Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

In the arts world, the only thing more surprising than a gift of $1 million may be a gift of $1 million with some of that money earmarked for the purchase of a violin. The ProMusica Chamber Orchestra ...

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In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is ...

As the largest section of the orchestra, sitting front and centre of the stage performing memorable melodies, it’s easy for violinists to steal the limelight. Ask any violinist why there are so many ...

For the third year in a row, a children’s violin orchestra performed in the High Tatras. Twenty eight young violinists from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine attended a workshop and then ...

Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...

What’s the difference between a viola and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. Those damn viola jokes! Though usually good-natured and funny, they nonetheless belittle a ...

From the Christmas concert at the Sala Paolo VI in the Vatican to a performance in Osaka, representing Italian culture and ...