Like it or not, we live in a time of anxious uncertainty. It is easy to think of earlier times as being calmer and less unsettled, and to conclude that the art of those times offers a tranquil refuge ...

The London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the diverse sounds on her new album Odyssey. It's her first time writing for and conducting strings. The ...

The music industry has a long and storied tradition of taking original hits and transforming them into something else entirely. Who can forget Pat Boone, who topped the pop charts with his ...

The Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast chamber music repertory, from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The Danish String Quartet returned to Carnegie Hall with its Doppelgänger project, pairing Schubert’s String Quintet and a premiere by ...

Back in the 1950s, four Los Angeles musicians were widely acclaimed as the finest performers of chamber music in America. They called themselves the Hollywood String Quartet, because they spent their ...