The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived pitch of string vibrato tones. The authors used recordings of acoustic instruments (cello and violin) to provide both vibrato stimulus tones ...

Italian composer, pianist and conductor Michele Esposito (1855-1929), nowdays best remembered through the Feis Ceoil's Esposito Cup, was a musical powerhouse in Dublin for more than four decades. This ...

One little trick and BAM, you’ve got yourself a brand-new string instrument. Violinist Esther Abrami has come up with a brilliant trick to make a violin sound like a cello: and literally all you have ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone ...

The evolution of the piano from the earliest four octave instruments to today’s 9-foot concert grands occurred over a period ...

PHOENIXVILLE — St. John’s Lutheran Church, 355 St. John’s Circle, will present Amoroso da Capo (father, son duo) who have been performing together for over 45 years in all kinds of venues … everything ...

Violinist Gaelynn Lea chose her musical craft over surgery which might have changed her life, but it is a decision she does not regret. She now tours America and Europe with her haunting electro-folk ...

A composer in Germany brought a dose of punk rebellion to the classical world last week, smashing a violin and a cello in protest at the merger between two local orchestras. Johannes Kreidler took the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dogs and cats at the Jacksonville Humane Society were recently serenaded by eight cello and two violin ...

Musicians are a competitive lot. Universal praise for a fellow artist is virtually unknown. But the cellist Emanuel Feuermann was unique. "A talent like Feuermann's comes around once in a hundred ...