Some valuable things are chucked out on the road of progress. Although they faded from general use in the Baroque, the once-popular viola da gamba and always-obscure viola d'amore make sounds that ...

The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst announce that Wesley Collins will join the Orchestra as principal viola beginning with the start of the 2016-17 Severance Hall season, with ...

In 1919, Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata tied for first place in a major competition—but when the judges saw her name, they couldn’t believe a woman had written something so bold and powerful. Some even ...

‘The English Debussy’ is well served by pianist Simon Callaghan, while upcoming star violist Bak excels in works ranging from Britten to Bright Sheng Favouring velvet suits, yoga and incense, the ...

All British viola players of the last 100 years and more owe a huge debt to Lionel Tertis. Born in 1876 (on the same day as the great cellist Pablo Casals), Tertis became a champion of what at the ...

Viola has historically been picked on as the underdog of the orchestra but Peyton plays it proudly. Viola has historically been picked on as the underdog of the orchestra, but Peyton Crony wants to ...

I’m a recent convert to Bach keyboard music played on harpsichord, having recently immersed myself in the Erato box set containing Zuzana Růžičková’s Bach recordings made in the 1970s. Her preferred ...

It's never too late to fulfill a pending dream, and that is exactly what Shekhar Tanjorkar has done. 25 years after his father Janardhan Tanjorkar came up with the concept for a seven-string viola ...