At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he ...

We’re in an era now where some guitars have been made for hundreds of years, like Stradivarius violins. "They become incredibly valuable because they’re old and they’re collectable and rich ...

Today more than at any other time in human history we learn about the world around us through pictures and videos rather than books and stories of people who travelled the worlds and were there to ...

The result was truly wondrous music flawlessly performed. Ehnes plays the “Marsick” Stradivarius violin of 1715. He performs in concert halls around the world, including at Carnegie Hall, with the ...

Another chapter was added yesterday to the history of the Stradivarius violin stolen from Prof. Jean J. Botts in March, 1895. Victor Flechter, who is now under suspended sentence on a charge of ...

But little about the inaugural final of the Classic Violin Olympus could be described as usual. Over six nights at the end of April, twelve violinists from a wide range of backgrounds and ages ...

Known for its violin makers, Cremona is launching an academy for strings. Violin maker Daniele Tonarelli is one of more than 150 luthiers based in Cremona. Although the COVID-19 pandemic hit this ...