When priceless older violins were pitted against modern ones in an experiment at the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the results hit a sour note for some. Do a 300th birthday ...

After spending two and half hours playing around on the different instruments, six out of the ten musicians chose one of the modern violins for the hypothetical tour—and only three picked a ...

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A visit with a contemporary violin-maker, and a look at "Epic Abstraction" at the Met. Randall Griffey, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, takes a fresh look at ...

Submitted by Sue Agnew St. Philip's Director Of Communications St. Philip's Friends of Music presents "Musical Collage: Music for Baroque and Modern Violin 2/3" featuring Laura and Toru Tagawa, at 7 p ...

The violins of 18th Century craftsman Antonio Stradivari are legendary. The most perfect violins ever made. They’re so perfect, in fact, that renowned violin soloists not only can’t tell the ...

A good violin depends not only on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. The Swiss wood researcher Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze (Empa, Swiss ...

Music lovers and musicians gathered at the Metzler Violin Shop on Sunday to listen to the sound of more than 40 modern Italian violins during the Tenth Annual Traveling Cremona Exhibition and Sale.

Four years ago, 45 violins, all born in 2001 and later, were lined up like uniformed schoolchildren. With bodies and fingerboards wiped clean, their beauty glowed through varying shades of mocha, red ...