Violin icon Pinchas Zukerman will perform with Tallahassee Symphony

Violin legend Pinchas Zukerman joins the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra for a rare performance of Elgar.

Was the violin perfect from the moment it was born and has it remained unchanged for hundreds of years?

When the topic of violins called masterpieces, such as Stradivarius, comes up in TV or online articles, it is often ...

U.S. violinist Karisa Chiu wins prestigious Indianapolis competition

The world had its eyes on the Circle City on Oct. 3 as six finalists competed to win what has been called the "Olympics of ...
Popular Science

The world’s smallest violin is thinner than a human hair

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Smithsonian Magazine

This 308-Year-Old Violin Could Become the Most Expensive Ever Sold

The violin has been called the ‘da Vinci’ for some time, but is called ‘da Vinci, Ex-Seidel’ since Toscha Seidel parted ways with it. Credit: Courtesy Tarisio If you have ever heard The Wizard of Oz’s ...

A small county plucks the strings of world’s violin market

Workers step up production to fill violin orders in Queshan county, Henan province, on June 25. XIA QINGHUA / CHINA NEWS SERVICE By WANG ZHUOQIONG When Gao Yanding decided to make his own violin, he ...
Newsweek

For Every Stradivarius Violin Discovered, There Are Many Wannabes, Fakes

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Several years ago, Stephanie Culp Smith received an old violin that had ...

I’ve been using a violin bow on my guitars for years. Here’s how to make it sound more “ethereal” and less “screeching cat”

Jimmy Page, Adrian Belew, Lee Ranaldo and Sigur Rós popularized the use of the violin bow on guitar, but there’s a knack to making it sound good ...

What happens if the concertmaster's violin string breaks? Behind-the-scenes responses that support an orchestra performance

In an orchestral concert, not only the conductor and soloists, but also dozens to nearly a hundred musicians work together to ...
Xinhua

Henan's Queshan thrives in violin manufacturing and global exports

A staff member makes a violin at a string instrument manufacturer in Queshan County of Zhumadian City, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 12, 2026. The violin-making industry of Queshan County ...