A record-breaking Stradivarius has sold for $23 million (£17.8 million), the highest sum ever paid for a violin. The 1715 ...

The instrument, known as the “Joachim-Ma” Stradivarius, is named for two of its most famous owners, violinists Joseph Joachim of Hungary and Si-Hon Ma of China. When Ma died in 2009 ...

There is only one Stradivarius violin in Poland, a rare example that survived the turmoil of the Second World War and returned to Polish hands. Now, Janusz Wawrowski, a violinist and professor at ...