TOKYOTOKYO — A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at a London auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief. The nonprofit Nippon Foundation said ...

"tourist on a trip"? Immigration authorities should have another look. Pretty common for people to perform on tourist visas, if not paid in that country. Special events and concerts in Japan are full ...

A week in Japan and an appearance before the Japanese royal family — not bad for a 13- year-old from Tolland! But then, Letitia Nyirjesyis no ordinary 13-year-old. She’s an accomplished violinist who ...

All proceeds from the huge sale in London will go to help victims of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. An anonymous bidder at the Tarisio auction house paid 9,808,000 pounds ($15,006,000) ...

""The highest auction price for a violin is another Stradivarius that sold in 2011 for around $16 million at a London auction, according to Tarisio. The instrument was listed by Nippon Music ...

One of the world's best preserved Stradivarius violins — a rare and valuable instrument that dates back to 1721 — is being auctioned off to raise funds for Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. The ...

A Japanese scientist said he has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that -- in the right hands -- they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny strands can be wound together to ...

A legendary music teacher behind a world-renowned method has been accused of being a fraud and lying about befriending Albert Einstein. Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the Suzuki method which has been ...

Violinist Midori Goto was only 14 when, in 1986, she played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the late maestro Leonard Bernstein at the annual Summer Festival at Tanglewood in ...

In 2008, Nippon Music paid more than $10 million for a 1721 violin built by Antonio Stradivari in a private sale. The instrument, named "Lady Blunt" for an early owner, the English aristocrat -- and ...