Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins Flow, a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of centuries-old string instruments, the ...
The musician, who is constantly on the lookout for rare instruments during his travels, hopes to spotlight the Senia ...
The artifacts represent the earliest-known stringed instruments found in Southeast Asia. A reconstruction of the chordophone, crafted out of deer antler. Photo: Antiquity (2023). DOI: ...
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Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...
Nokuthula Ngwenyama's Flow is on a 13-city tour of performances by the celebrated Takács Quartet. What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression Abrasive, intense ...