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Elias String Quartet Pursues Beethoven’s Complete String Quartets

London-based chamber music ensemble the Elias String Quartet began their multi-year endeavor of performing all of Beethoven’s string quartets in 2011, dubbing the undertaking ‘The Beethoven Project’.
By Philip Trapp

  • Frank Zappa Documentary From Alex Winter in the Pipeline

    Filmmaker Alex Winter has taken to Kickstarter to fund the definitive documentary on prodigious performer Frank Zappa. Granted unprecedented access to Zappa's archives, the director hopes to document the idiosyncratic icon for future generations.
    By Philip Trapp

  • Rufus Wainwright Releasing Album of Shakespeare's Sonnets

    Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright marks 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death this spring with an album of the Bard’s sonnets. Deutsche Grammophon releases the collection this April, which features a star-studded cast of guests like William Shatner, Florence Welch and Helena Bonham Carter.
    By Philip Trapp