The violin was Elgar’s own instrument ... gave a run-through to a select group of listeners before the first performance proper. Kreisler also made small suggestions that were incorporated ...

A 1714 violin made by the venerated violin maker Antonio Stradivari fetched $11.3 million dollars at auction at Sotheby’s New ...

History It's thought the first violin was constructed around 1555 by Andrea Amati ... of the string by pressing down on it changes the frequency of the vibration - and so makes a different note. - ...

A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction Friday at Sotheby's in New York.

Julian joined the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in August 1982 and has been part of our first violin section ever since! This summer after Prom 26: Beethoven, Brahms and Sarah Gibson, Julian will be ...

The first Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw on the centennial birth ... From the second to the eleventh edition the competition became a three-stage ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby ...

NEW YORK — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby's in ...