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 ...

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 ...

The Marian Anderson String Quartet is unlike other chamber ensembles in some key ways. It’s named after a brilliant singer who became an iconic figure in the civil rights movement. Besides musical ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cameras were rolling long before the Emerson String Quartet played a note behind the Tiny Desk. A documentary film crew followed the band into our lobby and kept rolling tape as the players ...

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 ...