A violin is a work of art on its own, before anyone makes music with the instrument. In fact the amount of craft that goes ...

"Hors Concours" in the International Competitions of the Violin Society of America. (barred from competing since 1982 by virtue of acknowledged excellence) "Hors Concours" in the AFVBM instrument ...

January 31, 2025, 6:28 PM · Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps ...

The concert was about to begin last Saturday, and I looked across the stage at my colleague <a href=" Voloshina, sitting ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

It’s commonplace for an orchestra’s Concertmaster to perform as a featured soloist. Much less typical is when a second ...

January 27, 2025, 2:42 PM · Congratulations to the laureates in the 28th Annual Sphinx Competition! The competition started on Jan. 22 and concluded on Saturday with finalists performing with Sphinx ...