Native Instruments has announced the Cremona Quartet Ensemble virtual instrument, which they say makes it easier than ever to create beautiful and cohesive string arrangements. Here's the details in ...

The largest string instrument ensemble consists of 1,021 players, at an event organised by the Hong Kong String Orchestra (Hong Kong) at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong, China, on 5 May 2018. The ...

What It Means to Write a Quartet After Beethoven There is something about a string quartet that resembles human conversation.

e-instruments has released Pure Strings, which they describe as a new app that places a full palette of professional-grade string sounds directly into the hands of iOS users. A spokesperson told us, ...

Senior Academic Advisor Christine Norquest recalled a conversation with her colleague Kate Torno regarding an English department advisee who happened to play the cello. When reminiscing on this ...

San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet occupies an interesting niche in classical music. All four are adept players, and make their instruments (some of which are more than 300 years old) sing. But they ...

Novak named the four movements, played without a break, after devices found in science fiction and portrayed each brilliantly in sound. The quartet of Anna Presler and guest artist Chase Spruill on ...

Schubert’s sorrow-laden string quartet “Death and the Maiden” would be an unlikely candidate for any holiday playlist. Ditto the rest of Wednesday’s program by the Miró Quartet at the Library of ...