But with the explosion of a new group of top-level female exponents of the instrument, the days of the word “violinist” automatically being associated with a man are fast coming to an end.

Although just in their teens and 20s, some up-and-coming female violinists are already veterans of the recording studio. Here are short critiques of four of the performers’ recent releases ...

The scene-stealer at Seattle Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night, however, was the young Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang and her dazzling, impassioned reading of the thorny Britten Violin ...

Today, however, she’s known as the pioneer of electric rock violin and performs rock covers with other classically trained female violinists. Most of them, including DiGregorio, have master’s ...

Although it was normal for a young 19th-century woman to play the piano, harp, violin or to sing, she was never asked to perform publicly. Around the same time, conservatoires and private music ...

Where are the women in classical music? It’s a question we’ve been asking for decades. But there’s one area of the art form where the question is easily answered. When it comes to playing ...