Stringed instruments

Culture news

A mushroom guitar? Really? How to make music from mycelium

Rosewood out, mushroom spores in: Rachel Rosenkrantz is a guitar-maker who's integrated mycelium and other biomaterials to create more environmentally friendly, plastic-free instruments.

04/07/2023

Scenes

Meet the Spanish orchestra making sweet music with trash

In partnership with Media City

You realise how good it is to recycle by looking at those violins and how good they sound.

26/12/2022

Notes From The Usa

Discovering the Martin guitar at America’s 'most eclectic' music shop

In partnership with Brand USA

Join singer-songwriter Laetitia Shériff as she browses one of the world’s largest collection of vintage Martin guitars, at Vintage Instruments, a legendary Philadelphia music shop known for its extensive collections.

18/03/2019

Series

The Tar: Azerbaijan's musical heritage

Believed by some to be Azerbaijan's national instrument, the tar has been around for centuries.

05/09/2017

Cult

Italian violin-making tunes up for a revival

It is one of the most erotic of instruments, central to Western classical music, and its finest examples can be hundreds of years old and worth…

09/06/2016

Musica

The romance of chamber music in the heart of Provence

09/08/2012

Musica

The Silk Road Ensemble, where music links east and west

21/03/2012

Musica

Lisa Batiashvili - Queen of the Violin

08/02/2012