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'Up' by a string quartet

The ‘Up’ theme tune, but it’s played by a string quartet

Viola player uses instrument to disrupt criminal activity

Music student plays the viola to stop drug dealers

Cello hair problems

16 string player confessions that will make you say ‘same’

Viola player Marie-Jeanne

‘It’s embarrassing and unfair,’ says violist made to carry instrument on her lap during a Ryanair flight

Classical music Autocomplete

Classical music... according to Google Autocomplete

Alexey Shor, composer

‘I wish people wrote more tuneful music’ - composer Alexey Shor

string instruments quiz

How well do you know your string instruments?

Lifestyle

Viola fail

Try not to jump out of your seat at this hilarious viola fail

viola security damage

‘I don’t care’: reported response of airport security guard who damaged 300-year-old instrument

Students design brace to help 9-year-old with cere

9 year old with cerebral palsy can now play viola thanks to some impressive engineering

T Rex playing Jurassic Park

Here’s the Jurassic Park theme on a viola… played by a T-Rex

The running viola

This absolute maverick is running a marathon dressed as a VIOLA. AGAIN.

Borusan Quartet CD cover - Company

‘I see them more than my wife’: the Borusan Quartet’s warning to young musicians

musician every day tips

10 extremely simple things musicians can do every day to make life a little easier

Max Baillie

This viola player has perfectly hacked the biggest problem for all travelling musicians

Jacqueline du Pré iconic pictures

Are these the ten best string players ever?

viola joke

The 12 funniest viola jokes

Viola tennis racket

Viola tennis racket is 'the ultimate viola joke'