Adam Eccleston: Hello from All Classical Radio. I am Adam Eccleston, guest hosting for WQXR. Today I have a wonderful program of music that features the violin and the viola. We'll highlight both ...

Garth Knox was born to play the viola. As a youngster, he already had two sisters who played violin and a brother who played cello. "So for the family string quartet," Knox says, "it was very clear ...

Nora Taksdal plays the viola and is the principal violist of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra Nora Taksdal plays the viola – the slightly larger sibling of the violin – and is the principal violist of ...

Last evening's program by a fine violist, Paul Doktor, and a muddy pianist, Yaltah Menuhin (fille), offered Brahma, Debussy, and Kabalevsky, all for the price of Hindemith. Hindemith's Sonata No. 1 ...

This month, University of Arizona viola professor Molly Gebrian published a database of pieces for viola created by underrepresented composers. The database contains over 1,100 composers and ...

At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he says, is just how much the hunk of maple and spruce clutched beneath his ...

Vivian Van de Sype Cucu, Viola – Finalist in the 2025 Bolz Young Artist Competition. Vivian Van de Sype Cucu is a senior at University School of Milwaukee. She studies viola with Davis King and is a ...

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Boston Symphony Orchestra violist Mary Ferrillo is always searching the internet for viola repertoire that gives her instrument — which isn't in the spotlight often — a chance to shine. “Usually the ...

Violist Basil Vendryes will be the guest in an exciting afternoon of music as he joins William David in “An Afternoon of British Viola Music.” The program features music by Rebecca Clarke, Ralph ...