August 22, 2025, 12:25 PM · After returning to the concert stage in February, violinist Hilary Hahn has cancelled all of her performances through November, as she continues her recovery from a double ...

May 11, 2026, 2:44 PM · Congratulations to the winners in the 53rd annual Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, in which 59 ensembles from around the world competed last weekend (May 8-10) at the ...

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Happy Mother's Day! I thought it would be fun to do a mother-related vote, and so here it goes: Does/Did your mother play a ...

The Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City has a new name: it now will be known as the <a href=" and Joel Peterson School of ...

January 18, 2023, 3:40 AM · [Please see also the second blog post on 27 Sets of Violin Strings Compared] Last year, I became addicted to buying new sets of strings for investigating how they fit my ...

Spanish violinist <a href=" Dueñas was a dynamo, clearly in her element performing Erich Korngold's made-in-Hollywood Violin ...

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November 7, 2017, 10:41 PM · The first time I picked up Nathan Milstein’s violin, three years ago, all I could think about was my shoulder rest. I had been toying for the past few days with the idea ...

On May 1, around 40 friends, colleagues and former students gathered at the Royal College of Music in London to celebrate the ...

August 27, 2024, 3:45 PM · On Monday, users of the music notation software Finale experienced an unwelcome surprise: after 35 years, its development was abruptly discontinued. "Today, Finale is no ...