Catalan viol virtuoso Jordi Savall and his various ensembles — Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya — have such an extensive repertoire, from the 10th century to the ...

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 ...

Google “viola joke” and you’ll be rewarded with thousands, an afternoon’s worth of hilarity at the expense of one of the most expressive sound producing machines ever conjured up. Here’s a popular ...

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 ...

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For music lovers, every era has its charms. But there’s something about the 100 years spanning the 1580s to the 1680s that has a particular zing for fans of chamber music. Designed for smaller spaces ...

LONDON — Late on a recent midweek morning, the viol player Liam Byrne was wandering through the Charterhouse, an Elizabethan mansion in central London. The place was hushed; spring sunlight glinted on ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...