debut with the program "Beethoven In His Own Words." Once a lacking part of Kansas City's classical music community, string quartets are filling up venues ...

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 ...

The JACK Quartet of New York City has been championing string quartet music of the 20th and 21st centuries since its founding in 2005. "There’s just so many great string quartets that perform the ...

A good string quartet needs a well-matched set of fine musicians willing to think and argue and work out their ideas about composers and compositions. Its members need the time to spend in rehearsing, ...

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 ...