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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This collection of rarely heard late-19th-century Russian chamber music is anything but orthodox. Borodin's 1860 String Sextet No. 2 in D minor is incomplete – only the first two movements survive.

At 81, Valentin Berlinsky, cellist of the famed Borodin Quartet, is a remarkable musician. I wish the concert had been equally remarkable. Here's my review of Monday's concert. Let's be clear: Cellist ...

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 ...

These works of Beethoven’s final years attain such a rarefied atmosphere of harmonic daring and structural density that most composers who followed him were at a loss to know what to make of them. It ...

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 ...

The Borodin is one of the most recognized quartets in the exclusive chamber music international scene. The ensemble was brought together in 1945 by four students of the Moscow Conservatory, including ...

WITH a reputation that precedes them, it was unsurprising the Borodin Quartet filled Sage Gateshead’s Hall Two to its top tier when they dropped in as part of their 70th anniversary world tour. Formed ...