I've been teaching violin for more than 25 years and many of my students have been complete beginners. What teaching beginners has taught me is that the first steps on the violin are never just about ...

During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances — ...

A violin made in 1714 sold Friday for $11.3 million in an auction that lasted under half an hour. Master luthier Antonio Stradivari crafted the instrument in Cremona, Italy during his so-called golden ...