Wang Xiao stages a concert at the China Conservatory of Music on July 4. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Wang Xiao, a ...

"I like music, but if someone would have told me that I would be content for 10 hours sitting in a lawn chair listening to ...

Back in the 1950s, four Los Angeles musicians were widely acclaimed as the finest performers of chamber music in America.

There are no shortages of Latin music events happening this summer in Greater Boston. Here are just a few of them.

As Germany devolved into chaos at the end of World War II, a rare violin from the famed shop of Italian luthier Antonio ...

The octobass is a huge stringed instrument that is twice the size of a double bass when standing, about 3.6 meters, and the strings cannot be pressed as they are, so the strings are pressed with a ...

But unlike traditional string instruments, they aren’t meant to be played by people. The sounds they produce depend on the wind’s force and direction.

Explores the physics of sound production through string instruments. It explains how the length and tension of strings affect pitch, demonstrating how shorter strings produce higher sounds and ...

Fullman’s Long String Instrument installation with JACK Quartet, 2 p.m. Saturday at WQED Studio A JACK Quartet, pianist Conor Hanick, Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, 8 p.m. at Bellefield Hall Auditorium ...

Sound of Battle Ground: Luthier says the climate is ideal for making world-class stringed instruments Mark Moreland's workshop is at the same latitude as Cremona, Italy, the home of Stradivari’s ...