Kim Kashkashian, internationally recognized as a unique voice on the viola, was born of Armenian parents in Michigan. She studied the viola with Karen Tuttle and legendary violist Walter Trampler at ...

On ECM's superb and captivating Rothko Chapel an elite group of musicians interprets Morton Feldman's sublime title piece and several others by John Cage and, the father of western musical modernism, ...

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It should come as no surprise that Kim Kashkashian didn't begin musical life as a violist. Few violists do. They usually play violin before being seduced by the noble sound of the slightly larger and ...

Time now for your letters. Several of you left comments on our Web site about my colleague Robert Siegel's interview with violist Kim Kashkashian. The titled track on her new CD is "Neharot, Neharot," ...

In the hands of the master violist, this famous stretch of Bach’s music become body music, rooted in breath and wood and muscle. Save this story Save this story There are as many ways to play Bach ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 7:45 A few weeks ago, a new CD ...

Two new recordings present chamber music at its most intimate, as solo instruments stand in for the human voice. A third release offers a glimpse into an alternate sonic universe. "Asturiana" Kim ...

Popular (people’s) music and classical (art) music are usually thought of as two different planets, orbiting far apart — and bringing them together might seem like mixing oil and water. But more than ...