Music: Big Four

The high, delicate, exacting art of chamber music has no finer practitioners today than the Budapest String Quartet. Last week, deep in one of their busiest seasons, the Quartet was in ...
The Aspen Times

Emerson String Quartet returns to Aspen one final time in its last tour after 47 years together

Emerson String Quartet returns to perform its last on the same stage they inaugurated in 1993: Harris Concert Hall. The New York City-based quartet formed in 1976 and since then has released more than ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

A Musical Exploration of Citizenship and Democracy

Brooklyn Rider explores aspects of citizenship and democracy in string quartets by Haydn, Beethoven, and four contemporary ...
WFAE

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Updated January 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM ET Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins "Flow," a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of ...
Arizona PBS

Music for Small Forces – Re-Air!

These days, the string quartet as an ensemble is a tried and true form of chamber music, but it’s only within the past three ...
The Harvard Crimson

The Lydian String Quartet and ‘Time's Echo Live’: An Interweaving of Narratives, Memories, and Shostakovich’s Music

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 ...