In the video after the break, you can check out the paper mache and plastic violin being played. It’s not much for the eyes or ears, but everyone had fun, and the team completed the proof of ...

and that Joachim played that violin during the concerto’s 1879 premiere, according to Sotheby’s. Ma acquired the violin in 1969 and his estate gifted it to the New England Conservatory in ...

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

The instrument, which was invented by Hungarian musician Daniel Vaczi, takes inspiration from instruments such as the violin ...

An Italian adventure read by Fenella Woolgar. Helena Attlee first heard Lev’s violin played at a small music festival in Wales. The music being played was Klezmer, Jewish music from Eastern Europe.

Nicola talks about natural ability versus practice and describes what it feels like to have an orchestra play two feet behind ... rehearsing Sibelius’s ‘Violin Concerto’.