Are you familiar with Black Violin? They are an two classically trained musicians -- Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste - who perform as a hip hop duo. Today's Beautiful Music is one of their ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Feb. 18, 2021. Find that audio here. When violinist Kev Marcus and violist Wil B met on the first day of their high school orchestra class, they decided ...

Kevin Marcus and Wil Baptiste of Black Violin want to shatter classical music stereotypes. “We play violins but we don’t look like violinists and we always just try to lean into that. The reason we’ve ...

With sparkly hula-hoops circling their waists, Brett Yang and Eddy Chen started their energetic rendition of the Bach Double Violin Concerto’s first movement. The piece is normally stoic and ...

The members of Black Violin want to change perceptions about who can play what kind of music. Wil Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin met as high school orchestra nerds. Today they play ...

Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...

The Christmas countdown is on. To help you through the silly season we're adding a daily dose of classical music bliss to this hand-chosen playlist. Hear sublime music featuring Australian performers ...

Saulo Dantas-Barreto is a renowned violin maker who crafts and repairs instruments for string players the world over. But what’s extra-remarkable is how this creator also swaps a luthier’s chisel for ...