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The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...

The elegant shape of the violin evolved over a period of 400 years, largely due to the influence of four prominent families of instrument makers, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed more than ...

For the first time, Violins of Hope, which features restored violins owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, comes to the Vail Valley on Wednesday. Though the Vilar Performing Arts ...

The great luthiers of the Italian town of Cremona were the masters of musical "string theory" - no one has done better in the art of making violins. Dean Reynolds reports on their craft, and the ...

Encased in glass, each violin represent a heartbreaking story. Jewish musicians played these instruments in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust for survival, resistance or comfort.

At a music shop in Israel, a violinmaker has been collecting stringed instruments once owned by inmates of Nazi concentration camps. Largely silent for seven decades, they now speak for horrors of the ...

The "Violins of Hope" we're about to hear are from a time when hope seem to be all but lost. Serena Altschul has the story: When members of the Cleveland Orchestra recently sat down to perform, they ...

Another day, another study undercutting the myth surrounding the 18th-century Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari. Since the early 20th century, musicians and instrument experts have been trying ...