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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.