So many jokes have been written about the viola that it really should be pitied. Without a look of its own (the viola resembles an overweight violin), without its own sound quality (it shares ...

Krzysztof Penderecki's Viola Concerto was commissioned in 1983 by the government of Venezuela to mark the bicentenary of birth of Simon Bolivar, the South American hero of the struggle for ...

Later this month, violist Lawrence Power will perform the Scottish premiere of Anders Hillborg’s Viola Concerto with the SCO. He tells Ken Walton how the Fab Four ended up in the mix Did you know with ...

New York-based composer Nico Muhly is one of the most talked-about artists working in the contemporary music scene today, and certainly the most talked-about composer of his generation. At 34, he’s ...

Journey through a magnetic sonic experience with powerhouse viola player Nadia Sirota on May 1 at the Esplanade Concert Hall. The classical music maven is known for championing new composers, and is ...

Operatically speaking, Manon is the girl who walks on stage a schoolgirl virgin heading for a nunnery and, within minutes, has hooked a lover, tasted money and thrown away her chastity belt. "I quite ...

This insane viola concerto requires its soloist to literally start screaming halfway through a movement. Jörg Widmann, a German conductor, clarinettist and quite frankly one of the most intriguing ...

The National Symphony Orchestra had to split time between soloists this weekend, with Alisa Weilerstein yielding to violist David Aaron Carpenter on Friday night so that he and the orchestra could ...