DURING HIS TIME, STRADIVARI MADE MORE THAN 1000 OF THESE INSTRUMENTS DESTINED FOR THE WORLD’S GREATEST VIOLINISTS. IT’S AN INCREDIBLE INSTRUMENT FOR THE FOR THE PERFORMER. AND SO IT’S NOT ...

When Ma died in 2009, his estate gifted the violin to the New England Conservatory. Stradivari made this violin—with maple and spruce woods and a rich red varnish—during his “golden period ...

NEW YORK — A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York on Friday, short of estimates that would have made it the most ...