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 ...

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 announcement of Padma Awards has celebrated the artistic and cultural excellence of various artists, musicians, and performers including violin maestro L Subramaniam, who received the Padma ...

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 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 ...

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 ...