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 ...

Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud was looking forward to his debut with Seattle Symphony Orchestra next March, performing Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 ...

Ole Bornemann Bull, the great Norwegian violinist, was a dreamer. Not satisfied with being Norway’s most famous musician (and mentor to Edvard Grieg), he sought to establish a utopian colony ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter Pink has offered to pay fines handed out to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team after they refused to wear bikini bottoms while competing. Last week, the European ...

Meanwhile, Polezhayev says in court papers filed Thursday, seven female violinists won permanent jobs or were promoted over him, although some had less experience than he had or had not auditioned ...

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 ...

In February 2023 — the definition of “late winter” in the northern hemisphere — Norwegian violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing released the seasonally apropos "Arctic." Her debut album for Sony Classical, ...