Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your ...

Can any violinist truly conquer this diabolical instrument's formidable technique, to the point where it simply sings, ...

The baton has become an iconic symbol of the conductor - but is it necessary for a conductor to use one, to get his or her ...

Where do you direct your eyes, when you are playing from memory? The eyes can greatly help in analyzing how your left hand is ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: <a href=" Wetzel is a longtime violist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and also teaches at the Colburn School.

Bored on a plane Sunday as I came home from a Christmas trip to the Midwest, I scrolled through dozens of movie and ...

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 ...

I teach online. I have found this to be quite effective. By the way, I am a graduate of the Royal College of music and London University. You can learn about the way I teach and approach the violin by ...

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 ...

The Utah-based <a href=" Music Festival has named violinist Tessa Lark as its next Artistic Director. The festival began in ...

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In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...