in which the 30-year-old violinist said highly flattering things about Elgar’s music, and wished he would write something for violin. Elgar eventually got down to composing the concerto in ...

Listening to music can be a very inspirational and moving experience. One of the instruments that evoke these emotions is the ...

A Stradivarius violin that sold for $11.3 million, just shy of the $15.9 million record, will benefit a Boston music ...

The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a ...

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

Having recorded 26 albums, he has more than earned the rare title of classical music superstar. Born on 9th December 1967 and raised in Indiana, Joshua received his first violin at age four, after his ...

Compared to the mature classical music scene in Europe and the United ... Her parents enrolled her and her siblings in piano and violin lessons as extracurricular activities.

It could set the record for the most expensive musical instrument ever sold under the hammer if it tops the $15,875,800 paid for the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius violin in London in 2011, according to ...