The Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet puts the "class" in this episode of Classical Classroom. We discuss where string quartets come from, why the instruments in a quartet go together so well, what ...

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The Vitamin String Quartet is bringing their unique crossover music to Spokane. The group may consist of four expert string musicians, but their style brings a rock attitude to the classical ...

“It’s meant to be chanting with percussion.” Doing that with string instruments is challenging, he said, requiring extended techniques to tap the beats while playing at the same time. The quartet will ...

It might be instructive to note the exact name of the ensemble that will inaugurate the 2016 portion of Music at Noon: The Logan Series at Penn State Behrend. It's the Sirius Quartet, not the Sirius ...

The Danish String Quartet is one of the most widely acclaimed chamber groups at the moment — although, in the interest of full disclosure, we should tell you that one member of the quartet is actually ...

The first thought that comes to mind when one thinks of a string quartet is probably more Beethoven and less Billie Eilish, but Vitamin String Quartet has been changing the paradigm when it comes to ...

Is the Bay Area really the center of classical music disruption, the region’s favorite term? Last week offered some reasons to think so. There was the news that the San Francisco Symphony had made Esa ...

What’s in a string quartet? The members of Enso tell all. Or…some. They tell a good deal, let’s say. The Enso String Quartet is Maureen Nelson (violin), Ken Hamao (violin), Richard Belcher (cello), ...