Julian Rachlin was performing Brahms’ Violin Concerto on his beautiful Stradivarius violin with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra when he stopped the show with this jaw-dropping cadenza ...
It was prized, stolen and disguised — after helping its owner and Albert Einstein spirit dozens of musicians out of Hitler’s Germany. No wonder Joshua Bell cherishes the 300-year-old Stradivarius ...
CREMONA, Italy — The Cathedral has stood tall in the center of Cremona since the 12th century, but the heartbeat of this city is heard in the workshops. Mathijs Heyligers has been honing his craft for ...
A charming book reconstructs the European wanderings over three centuries, from Cremona to the Black Sea, of a battered, beautiful violin Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an ...
Saulo Dantas-Barreto is a renowned violin maker who crafts and repairs instruments for string players the world over. But what’s extra-remarkable is how this creator also swaps a luthier’s chisel for ...
CREMONA, Italy — The Cathedral has stood tall in the center of Cremona since the 12th century, but the heartbeat of this city is heard in the workshops. Mathijs Heyligers has been honing his craft for ...