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Chesapeake Music is thrilled to welcome the illustrious Juilliard String Quartet during the second week of its June Chamber ...
While the famous Russian violinist’s immaculate playing didn’t touch the heart, the Royal Philharmonic rose to the challenge sumptuously ...
Performances by Jeri Katherine Howell and Ben Sollee are on tap for opening night of the Downtown Frankfort Summer Concert ...
Every musical instrument has a unique story, each with a distinct personality. Some, centuries old, have been passed down numerous times, from one generation of musicians to the next. Here are the ...
The String Project is a flagship program that provides affordable, carefully-structured lessons in violin and cello for children in the 4th through 10th grades, taught by the dedicated and talented ...
Amanda Paul, Gaetana's strings ... old Jacob Thoma violin, a gift from her grandparents. Her parents, Gina Pasquale and Christopher Martin, surprised her with the acceptance letter just after ...
With or without her bow and arrow, Anne-Sophie Mutter is no diva, despite being hailed as the “undisputed queen of violin playing ... not only guides these string musicians, she also often ...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted ...
Her fascination with the violin strings began when she heard her mother, Krishnaveni, playing the instrument. “She loves music and the violin. When I was a toddler, Amma used to make me listen ...
Two Chinese composers, Chen Gang (born in 1935) and He Zhanhao (born in 1933), collaborated on writing “Butterfly Lovers” violin concerto ... the American Prize in String Performance in ...
To the editor: The meeting of Nathaniel Ayers and Steve Lopez is one of my all-time favorite L.A. stories (“20 years and counting: How a chance encounter with a street musician led to a lasting ...