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Perfectionism - and a noisy mind - are conditions that seem to affect a lot of musicians, particularly violinists. So I'm not ...
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.
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, ...
“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 ...
Dog Paw is a new company, only just establishing itself a boutique builder of tech gear aimed to fit broad niches, and its self-titled first offering is a first public foray into the crowded world of ...
The violinist explores his new recording, made with Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, on Analeketa This week violinist James Ehnes joins the Gramophone Podcast to talk to Editor Martin ...
Though they’ve been pretty rare in the past, there is a feeling amongst many in the hockey world that offer sheets could start to become more and more common. The St. Louis Blues are a big ...
Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt extent dropped to nearly zero or below average from February 1 to March 15 ...