Daniel Stepner, professor of the practice of music at Brandeis and longtime first violinist in the Lydian String Quartet, plays a “modern” violin crafted in 1727. And a “period” instrument made by the ...

Unless you live in Italy, it's a bit of a rare thing to have 50 brand-new Cremonese violins, violas and cellos all under one ...

Fayetteville' is a funky modern electronic track. DBR has performed with Philip ... The idea behind the album is how he can make a string instrument, the violin, percussive.

Then last week he premiered a sleek, modern violin concerto (beautifully played by French violinist Renaud Capuçon) with Marin Alsop skillfully conducting the New York Philharmonic. If you ...

Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian masters. The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin ...