The Chiaroscuro Quartet was founded in 2005 at London’s Royal College of Music by four young string players who shared a ...

On Friday, July 25, 2025, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Miró Quartet will release its newest album, Ginastera String Quartets, on PENTATONE. Celebrating 30 years as an ensemble in 2025, the ...

Coronavirus has given me the opportunity to catch up—to write about exhibitions, performances, books, that I had meant to address but that slipped by until Coronavirus got in the way. I feel like ...

The period-instrument quartet’s recording of Beethoven’s Ops 74 and 130 offers many rewards Though there’s no shortage of recordings of the Beethoven quartets, versions by groups taking an ...

Beethoven's three "Razumovsky" string quartets left both their first performers and the public shocked and suspicious. The violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh, whose quartet premiered the Opus 59 works, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When a major musical anniversary is looming, it is a good idea to get in early. Next year marks the 50th ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Most composers – and most listeners – see the string quartet as a civilised conversation. Not Carter (1908-2012). In ...

Ralph Fiennes delivers an animated performance of the T.S. Eliot works, but the film doesn’t quite succeed in bringing the stage into the cinema. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss TS Eliot's Four Quartets, written just before and during World War II as meditations on humanity's relationship with time. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss ...