An act of generosity by an Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra patron has inspired an Oak Forest family to pay it forward.
Musicians describe the thrill and pressure of performing on museum-grade instruments, whose real power lies as much in their ...
The violin has been called the ‘da Vinci’ for some time, but is called ‘da Vinci, Ex-Seidel’ since Toscha Seidel parted ways with it. Credit: Courtesy Tarisio If you have ever heard The Wizard of Oz’s ...
Take a closer look at the well-known sound effects that the violin can create and find out how musicians achieve them. The ...
A platinum fiddle that's just 35 microns in length and 13 microns in width is believed to be the world's smallest violin, measuring just a fraction of a tardigrade or the diameter of an average human ...
But at 84, she became curious to know if she would still be able to play, so bought a violin and picked it up again straight ...
The violin was used to play Nearer My God To Thee as the ship went down in the blockbuster film A violin played by the bandleader of the Titanic as it sank in the Hollywood film is expected to fetch ...
It was prized, stolen and disguised — after helping its owner and Albert Einstein spirit dozens of musicians out of Hitler’s Germany. No wonder Joshua Bell cherishes the 300-year-old Stradivarius ...
A man has been charged after allegedly stealing an antique violin worth £150,000 from a North London pub while its ...
British police are asking for assistance in identifying the suspect in the theft of a 285-year-old violin, which was snatched while a musician was in a pub. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London ...