Four string players and a funeral: such a shorthand summary of perhaps the most stressful event in the extraordinary 70-year history of the Borodin Quartet tells only half the story. One of the ...

Freedom of expression is enjoyed by many, but it is cherished by those who have lived without it. In his early 30s, a leading musical voice was reprimanded by his heads of state for his disapproved ...

Borodin Quartet (from left) Vladimir Balshin, Sergei Lomovsky, Igor Naidin and Ruben Aharonian. Quartet’s performance at CMNZ’s final concert music to appreciative ears It was a privilege to be at the ...

The Borodin Quartet is remarkable for its longevity, still operating 72 years after it was founded under the name Moscow Philharmonic Quartet. It must be the longest-playing chamber ensemble currently ...

In 2010 the Borodin Quartet gave concerts by candlelight on what was to be one of the most memorable Musica Viva Australia tours of the past few decades. Musica Viva Australia and the Borodin Quartet ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sometimes it's hard to shake the notoriety of your past. Especially when that past involves playing at Stalin's funeral at the Kremlin.

Several of Vancouver’s classical music organizations are exploring the trend toward focused miniseries. (I shy away from the term “binge-listening,” but it’s certainly expressive enough). In the next ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Next year Musica Viva and the renowned Borodin Quartet share a 70th anniversary. For Musica Viva the past years have been a time of ...

String quartets come and go fairly quickly. Orchestras endure for centuries, but 40 years is a good run for a quartet. But no other quartet can quite match the record of the Borodin Quartet, which is ...

Valentin Berlinsky, for six decades the cellist of the Borodin Quartet, one of the most renowned string quartets in the world and by all accounts the longest continuously playing one, died on Dec. 15 ...