Musicians describe the thrill and pressure of performing on museum-grade instruments, whose real power lies as much in their ...

For years, Colin Maki and his associates — purveyors of some of the finest and rarest violins ever made — had been circling the Playfair, an ultra-rare model crafted by the famed luthier Guarneri "del ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Ushikubo holds the 1741 Guarneri "del Gesù" violin. At first, playing the Playfair violin took some getting used to, but now ...

Doctors wanted to ensure they didn't compromise parts of the brain necessary for playing the violin, so they asked their musician patient to play... As doctors in London performed surgery on Dagmar ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — You’ll find Selin Eskandarian playing at a romantic wedding or a rocking party. Her love affair with the violin began in childhood at just 11 years old. She was in the fifth, ...

ZIAO CHEN, 9, remains focused while practicing a challenging concert piece at Flathead Valley Community College Nov. 6, 2023. (Hilary Matheson/Daily Inter Lake) ZIAO CHEN, 9, rehearses with instructor ...

Although their numbers are few, women luthiers are making their mark and providing skilled work in Israel.

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 ...

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