It's about the Stradivarius "Messiah" - a violin that is valued at around 200 million euros and on which no one is allowed to play.

Known as the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, the instrument was crafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian violin maker, during his “golden period” of craftsmanship. The instrument is ...

Charlie Siem, a virtuoso violinist who has played on the instrument, said the violin has the qualities Stradivarius violins are famous for: “This brilliant, this silvery quality that allows you ...

The most famous violoncellist to play it was Lise Cristiani ... tools can help us put together what I like to call a "computational art history'' of the evolution of instrument forms, and how ideas ...

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works of composer Grażyna Bacewicz.

The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

The final price includes auction house fees. The name of the instrument comes from two of its famous violin virtuoso owners, Joseph Joachim of Hungary and Si-Hon Ma of China. Ma's estate gifted ...

“Sold. $10 million," she said, banging a gavel. The final price includes auction house fees. The name of the instrument comes from two of its famous violin virtuoso owners, Joseph Joachim of Hungary ...