Why This Violinist Is Giving Away 100 Violins
By Sara Schabas on March 18, 2024
Ray Chen will give away 100 Kennedy violins to whoever accumulates the most practice hours on his App, Tonic.
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By Sara Schabas on March 18, 2024
Ray Chen will give away 100 Kennedy violins to whoever accumulates the most practice hours on his App, Tonic.
(Continue reading)By Ludwig Van on January 15, 2024
The violinist Hilary Hahn is the recipient of the $100,000 USD Avery Fisher Prize.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on October 16, 2023
A new report from the Berlin Centre for Musicians’ Medicine surveying over 900 violinists revealed some surprising new findings.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on September 5, 2023
The Israeli violinist Maya Meron, who has played with the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony and Barenboim’s West-Divan Symphony, is experiencing long-term nerve damage.
(Continue reading)By Sara Schabas on August 14, 2023
The international violin competition Premio Paganini celebrates its 70th anniversary by 3D printing a copy of Paganini’s “Cannone” violin.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on June 19, 2023
A 16-year-old violinist, will be playing with a symphony for the first time, thanks to a stranger's generous bequest in his will.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on May 29, 2023
The Empress Caterina, a violin crafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1708 during his so-called Golden Period, is coming up for auction on June 8, 2023.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on April 10, 2023
In 2012, a 5,000-year-old Bog Oak discovered in Norfolk, UK, inspired Philip Taylor to create a one-of-a-kind violin.
(Continue reading)By Anya Wassenberg on March 20, 2023
More than 950,000 violins are crafted yearly in the small Chinese city of Huangqiao Town.
(Continue reading)By Michael Vincent on February 27, 2023
The holy grail of violins: Performer David Fulmer plays an excerpt of Mozart’s Violin Sonata in C K296 on Mozart's personal violin.
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