Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

I started violin lessons and piano lessons at the age of 5. When I left home for college in 1983, I kept up with piano as a staff accompanist in the Music Department at Hope College, and as a jazz ...

Some 100,000 scores by Arnold Schoenberg were lost in the Palisades fire last week in Los Angeles. The fire destroyed the ...

Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

I teach online. I have found this to be quite effective. By the way, I am a graduate of the Royal College of music and London University. You can learn about the way I teach and approach the violin by ...

I am a modern violinist steeped in the world of modern string playing - so when the opportunity came up in 2024 to do a period recording of the two Mozart violin and viola duets, I was excited. And ...

The Utah-based <a href=" Music Festival has named violinist Tessa Lark as its next Artistic Director. The festival began in ...

People are shy about asking for help, but they certainly need it right now. I have assembled this list of fundraisers for ...

Can any violinist truly conquer this diabolical instrument's formidable technique, to the point where it simply sings, ...

I have been an amateur violinist since the 1960's (violist since 1980) and have played in many, many orchestras first in Cambridge (UK), later in London and most recently in Maidstone where I was ...