Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Sugar Land resident Andrew Wu was just 1 1/2 years-old the first time he picked up a violin one that was specially made to fit him by his father Xiao Hua Wu. "He loved to play with it every day," said ...

What do you do when you’re performing a stirring violin solo before a concert crowd, and a string on your instrument suddenly breaks? That’s what happened with violinist Ray Chen, performing Thursday ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The chances of you ever owning a real Stradivarius violin are pretty slim, but Native Instruments ...

Ever wanted to play several string instruments at once? Well, now you (kind of) can... An Australian bow-maker has developed a hinged bow, allowing solo violinists to play several strings at once.