In “The Uncanny Muse,” David Hajdu offers a lively survey of centuries of machines that have served as instruments of ...

The art of lutherie, or the making of stringed instruments, is a beautiful blend of craftsmanship and musicality. This ...

instrument choice, professional influences and more, often with a performance by the artist as part of a collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Musical Instruments.

In his gothic-surrealistic works, the artist casts his characters not as autonomous artistic agents but as acquiescent, adaptable instruments ...

The 38-year-old musician, also known as Vee Mhofu, is a renowned Mbira performer. The instrument, preserved for more than a thousand years by the Shona people, who make up the majority of Zimbabwe's ...

The Museum's music collections contain more than 5,000 instruments of American and European heritage. These include a quartet of 18th-century Stradivari stringed instruments, Tito Puente's autographed ...

The artists and composers Raven Chacon and Guillermo Galindo will debut the final movement in their collaborative performance ...