Emerson String Quartet News

Feel that power. She takes the bumps so smoothly you hardly notice 'em. An expensive European car? No, the Emerson String Quartet, which gave a mesmerizing display of chamber music mastery Sunday afternoon at ...

In the classical world, chamber music is not the preferred career path for violists seeking the lavish, debauched lifestyle of baroque stardom: a steady job and not having to teach private lessons to talentless ...

This just in from the Music Festival press office: Listen on the Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio Network or online " Join Executive & Artistic Director Rob Gibson for the first season of Savannah Music ...

Played in Oregon Host: Christa Wessel What's Coming up next Week of August 25 Tune in to Played in Oregon this week to enjoy one of the best chamber ensembles performing today: the Emerson String Quartet.

Think of the performing arts in Tucson as a big, fat piA ata. Crack it open, and a wealth of goodies pours out.

It's a truism that great music can express more emotions than the human species has names for.

Last year Eugene Drucker fulfilled a long-held aspiration. Since his teenage years, Drucker - a violinist in the Emerson String Quartet - has wanted to write fiction, jotting down stories and plot ideas ...

It's a truism that great music can express more emotions than the human species has names for.

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein performs Saturday, July 5, with the Aspen Chamber Symphony and conductor David Robertson.

The Emerson String Quartet, with cellist David Finckel, second from right, plays two upcoming concerts at the Aspen Music Festival.

Rockport Chamber Music Festival In addition to running the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center together, David Finckel and his wife, the pianist Wu Han, perform as a compelling duo.

BACH "The Art of Fugue" Pierre-Laurent Aimard 3 { star BACH "Fugues" Emerson String Quartet 4 stars These two releases from the yellow label offer a complementary pair of discs exploring Johann Sebastian Bach's ...

Alice Tully Hall, the Lincoln Center venue that has been closed while undergoing a facelift, will reopen in grand style next year with a two-week festival featuring classical and new music and film. via Bloomberg Business News

The latest visit of the Emerson String Quartet reminded me that there's an Emerson I like and an Emerson I don't. It all depends on who's playing first violin. via Houston Chronicle

“Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus.”

A world premiere commission by composer-choreographer Meredith Monk and new works by composers Roberto Sierra, Paul Dresher and John Adams are among the highlights of the 2008-09 season of Stanford Lively Arts. via SFGate

Brahms, an intensely self-critical composer who destroyed many of his works before publication, described his Clarinet Trio in A minor and Clarinet Quintet in B minor as "twin pieces of foolishness." The many ... via New York Times

It's been 16 tough months since the Marines came to the Warners' door in Canton to tell them their son had been killed in fighting in Al Anbar Province. via WKSU-FM Kent

“They have both been around for over 30 years and are considered at the top of their field, both Grammy winners”

After a year that has featured groups from around the globe, the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society's 2008-09 season of 12 concerts is primarily a celebration of chamber ensembles from the United States, ... via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

To whet my appetite for the upcoming Chamber Music Monterey Bay program I went online to the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and, on my computer, watched and listened to a performance of Brahms' second ... via Monterey County Weekly

“We were looking for the widest range from the same culture”

When the Aspen Music Festival's Winter Music Artist Recital Series opens this week, it probably will suffice for most audience members to see that the performers are cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han. via The Aspen Times