The viola is in nature an undersized pansy. In art it is an oversized violin with a tubby, whiskey-contralto voice. Except for low-moaning the inner voices of symphonies and string quartets, it is not ...

"I've never felt lonely playing viola, under any circumstance, whether it's on my own, as part of a chamber group, as a ...

Adam Eccleston: Hello from All Classical Radio. I am Adam Eccleston, guest hosting for WQXR. Today I have a wonderful program of music that features the violin and the viola. We'll highlight both ...

Violist Basil Vendryes will be the guest in an exciting afternoon of music as he joins William David in “An Afternoon of British Viola Music.” The program features music by Rebecca Clarke, Ralph ...

Nora Taksdal plays the viola and is the principal violist of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra Nora Taksdal plays the viola – the slightly larger sibling of the violin – and is the principal violist of ...

This month, University of Arizona viola professor Molly Gebrian published a database of pieces for viola created by underrepresented composers. The database contains over 1,100 composers and ...

So, there you are, filming your latest music video, made up as a vampire floating around Mandy Moore’s swimming pool in Los Angeles. It’s a long way from a Stoughton teenager cutting his musical teeth ...

Faculty and students from Western's Don Wright Faculty of Music recently attended and performed at the 50th International Viola Congress in Paris.

At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he says, is just how much the hunk of maple and spruce clutched beneath his ...

Last evening's program by a fine violist, Paul Doktor, and a muddy pianist, Yaltah Menuhin (fille), offered Brahma, Debussy, and Kabalevsky, all for the price of Hindemith. Hindemith's Sonata No. 1 ...

Vivian Van de Sype Cucu, Viola – Finalist in the 2025 Bolz Young Artist Competition. Vivian Van de Sype Cucu is a senior at University School of Milwaukee. She studies viola with Davis King and is a ...