PBS

Black Violin wants to break your classical music stereotypes

The members of Black Violin want to change perceptions about who can play what kind of music. Wil Baptiste on viola and Kev Marcus on violin met as high school orchestra nerds. Today they play ...

Nemanja Radulović: Prokofiev album review – thrills and spills from a fearless violin virtuoso

Radulović brings irresistible swagger to selections from Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella, while a more restrained duet fosters a fine sense of dialogue ...
NPR

'The Violin Conspiracy' shows what it can be like to play classical music while Black

Brendan Slocumb remembers that moment that classical music just clicked for him. BRENDAN SLOCUMB: The first piece of classical music that I heard was Mozart's "Symphony No. 40." (SOUNDBITE OF ...
The Grio

Meet Black Violin, the brothas combining hip hop and classical as string mixologists

Two Black violinists continue to take the world by storm with their fusion of classical music and hip hop performed as the duo Black Violin. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shared a profile of Kev ...
WOSU Public Media

Violin Concerto By Wynton Marsalis Blends Jazz And Classical Music

Wynton Marsalis' rare musical versatility has long been a beacon in the worlds of jazz and classical music. Now the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer brings those ...
BBC

TwoSet Violin: Where classical music and social media collide

TwoSet perform in London in a sell-out, one night only concert Brett Yang and Eddy Chen met at after-school maths tutoring when they were growing up in Australia - now they are selling out ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Black Violin blends hip-hop and classical instrumentation

Any music act with a unique sound — such as Black Violin’s fusion of classical music and hip-hop — is bound to sound familiar from album to album. But violinist Kev Marcus has no problem seeing a ...
The Harvard Crimson

TwoSet Violin Review: A Comedic, Innovative Intervention for Classical Music

On the evening of Sept. 26, crowds of people gathered in Symphony Hall in anticipation of the sold-out Boston leg of the TwoSet Violin World Tour 2023/24. TwoSet Violin — a hilarious Australian comedy ...
WBUR

Florida Duo 'Black Violin' Meshes Hip-Hop And Classical Music

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Feb. 18, 2021. Find that audio here. When violinist Kev Marcus and violist Wil B met on the first day of their high school orchestra class, they decided ...
NBC Los Angeles

Chicago violin player adds cultural flare to a classical instrument

When we think of someone playing the violin, you might think of classical music or maybe you imagine a soft ballad playing as a bride walks down the aisle. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...
BBC

TwoSet Violin: Where classical music and social media collide

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen met at after-school maths tutoring when they were growing up in Australia - now they are selling out international concert venues on their second world tour. TwoSet Violin, as ...