Sotheby's has been consigned by the New England Conservatory (NEC) to auction the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin with an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. The working instrument was crafted ...

The President of Sotheby's Americas, Mari-Claudia Jimenez, stressed that the violin is from Stradivarius’s "Golden Period," which began around 1700.The instrument has been preserved excellently ...

Frohlich uses it to probe the anatomy of the world’s greatest violins, including those made by Antonio Stradivari between 1677 and 1727. Musicians throughout Europe traveled to Italy to purchase ...

Among the violin virtuosos who play a Stradivarius today are Itzhak Perlman, Akiko Suwanai and Joshua Bell. “I can’t think of anything else that has been frozen in time and stands as the holy ...

Slung on Ehnes’s shoulder was his blue leather-trimmed violin case, inside his 1715 “Marsick” Stradivarius violin. The next day, he would perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major ...

The jury is composed of renowned violinists Mihaela Martin, as president, George Tudorache, artistic director, Lucie Robert, Pavel Vernikov and Alexandru Tomescu, custodian of the Stradivarius ...

As Chicago Police Mass Transit detectives ask people to look out for the violin, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago student to whom it belongs is quite upset. Cyrus Spurlock said he was ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cyrus Spurlock’s violin was crafted by his older brother, who worked for a New York luthier. “It’s always been a big part of my music and the stuff I ...

1 DEATH BECOMES HER Will Launch North American Tour in 2026 2 SPAMALOT To Launch North American Tour At Cleveland’s Playhouse Square In December The violin department at the Cleveland ...

Shaham, 54, is world renowned for his mastery of the violin, both in technical proficiency ... Shaham will put his “Comtesse de Polignac” 1699 Stradivarius to the task of Wolfgang Amadeus ...

The “artist-reporter” Allan Rohan Crite’s straightforward depictions of ordinary Black city life challenged simplistic assumptions. Allan Rohan Crite painted “Bass Violin Player” in 1941 ...

Take Tchaikovsky’s beloved Violin Concerto, which endears us with its graceful lyricism and good spirits. Not when Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays it. Kopatchinskaja, who makes her New York ...