Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone ...

Today’s Video of the Day showcases Matt Haimovitz on five-string cello piccolo and Christopher O’Riley on clavichord, as they perform Adagio from Bach’s Trio Sonata No.5 in C major.

Hans Koch (reeds, electronics), Martin Schuetz (electric 5-string cello, electronics) and Fredy Studer (drums, percussion) come out of an area of the music in which the parameters are defined as much ...

The fourth Qwela Junction paid tribute to five string instruments; the adungu, kadingidi,viola, violin and the cello. The result... an audience that begged for more. It was a choice between the Moses ...