Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined ...

Ray Ushikubo holds the 1741 Guarneri "del Gesù" violin. At first, playing the Playfair violin took some getting used to, but now the musician and instrument feel as one. For years, Colin Maki and his ...

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 ...

A violin, long thought lost to history, resurfaced in an auction hall in Cirencester, England, on October 8, 2025. The 131-year-old instrument, bearing the name “Lina,” once belonged to Albert ...

Irene Ridgway had grown up hearing about her grandfather, a famous violin maker named Nicolas Heinz. As she got older, she began searching for more information. Last June, her search took her to the ...

A violinist with 2.3 million TikTok followers performs a dazzling 15-second arrangement of Paganini's Caprice No. 24, earning thousands of likes and comments praising their "incredible talent." Yet ...

What would a violin sound like in the Stone Age? In the Renaissance? In a neon-lit cyberpunk future? 🎯 This is the evolution of the violin — told through music, style, and sound, from primitive ...

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Arkansas has announced the following classes: Feb. 24: The Byzantine Empire: Its History and Influence Today -- The Byzantine Empire, or the ...

A Stradivarius violin, which is known as the Hellier and was made by the legendary Antonio Stradivari in the late 17th century, is up for auction in New York. Watch: Australia players mock India's ...

Black Violin, the duo raised on a mix of Mozart and hip-hop modernity, have been remixing and reimagining music history for two decades. The creative partnership of violinist Kev Marcus and viola ...