Delaware's Calidore unlock origin story of their golden instruments

When you're in a world-class chamber group like The Calidore String Quartet in Delaware, each instrument carries a colorful ...
Iowa Public Radio

Violins from the Holocaust are being played at concerts across Iowa this spring

Violins of Hope, a project built around a private collection of over 70 restored instruments connected to Jewish musicians ...
Santa Barbara Independent

New Instruments for a New Quartet at Westmont

The late Hubert Schwyzer, former UCSB professor of philosophy, beloved community member, and passionate musician, was given an incredible legacy when Westmont commissioned a string quartet in his ...
Wane

Handcrafted string quartet will once again be played, thanks to Sweetwater

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – She played the violin. He was a tool and die maker. To show his love for her, he built a string quartet. Two violins, a viola and a cello. Esther Fulton and Marvin Mock ...
The Washington Post

The Miró Quartet takes up legendary instruments to honor the ghosts of chamber music past

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 ...
Seattle Times

Pacific Harmony String Quartet reinterprets Chinese folk music on Western instruments

“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...