From village festivals to concert halls, the chitarra battente mixes rhythm, tradition, and modern flair in southern Italy’s ...

Sir Roger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was a leading figure in the period-instrument movement and a vigorous and often controversial champion of musical authenticity.

When developing new strings for orchestral string instruments, personal contact and intellectual exchange with musicians play a very important role, said Pirastro. In this case, it even helped them ...

Do you like music? If so, you are probably like a fish in water answering the new Buzzwords in Cookie Jam. All of them are about various instruments and similar topics. Now, let’s answer one of them – ...

Opening in March 2024, the special exhibition “High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments” will explore the form, function and development of keyboard instruments from early ...

Wye Valley Music’s next concert will be a unique opportunity to hear period instruments played as they should, given by the Consone Quartet,. Formed at the Royal College of Music in London, the ...

Similarly, there were many inventors who attempted to marry electricity with musical instruments from the 18th century onward, some with better success than others. The question is: what makes an ...

Hildur Gudnadottir Created a Custom-Built Instrument Dubbed a ‘String Prison’ for ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ ...

Keyboard innovation has continuously expanded throughout the world, throughout time. Opening in March 2024, the special exhibition “High Strung: Five Centuries of Stringed Keyboard Instruments” will ...

We have a ton of excellent early music in Seattle. Learn how digging into music’s ancient past can expand our understanding of its present and future.

Early stringed instruments like the vielle used gut strings, made of fibers of animal intestines, rather than the steel strings used today.