If you were acquainted with Cave through his nihilism in the years of The Birthday Party or with the '90s version of the Bad ...

Mozart was, of course, a prodigy, playing the keyboard at age 3 and composing starting at age 5. He didn’t pick up the violin, however, until he was 6, studying with his father Leopold, an excellent ...

My new album, Fantasies, recorded with pianist Richard Fu, is the culmination of my years-long fascination with the wonderful ...

Sarasota Orchestra’s final Discoveries concert features the ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ sections of Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons.’ ...

Our featured artist today is violinist Gabriel Mari Domagas, who is part of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra's (PPO) nine-city tour of the UK from May 13 to 24, under the baton of PPO's Music ...

Katie Gavin is the kind of performer whose dynamism knows no bounds. Whether she's performing with her pop band MUNA or solo, ...

The inaugural Classic Violin Olympus International Competition recently ended  in Dubai, UAE. The final round is available to watch on The Violin Channel. Haik Kazazyan, […] ...

The Maui Classical Music Festival is returning to Maui with concerts planned in Makawao, Makena, Hana and Wailuku between May ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed for decades.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under ...

“About 60 years before (Borodin’s creation), Italian violinist Niccolo Paganini premiered his finger-breaking First Violin Concerto ... Asia and the Middle East. He made his solo orchestral debut at ...