The Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet puts the "class" in this episode of Classical Classroom. We discuss where string quartets come from, why the instruments in a quartet go together so well, what ...

In 2016, Computer Science Professor Harry Mairson received a Provost Research grant to to work on his software for classical stringed instrument design. In the very early morning, we were off to ...

An artisan plays a sitar, a string instrument for Indian classical music, at a instrument store in Kolkata, India, on Feb. 11, 2020. Many string instruments in Indian classical music feature portions ...

It is believed that the sacred syllable ‘om’ gave birth to kantha sangeet or vocal music in India. Vadya sangeet or instrumental music, which came later, began with plucking of a bow’s string to ...

What’s in a string quartet? The members of Enso tell all. Or…some. They tell a good deal, let’s say. The Enso String Quartet is Maureen Nelson (violin), Ken Hamao (violin), Richard Belcher (cello), ...