Bartók composed these 44 violin duets in the early 1930s as a teaching tool – the music gets harder and more dissonant as the collection goes along. They also reveal his love of folk music from ...

The BBC SSO took Bartók's 44 Duos for 2 Violins on tour to schools around Scotland. As well as his orchestral scores Bartók wrote a lot of music especially for young people and students learning ...

Violinist Chee-Yun and harpist Yolanda Kondonassis had admired each other's playing long before they actually met. When they did get to know each other, they decided to try out some duets for violin ...

Banjo wizard Béla Fleck has crafted a fascinating career from infiltration. He's embedded his instrument in musical zones from jazz to classical to West African music. Now he's written himself a ...