Concert violinist Stefan Jackiw performed last Thursday with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in England. It was the U.K. premiere of Gliere's Violin Concerto. AILSA CHANG, HOST: But all did not go ...
Who knew the venerable violin still had surprises in store for us, after nearly 500 years as one of the leading voices in music? An Australian master archetier, or bow-maker, has built a simple device ...
Watching Yasuoki Tanaka work is like stepping back in time. Surrounded by hand tools and little vials of resin-colored liquids in the workshop at his Columbia home, he combs out strands of thick, ...
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One of Britain’s last remaining violin makers fears the centuries-old craft might die out if young people don’t enter the ...
CHICO — While Bob Scoville was busy running his own insurance company in Marin County, he discovered what he really wanted to do. He had inherited from his father a violin, a family heirloom, and it ...
LOS ANGELES (CN) - The owner of two valuable violin bows claims an auctioneer sold his bows and kept the $240,000 from the sale. He claims the bows have "significantly increased in value" since the ...