Classical violinists turned YouTubers Brett Yang and Eddy Chen (aka TwoSet Violin) collaborated with the virtual platform Moment House to broadcast a world tour virtually on December 28. Image: ...
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 ...
In a way, Black Violin owes its existence to a golf game. Wil Baptiste, who cofounded and plays viola in the Grammy-nominated duo Black Violin, wanted to play the saxophone when he was in junior high.
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 ...
Challenging stereotypes and preconceived notions one note at a time. That’s what Black Violin’s classical rigor and adrenaline-charged hip-hop will do when the act returns to Playhouse Square for a ...
The cool breeze off the Potomac River convinced the crowds at this year’s D.C. Jazz Festival from June 9-18 to dance – even as the temperatures crossed 90 degrees – as soon as “Kev Marcus” Sylvester ...
CHESTER — The Tri-Cities is in for a special treat. The Grammy-nominated classical-meets-hip-hop duo Black Violin will play Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts and Education in Chester on Thursday, ...
The album concludes on a different note, with an homage to English composer Benjamin Britten. They recorded the album at Snape Maltings, a concert hall on the East Coast of England, where Britten ...
When friends Wilner Baptiste and Kevin Sylvester first tried to get attention for their unique mashup of classical music and hip-hop back in the early 2000s, club owners in south Florida didn’t quite ...
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