But he saved enough. In one of his scholarships in Japan, he bought me a violin with a self-study book complete with pictures. He studied how to read notes and play violin basics guided by the photos.

You may be surprised by the recessed, almost faint profile of the solo violin at the start of Isabelle Faust’s new recording of Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto. That balance and her ...

A free class called "Pre-Twinkle Try It!" taught children the basics of playing the violin on Saturday morning at UNC Wilmington's Cultural Arts Building. "The class is for complete beginners, ...

Last year's gold medal for violin making at the prestigious Violin Society of America competition, which attracts makers of stringed instruments, called "luthiers," from all over the world, went ...