The story that caught my attention was that the dolls were not made by a toy company, but were produced by a Soviet gunpowder manufacturer. The Tambov Gunpowder Plant was producing more gunpowder than ...

When you're in a world-class chamber group like The Calidore String Quartet in Delaware, each instrument carries a colorful story.

A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition this weekend.

The Jupiter String Quartet seemed to enter a private world together while performing on Thursday, telling stories as if possessed.

Click to open image viewer. The Molo is a three-stringed lute (a lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening ...

Charlie Leftridge and the Carnegie Art Center go together like paint and brushes, so it won’t be shocking to see his work incorporated into Saturday’s Live at the ...

Antranig Kzirian, an accomplished oud performer, attorney, educator and lifelong community activist, delivered an illuminating lecture at the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community Center on Armenian ...

During Women’s History Month, the D.C.-based String Queens reflect on their journey as Black women in music, blending genres, teaching future musicians, honoring their predecessors, and performing for ...

David Tudor was born in West Philly in 1926 and, at least for a musical prodigy, his career started out conventionally enough. He began studying the piano at age 6 before switching his focus to the ...

Li Hao, who is devoted to making the ruan, a traditional instrument, works in his studio in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo provided to China Daily] When Li Hao went through a book ...