I've always wanted to go to Cremona, Italy - birthplace of the great violin maker Antonio Stradivarius (1644-1737). It's a ...

I started violin lessons and piano lessons at the age of 5. When I left home for college in 1983, I kept up with piano as a staff accompanist in the Music Department at Hope College, and as a jazz ...

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After much media hype and hope about a Golden-Period Stradivari violin poised to break the world record to become the most ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

The concert was about to begin last Saturday, and I looked across the stage at my colleague <a href=" Voloshina, sitting ...

Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

Which violin strings are the best? There are no one-size-fits-all answers. Each violin reacts differently to different brands of strings. One type of string may sound amazing on one instruments but ...

Traditionally, bows have been made with wood - more specifically, the best ones tend to be make with a rare Brazilian wood ...

Congratulations to conductor <a href=" Dudamel, the <a href=" Angeles Philharmonic, the <a href=" Angeles Master Chorale and ...

The concepts illustrated in this short paper have been expressed by fine teachers for many years. However, many players still struggle with incorrect posture and a lack of ease of playing. By ...

Happy Black History Month! Of course, we do not wish to limit our celebration to just February on Violinist.com, so over the ...