Brett Dean was a viola player in the Berlin Philharmonic before leaving the orchestra in 2000 to concentrate on his parallel career as a composer. But he has continued to appear as a soloist, and the ...

Vivaldi wrote hundreds of concertos, nearly all of them for relatively conventional instruments. But his eight works for the viola d’amore — the plangent, full-bodied stringed instrument that is ...

This fine new release from the young violist David Aaron Carpenter (who returns to San Francisco for a solo recital in January) offers more than just performances of two of the great string concertos ...

Journey through a magnetic sonic experience with powerhouse viola player Nadia Sirota on May 1 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The classical music maven is known for championing new composers, and is ...

The latest addition to the viola repertoire will be unveiled in South Florida Wednesday at the University of Miami’s Gusman Hall, when the viola virtuoso Roberto Díaz performs a new concerto by ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook New York-based composer Nico Muhly is one of the most talked-about artists working in the ...

Let’s not beat about the bush: it takes something to make Elgar’s Cello Concerto work on the viola, to make it convincing even in those moments where a transposition up into the viola’s higher ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Google “viola joke” and you’ll be rewarded with thousands, an afternoon’s worth of hilarity at the expense of one of the most expressive sound producing machines ever conjured up. Here’s a popular ...