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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...