The dark, deep sound of a solo viola takes on the role of a pipe organ, in an immensely beautiful and striking performance. The dramatic opening flourishes of Bach’s D minor Toccata and Fugue are one ...

Victor Fournelle-Blain, principal violist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, joins us from his home in Montreal with the “Prelude” from J.S. Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 2” played on his 1703 Amati viola.

[As a 10-year old violin student, Antoine Tamestit 's initial encounter with Bach's suites for solo cello was "my first and most important musical emotion" and made him want to switch instrument.

The viola and the cello have the same tuning, an octave apart, but the transfer of one instrument’s music to the other is not without challenges. French violist Antoine Tamestit played both borrowed ...

Violist Sara Friedberg was surprised when she learned she had been selected as senior soloist for Cleveland Heights High School’s fall instrumental music department concert. A few days before her ...

Asked about the most famous 18th century viol virtuosi and most of us will think of French names…maybe Sainte-Colombe, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray… Johannes Schenck-a Dutch composer of German ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A 500-seat auditorium is hidden within the 1965-vintage corporate ...

A concert featuring the world-renowned violist Paul Coletti will be held at Interlake High School Wednesday, April 14. Both the Interlake High School orchestra and members of the Academy of Music ...

Every minute of every day, a musician is playing Bach’s music somewhere in the world. Clemency Burton-Hill charts the rituals of playing Bach around the globe, across a day. Show more It seems that ...