After 47 years of captivating audiences, the Emerson String Quartet is set to conclude its run as the nation’s premier chamber music ensemble, marking a bittersweet moment in musical history. Their ...

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures. By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone A pillar of chamber music for nearly a half-century, the Emerson players bid ...

The great American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson played an integral role in the foundation of the philosophy of “American pragmatism.” This system tried to fuse American industry with ...

The Emerson String Quartet are [L-R] violinist Eugene Drucker, violinist Philip Setzer, violist Larry Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins. Photo by Lisa Mazzucco. Hailed as “the most impressive of ...

The 2016-17 season marks the Emerson String Quartet's 40th Anniversary -- a major milestone for this ground-breaking ensemble, named "America's greatest quartet" by TIME Magazine, which has earned its ...

The legendary Emerson String Quartet will play its final performance this afternoon at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet celebrate ...

From left: Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton, and Paul Watkins in Drucker’s kitchen. Photo: Stefan Ruiz From left: Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton, and Paul Watkins in ...

The Emerson String Quartet received two standing ovations Saturday evening, one as they entered Baird Auditorium at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, and another when they finished their ...

Emerson String Quartet performing in Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood in Lenox on Tuesday. (Photo by Hilary Scott, courtesy of Tanglewood) LENOX - When you go to see U2 or Taylor Swift, you expect them to ...

In 1976, some Juilliard students got together and created a string quartet — and the Emerson String Quartet was born. They came to the NPR Tiny Desk to play one of their final live performances. The ...

The Emerson String Quartet knows how to evoke the voices of composers past and present, leading the Times of London to observe, “With musicians like this there must be some hope for humanity.” And ...