Ray Chen, a magnetic, crowd-pleasing phenom, will be appearing as soloist with one of the world’s great ensembles, the Royal ...

Stella Chen tells Richard Bratby about treating this quirky piece as chamber music How – if asked – would you sum up the Barber Violin Concerto in a single word? For me the word would have to be ‘song ...

The New Jersey Symphony performed its first concert series of 2026 this past weekend. The program featured an overture about ...

Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction Friday at Sotheby's in New York. The ...

After the general competition Friday, Jacobs students Arthur Wang, Rachel Yi, Hyejin Kim and Jose Hernandez made it to the finals. A jury of faculty members and a guest judge assessed the competitors: ...

A Milanese 1694 Giovanni Grancino violin was recovered after having been stolen from USC on April 2, authorities say. Detectives say the instrument appeared unharmed and the suspect was charged with ...

The Chicago Violin Competition (CVC) is now accepting entries for its 2026 event, welcoming violinists aged 7-28 to compete ...

In the medieval Italian city that gave the world the famed Stradivarius violin, Bill Whitaker finds artisans still at work trying to replicate the precious sound of the million-dollar instrument known ...

These pieces of music are all terrifyingly ambitious and virtuosic – and they might just make your fingers bleed. Here are the most difficult pieces ever written for the violin. Looking for some ...