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This extraordinary instrument, crafted by Antonio Stradivari, one of history’s most renowned violin makers, is a prized collector’s item. The violin is hailed as a masterpiece of instrument ...

Violin maker Antonio Stradivari lived his whole life in Cremona, Italy, producing what are considered some of the finest ...

which was built over the course of 40 years and topped out with 28 fine violins, cellos and violas as well as dozens of bows. Among them were eight Stradivaris, eight instruments by Giuseppe Guarneri ...

The Florida Holocaust Museum and the Florida Orchestra are holding its "Violins of Hope" concert on March 20 at the Palladium ...

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Leila Molana-Allen and Robin Brant consider how country allegiances have shifted in this uncertain era of geopolitics, ...

NINE soloists and two groups played for one another at Henley Youth Festival’s Music Makers day. A choir and recorder ...

James Grymes has a distinguished career as a professor of musicology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He's ...