Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Artists who take up contemporary music sometimes have to sing and play at the same time. The results can be extraordinarily powerful. By Jeffrey Arlo ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Historical response to the cello endpin, which anchors the instrument to the floor, has alternated between acceptance and pushback. By Max Keller ...
The Boston chamber orchestra A Far Cry is trying out a novel performance concept the weekend of Jan. 9 called "Amplified." The innovative group of Grammy-nominated musicians wants to reach new ...
The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.