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In today’s story, the lesson in question involves learning to play the violin, and while one child’s mother isn’t necessarily ...

Before my first violin concerto I wrote my piano concerto, which for me is also a very important work. They were not written for a certain soloist; they were very abstract, written for the ...

"An instrument to a musician is way more than an object, it's more of a companion," says classical violinist David Lopez Ibanez, whose 18th Century violin was stolen in February. The instrument, which ...

Growing up in a musical household, Southeast Missouri State University applied violin and viola professor Brandon Christensen knew from a young age he wanted to have some sort of career in music ...

Chloe Yofan of Fox Chapel can barely remember a time when a violin wasn’t a fixture in her life. The 24-year-old recalled her earliest violin memory: “I remember going to my first ever violin ...

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A son carries on his father’s work at Henry Strobel Violin Shop in Aumsville, repairing instruments so young musicians can keep playing.

I was very close to music since the day I was born. My parents were full-time violinists. When I was five they asked whether I’d like to study violin. I enjoyed it.