Patricia Kopatchinskaja, making her New York Philharmonic debut this week, has become one of music’s quirkiest stars by breathing new life into standards.

The school has announced several key developments and appointments to broaden the school's world-class violin offerings through the 2025-26 academic year and beyond.

A violin played by the bandleader of the Titanic as it sank in the Hollywood film is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at auction. Described as a "true piece of movie history", the violin was used ...

The pioneering 20th century pilot Amelia Earhart caught the world by storm with her bold spirit, adventurous accomplishments and tragic disappearance at age 39, during her 1937 attempt to fly around ...

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