“The violin is no longer played,” he wrote. “It is pulled about, torn, beaten black and blue.” Kopatchinskaja doesn’t always beat music black and blue. She can reduce her sound to a ...

There’s been some lovely music composed for Easter, including a brand-new recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Easter Oratorio, which he wrote to celebrate the holiday in Leipzig, Germany, ...

Paris (AFP) – Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, inspired International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach to create the Olympic refugee team, the German said in a tribute.

The violin played as the Titanic ship sinks in the Hollywood film is expected to sell for £60,000 at auction. Amid the chaos of the sinking ship, a string quartet plays the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, ...

Japanese glassblowers have turned their chops to replicating the string instrument – so closely that they’ve created an extraordinary glass violin that can actually be played like the real thing.

A celebration of classical music is underway in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The 38th annual NEPA Bach Festival kicked off today with a guest lecture and a concert featuring organist Trent Johnson.

A flight attendant has been filmed playing the violin to a group of recently-landed passengers ... turning to face various rows of passengers as he intones his music. He smiles and raises his eyebrows ...

In addition to the longtime musician’s instruments, Kolstein Music in Baldwin and its owner, Manny Alvarez, allegedly took on consignment a Mateo Goffriller bass violin worth $255,000 from a ...

April 11, at Oakland’s Carnegie Music Hall is instead a staged reconstruction based on scholarly detective work. (All the music in it is Bach’s, though it’s likely not all of those ...

“If you play the violin, you know about it ... Across the United States, music schools generated sales. A North American regional trade agreement allowed Kun to ship its products across the ...

Coachella—aka the unofficial start of festival season—is finally here. The first weekend of the festival kicks off this weekend (April 11-13) at the hallowed Empire Polo Club site in Indio ...