Audiences love Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor for its warmth and frequent pyrotechnics. The concerto also features playful innovations that would have shocked—or delighted—the audience at ...

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We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...

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Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Allegro The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is ...

There was a time, in his twenties, when, if he’d been asked the question "What’s your occupation?" Sibelius would have answered, "Violinist". Having studied the violin from fairly early on, he soon ...

One of the world's biggest competitions for the violin has a new winner. Sirena Huang has taken the gold medal at the 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. The prize is ...

In February 1877, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky claimed that he could compose only "weak and rotten little themelets." The next year he composed the brave and cheerful tunes of his Violin Concerto in D ...

TENAFLY — While most children her age this summer were getting ready to start first grade, 6-year-old Ria Kang was impressing the judges on her violin at the prestigious Philadelphia International ...