Galamian defines collé as "a short, precise stroke that starts from a prepared, controlled state at the beginning of the ...

New York Times: "Francesconi makes superhuman demands on the violin: stratospheric arpeggios, bow-bursting weight against the ...

Stradivarius can cost anywhere between $8 and $20 million! Today, there are about 500 Stradivarius instruments floating ...

Mozart is the great test of musicians—of violinists, pianists, singers, and conductors. Mozart is what separates the men from ...

The fragrance of varnish and curing wood drifts by as you enter Side Door Strings, transporting you to an era when objects and the tools that built them were all made by hand. A violin in the raw sits ...

Castalian String Quartet players Sini Simonen [violin], Daniel Roberts [violin], Natalie Loughran [viola], and Steffan Morris ...

Lewis grew up to become a wealthy music teacher and accomplished musician. The violin’s first female heir in more than 100 years was Lewis’ great-niece, Opal B. Wood, who passed it on to her niece, ...

Nazis pounded on the door and confiscated the treasured violin, throwing it onto a flatbed truck, breaking its string, and ...

So I was prepared for some great violin playing, but I didn’t know I would also discover a great organization in my own back yard. The Legacy Foundation, now in its 12th year, organizes its activities ...

When Armand Diangienda founded the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra -- one of the most famous in Africa -- in 1994, they had so ...

The Dietrich Theater in historic downtown Tunkhannock will present a concert by the Valenches Music Co. String Quartet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17. This event is free to the public and is sponsored in ...

The quartet will open its 2024-2025 season as a trio, after one of its members stepped down to accept a position in Tulsa.