The author at age 11 playing her violin. From Judy bolton-fasman. At the beginning of my violin studies, ... and I automatically fingered Vivaldi’s Concerto in A Minor on the graceful ebony neck.

Ultimately, that’s what playing the violin is all about. Even if it was only ever meant to be a hobby for you, that’s an eminently worthy purpose to fulfill.

The art and craft of violin making. He scrapes it, gouges it, and sands it. He bends it, carves it, and colors it. Above all, he listens to it. (Violins playing) At 43, Zygmuntowicz is a leading ...

I started playing violin in 2008. I was 56 years old. My wife and I were on a weekend trip to New York. We had just seen some downtown theater and were making our way back to our hotel. On a ...

For Turner, the thought of losing the ability to play her instrument of choice was “heart-breaking.” “The violin is my passion; I’ve been playing since I was 10 years old,” she says .

However, a Kansas City class allows adults to learn how to play the violin with an added component made clear in its name. Drunken Fiddles is a no-pressure and relaxed environment, says Laurel ...

Benjamin Sung has been playing the violin almost all his life. Sung is a performer as the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra concertmaster and first-chair violinist and a teacher at North Dakota ...