Violin icon Pinchas Zukerman will perform with Tallahassee Symphony

Violin legend Pinchas Zukerman joins the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra for a rare performance of Elgar.

Learning violin thoroughly in Yokohama. What you can check in one-on-one lessons

When you start learning the violin, you may feel that "even though I am playing exactly as I was taught, for some reason the ...

30 Years of Walking with the Violin Part 1: Starting the Violin by Chance and Circumstance

What I want to convey on note" In that piece, I touched a little on the fact that I have been playing the violin since my ...

U.S. violinist Karisa Chiu wins prestigious Indianapolis competition

The world had its eyes on the Circle City on Oct. 3 as six finalists competed to win what has been called the "Olympics of ...
NPR

A Stradivarius violin could sell for a record sum at auction. Is it worth the hype?

This week, a violin made by famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. Sotheby's is estimating that a Stradivarius made in 1714 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Storied Stradivarius Violin Made in 1714 Just Sold for Over $11 Million at Auction

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s New England Conservatory (NEC) at a Sotheby’s auction. The music school ...
The Strad

Klosters Music Violin Summit launches inaugural violin making competition

An international forum for violin making, heritage and research opens its inaugural edition in August 2027, focusing on ...

I’ve been using a violin bow on my guitars for years. Here’s how to make it sound more “ethereal” and less “screeching cat”

Jimmy Page, Adrian Belew, Lee Ranaldo and Sigur Rós popularized the use of the violin bow on guitar, but there’s a knack to making it sound good ...

A small county plucks the strings of world’s violin market

Workers step up production to fill violin orders in Queshan county, Henan province, on June 25. XIA QINGHUA / CHINA NEWS SERVICE By WANG ZHUOQIONG When Gao Yanding decided to make his own violin, he ...
Xinhua

Henan's Queshan thrives in violin manufacturing and global exports

A staff member makes a violin at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County ...