Polemic rarely works in fiction, and that's for a very good reason: Fiction begets empathy, and polemic encourages attack. But in his debut thriller The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocumb employs ...

TwoSet perform in London in a sell-out, one night only concert Brett Yang and Eddy Chen met at after-school maths tutoring when they were growing up in Australia - now they are selling out ...

I met violinist Roksana Goplanska at the airport, and the unexpected encounter quickly turned into a spontaneous piano and violin collaboration. The expressive sound of her violin brought a completely ...

He plays to adoring audiences across the globe on a priceless musical instrument and has millions of followers on social media, but there's every chance you have never heard of violinist Ray Chen. He ...

With sparkly hula-hoops circling their waists, Brett Yang and Eddy Chen started their energetic rendition of the Bach Double Violin Concerto’s first movement. The piece is normally stoic and ...

The members of Black Violin want to change perceptions about who can play what kind of music. Wil Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin met as high school orchestra nerds. Today they play ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Feb. 18, 2021. Find that audio here. When violinist Kev Marcus and violist Wil B met on the first day of their high school orchestra class, they decided ...

Soloist Nicola Benedetti has added her voice to those speaking up for a genre now facing severe financial constraints There is no piece of classical music quite as sentimental about orchestras as ...

One of Britain’s most exciting musicians talks his passion for new music and why students are made to feel like fools by seasoned artists Helen Brown is a writer and broadcaster covering culture, ...

Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...