The individuality of voices that is a hallmark of the Jerusalem can partly be ascribed to its seating, with violins sitting across from one another, the cello next to the first violin and the viola ...

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- When a violin soloist performing a concerto with an orchestra breaks a string, it's traditional for the concertmaster to hand her instrument to the soloist so the performance ...

Bands formed in their members’ teen years rarely survive and thrive into their adulthood. Remarkably, one exception is the extraordinary Jerusalem Quartet, founded in 1995 by teenagers, which is ...

It’s hard being the new kid on the block, especially when the block is one of the world’s greatest string quartets. But for violist Ori Kam, joining Israel’s celebrated Jerusalem Quartet for its 2010 ...

Sometimes an encore tells you everything about a band. That's how it was in New Orleans on Wednesday, as the Jerusalem String Quartet closed a vibrant night of music making with the haunted slow ...

After a long absence — since early 2020 when the specter of pandemia intervened, forcing the cancellation of live performances worldwide — the Jerusalem Quartet performed at the Leo Rich Theater this ...

The Jerusalem Quartet made its Seattle debut Thursday night with a reputation as one of the more stellar groups to have emerged in the past couple of decades. It’s safe to say the quartet lived up to ...

Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 string quartets trace a creative path from youthful vigor to dread of death, tensely combining along the way pathos with caustic comedy, folk melodies with modern angularities ...

Dmitri Shostakovich gives us the carnival and the graveyard, the cabaret and the padded cell, often at the same time. Just as we sink into beauty, he tells a joke. Just as we start to chuckle, he ...

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The Jerusalem Quartet’s performance at Gates Concert Hall Monday night was tough to call. The all-male ensemble of 20-somethings – violinists Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler, violist Amihai ...