The upcoming concert of Russian violin maestro Vladimir Spivakov on September 8 is exciting news for Shanghai's classical music lovers. "We've heard their heavenly music through records many times," ...

Each summer, Music@Menlo offers a deep immersion into a different facet of the chamber music repertoire. For its 14th season, the South Bay festival founded and directed by cellist David Finckel and ...

Russian violin virtuoso Ilya Gringolts will make his highly-anticipated debut with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) next month, in a dazzling program of Vivaldi, Paganini and Bartók. A former ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This violin was made in ...

It’s not unusual to encounter a violin soloist who also conducts the orchestra, particularly in the Baroque repertoire. It’s considerably more unusual, however, to hear a countertenor who sings and ...

What does it mean for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, itself forged of so much suffering, to be playing Russian music as Ukraine burns? The Jewish state’s self-described “preeminent cultural ...

Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...