At 24, Ray Ushikubo gets the rare honor of playing the Playfair violin made by one of the greatest violin makers of all time, Guarneri 'del Gesù,' in 1741.

Sgt. Mordechai Shenvald, 34, of Israel's Defense Forces (IDF), was one of the performers at a Jerusalem Theatre concert on July 7, 2024 — and played the "Theme from Schindler’s List" on the restored ...

Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...

We often marvel at prodigies who mastered the art of both violin and piano playing at a young age (e.g., German violin soloist and concert pianist Julia Fischer). Speaking from an ordinary person’s ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...