The iconography of Orpheus often shows him drawing a bow across the strings of a bulky fiddle, which he balances on his shoulder. What Apollo is supposed to have given to Orpheus was a lyre, which he ...

We’ll hear a thousand years of rich, deep music and history. The history of the viola. Garth Knox on the Medieval Fiddle (Dániel Vass / ECM Records) In the world of stringed instruments, the humble ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

A music lover with at least $45 million to fiddle around with can get their hands on the world’s most expensive instrument. Sotheby’s is hawking an incredibly rare viola, crafted in 1719 by the ...

Jordan Hall was packed on Monday night for the first mainstage concert of the Boston Early Music Festival, an evening of Mozart’s chamber music. The performers were all accomplished period instrument ...

By Isabell Macrina Hometown Weekly Staff Symphony music can be a gorgeous experience filled with instruments in harmony, but it can be overwhelming for people who are unfamiliar in that space.

Jennifer Stumm is known to the world as a viola player. But when she's talking about the instrument and its music she turns again and again to the character of its different voices. “I’m so inspired ...