In her final years, Los Angeles-area violist and educator Kay Pech was an octogenarian who could run circles around all the ...

October 9, 2024, 1:02 PM · During the past year, violinist Augustin Hadelich has been wowing audiences with his own ...

a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6r8ODgloeAJeZlWCTYwcBd">Havana Meets Harlem Harlem Quartet Ilmar Gavilán, violin ...

I started violin lessons and piano lessons at the age of 5. When I left home for college in 1983, I kept up with piano as a staff accompanist in the Music Department at Hope College, and as a jazz ...

How do you hold your bow? And are you aware of the history behind that bow hold? There are two bow holds that are the most common: the Franco-Belgian bow hold and the Russian bow hold. (Incidentally, ...

October 5, 2024, 5:24 PM · On Wednesday violinist Hilary Hahn accepted both the "Recording of the Year" and "Instrumental" ...

This week Hilary Hahn won a "Recording of the Year" award from Gramophone for her recording of Ysaÿe's solo sonatas, and it ...

I was given my first violin for my 4th birthday in 1938 and started lessons 6 months later. Except for a one year hiatus during 7th grade I have always played the violin. I started cello lessons at 14 ...

October 8, 2024, 2:03 PM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents ...

"BEAR!" yelled the guy next to me, prompting me to look up from my laptop at the temporary neighborhood Wi-Fi station by the ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

Bruce Berg is Professor Emeritus of Violin Baylor University. He earned his BS, MM, and DMA degrees from The Juilliard school studying with Ivan Galamian, Paul Makanowitsky, and Dorothy Delay.