Older versions of the instrument only had three strings, and were known as 'violetta'. Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest ...

Marin Alsop led the orchestra in a program of works by Beethoven, Brahms and Stravinsky, as well as a new violin concerto by ...

In the first movement, the soloist and two orchestral oboes began by blending their tones in chains of ear-buzzing seconds, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A violin made by the famed Antonio Stradivari in 1714 has the potential to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it goes up for auction on Friday at Sotheby ...