Medieval scholastics loved the term nunc stans, the “eternal now”, which first occurs in The Consolation of Philosophy by the Roman Boethius. For the past six weeks of the Corona Lockdown, we could be ...

Siegmund Nissel, 86, a German-born violinist with the Amadeus String Quartet, a much-recorded and admired chamber group that played both sides of the Atlantic for four decades, died May 21 at his home ...

LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member of the world renowned Amadeus String Quartet, died in London on April 29 after contracting COVID-19. He was 93. The ...

The Cuban quartet makes its solo United States and New York debut with a program featuring music by Mozart, Brouwer and Cuban ...

For 40 years, the British cellist performed with the Amadeus Quartet – one of the leading chamber ensembles of the 20th century. British cellist Martin Lovett, best known as a member of the Amadeus ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The outpouring of recognition, condolence and grief that the death of Siegmund Nissel, second violinist of the ...

The violinist and leader of the Amadeus String Quartet Norbert Brainin, who has died of cancer aged 82, was a soloist who seldom played solo, a natural autocrat who loved an argument, and a Viennese ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major Op. 18 No. 6. Budapest String Quartet (Mono, 1952) Sony Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110. Borodin String Quartet ...

Sigi Nissel [right] and the other members of the 'Wolf Gang'; they always sat separately when travelling Credit: Photo: LEBRECHT COLLECTION Siegmund Nissel, who died on Wednesday aged 86, was the ...

Lovett was the youngest member of the Amadeus String Quartet, whose other players were all Jewish refugees from Austria. LONDON (JTA) — Martin Lovett, a British cellist and the last surviving member ...