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Cecilia Belcher, assistant principal second violin for the Minnesota Orchestra, gets the spotlight this weekend as she ...
Jack Pepper sits down with the two violin stars to celebrate the tenth anniversary of a unique hybrid festival that’s shaking ...
When violinist Alyssa Wang lost her father to liver cancer, she was at a loss for words. So, she turned to music. “After he passed away, I was looking for a musical way to express all of the grief, ...
It looks like the month of July will start on a high note for music enthusiasts in Chennai. Two doyens of Carnatic music, violin exponent L Subramaniam along with his son, Ambi Subramaniam, and ...
Ever had a friend tell you that the world’s smallest violin is playing when you whinge about something minor? Well now it actually might be.
Kass says he knows of no musical instrument that has sold for as much as $30 million. The highest price paid for a violin at auction was $15.9 million for the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius, in 2011.
Beginning nearly 15 years ago, the Curtis Institute’s Roberto Díaz has been performing on a 1690 viola from the workshop of Antonio Stradivari from time to time. It's valued at $30 million.
Arts Notes: Summer concert series, 3D-printed violin concert and Williamsburg Players Yorktown’s Sounds of Summer concert series takes place on Thursdays beginning May 22 at Riverwalk Landing in ...
Seeking to learn the origins of a violin built by a mastercraftsman with cheap materials, a repairman opens up the instrument to discover a note left by its creator imprisoned in Dachau ...
It’s hard to think of a better description of “The Violin Maker,” from International City Theatre, making its American debut at the Beverly O’Neill Theater in downtown Long Beach.
Kempa’s violin, built in 1941, remained unnoticed for decades. It wasn’t until art dealers in Hungary sent the instrument out for repairs - after having stored it for years among a set of ...