She escaped to the United States with few possessions, but one — her grandfather’s violin — would shape the course of her life. Eva Black would go on to become an accomplished classical ...

The first Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw on the centennial birth of its patron. Its main conceptor was the volinist’s nephew Adam Wieniawski, while the ...

Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

This week, the Oberlin Conservatory is among the first organizations to fill the early January classical music void — with ...

JTA’s Berlin correspondent managed to get in touch with descendants of the former owner of a valuable musical instrument now in the possession of a German foundation. With all the recent news in ...

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, now celebrating its Tenth Quadrennial, is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. Known around the world as, simply, The Indianapolis ...

Musical duo Black Violin will perform at the Au-Rene Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The group, which features Kev Marcus playing the violin and Wil B on the viola ...

Although B²TSM had been featured as an occasional comedic feature on their YouTube, seemingly meant to poke fun at K-pop culture and BLACKPINK fans, TwoSet Violin decided to give their final goodbyes ...

A violin made by a soldier killed in battle during World War One has been played at his grave on the eve of the 100th anniversary of his death. Richard Howard, who died on 7 June 1917 in the ...