Grammy-nominated violinist/conductor Andres Cardenes will return to the Valley Isle for the Maui Classical Music Festival, which starts Friday with a concert at the Makawao Union Church. Photo ...

There was a time when Frank Huang, the Houston Symphony's new concertmaster, would rather have been playing basketball. It was his preteen years in Sugar Land when Huang considered learning jump shots ...

The timbre of a Stradivarius violin is unmatched. Produced by the famed Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, these violins are still reputed today for the ...

Violinist Johnny Gandelsman considers the audience an integral partner in his concerts, whether it’s with the intrepid Brooklyn Rider string quartet, Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble or a herculean solo ...

Vadim Gluzman says he owes much of his success as a concert violinist to an old friend. His violin, a 1690 ex-Leopold Auer Stradivarius, is on extended loan to him from the Stradivari Society of ...

In director/producer Kahane Cooperman’s quietly stunning, Academy Award nominated short documentary “Joe’s Violin,” 94 year-old Holocaust survivor Joseph Feingold strikes an unlikely friendship with a ...

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Award-winning violinist Rob Landes performs incredible covers of top 10 movie themes, including Star Wars, Harry Potter, ...

3 Video: Paddington Bear and Tom Fletcher Perform from the New Musical on Strictly Come Dancing Ara Malikian (and his violin) have been around the block: touring with Boy George; playing Jewish ...

Last week, London-based violinist Daj Jordan quietly uploaded a short cover of Rae Sremmurd's buzzing "Black Beatles" single—and the response was immediate. By the end of the day, a few well-timed ...

(Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Violinist) "I feel incredibly honored, firstly, to be playing an instrument, that’s firstly, so beautiful outside and also the sound as well, but also very excited to be able to ...