Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The 1930s saw a sudden flourishing of concertos for violin. In this selection, the first of a planned series, Shaham ...

Wynton Marsalis' rare musical versatility has long been a beacon in the worlds of jazz and classical music. Now the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer brings those ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by My Favorite Page Unsuk Chin was inspired by Leonidas Kavakos to return to the genre, and the result comes to Carnegie Hall on Monday. By David Allen ...

In his first recording as conductor, Pekka Kuusisto is insightful and in control, and Vilde Frang brings electricity to both concertos There are two violinists at work on this recording, and it ...

This beautiful performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto by Leonidas Kavakos, soloing with our San Diego Symphony, under the brilliant conducting of the orchestra’s Music Director, Raphael Payare, ...

"It's a little piece called the Beethoven Violin Concerto," Pervinca Rista says, and then, underscoring the understatement, almost imperceptibly laughs. Beethoven's Violin Concerto, properly known as ...

Henryk Wieniawski composed the "Violin Concerto in F sharp minor" in 1853. Its premiere took place on 27th October 1853 in Leipzig, with Wieniawski playing the solo part, accompanied by the famous ...

As Wichita Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Holly Mulcahy and composer Daniel Perttu began to collaborate on a violin ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. Her new CD, released Sept. 21, is an unusual pairing of two concertos -- one warhorse and one freshly minted -- which may, on the surface, seem like ...

(The) Love for Three Oranges, Movements: Marche Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Laure Favre-Kahn, Piano (5) Melodien Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Laure Favre-Kahn, Piano Romeo and Juliet, Movements: The ...

We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...