Legendary banjo player Béla Fleck and string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed Friday night at the Valley Performing Arts Center. Fleck is the recipient of 14 Grammy Awards and has been nominated in ...

Brooklyn Rider plays Friday, Nov. 16, at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall. Tickets are $10–$39, and the show begins at 8 p.m. If everyone’s making unique work, we can’t call it eclectic anymore, can we ...

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Violist Nicholas Cords said Brooklyn Rider turned 20 in 2025 and much of its programming has been devoted to celebrating this milestone. He said the group decided to go all in and try a lot of ...

The string quartet isn’t a thing of the past. In the years since Brooklyn Rider’s inception, the New York-based quartet has gained considerable attention for its high-voltage performances ranging from ...

When you hear the words “string quartet,” what images comes to mind? Stone-faced, tuxedo-clad, clean-shaven musicians, methodically performing the music of long-dead composers, perhaps? Meet Brooklyn ...

"All the members of Brooklyn Rider, back when we were in conservatory, listened to Martin Hayes all the time and went to his shows. It was a musical crush from afar. At some point we just realized: ...

Are you a string quartet with a passion for the unconventional? Do you want to convey this to your audience before you play a single note? For New York-based foursome Brooklyn Rider, it all starts ...