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World-renowned Japanese-American violinist Midori brought her Orchestra Residencies Program to Arlington and Alexandria this year as part of March’s Arts in the Schools Month this past week.
Midori, an acclaimed violinist born and raised in Japan, will be in the Quad-Cities from April 13 to 17, including master classes, luncheon speeches, youth symphony performances and two symphony ...
Clad in a dress made entirely from washi and standing on the iconic Nelson Stair inside London’s Somerset House, Midori ...
Next week violinists from around the world will gather in New York for the 13th biennial <a href=" Symposium on Violin ...
The violin has a storied place in so much of European classical music. But sometime in the 17th century, it began to intrigue maestros from a very different and ancient music tradition. Fred de ...
The work is paired with Glass' Violin Concerto No. 1, recorded with the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel. "When it was sent to me, I just couldn't believe it," Meyers says.
Mapy, popularly known as “The Violin Queen”, has captivated audiences around the globe with her high-energy performances of major hits. She also composes and produces her own music.
Physicists at Loughborough University have used cutting-edge nanotechnology to create what they believe may be "the world's smallest violin," which is small enough to fit within the width of a ...
Lee Tien-hsuan, a 43-year-old violinist from Taipei, Taiwan, has been busier than ever preparing for the China Harbin Summer Concert series this year.
The tiny violin is made of platinum and is just 35 microns (35 millionths of a meter) long and 13 wide. To put that into perspective, a human hair is typically around 17 to 180 microns in diameter ...