Reaching back to the 1950s, this collection highlights the New York School composer’s fragmented, conversational style, as well as his music’s patient, intuitive qualities. Save this story Save this ...

Classic FM’s Artist in Residence, Maxim Vengerov, reveals – and plays – the pieces of violin music closest to his heart. “People often ask me ‘what are the five pieces you would take to a desert ...

Music for unaccompanied violin reminds me of the “challenging” category on the sushi menu. It’s not for everybody. There’s a certain stark nakedness about it. Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili ...

PORT TOWNSEND — For the first time, violinist Claire Martin will perform in the Candlelight Concert Series, showcasing solo violin pieces with a theme of “Violin Heart.” The concert will be at 7 p.m.

"I remember Tartini's 'Devil's Trill' as the piece I first played when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It can be said to be one of the very first pieces in my musical life. I encountered Prokofiev's ...

Three Sexual Pieces for Violin shapeshifts from gritty, forlorn textures into bittersweet reminiscences, foregrounding the ever-changing voice of a solo violin. Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot writes ...

Violin and viola player Patrick Yim debuts new solo string pieces by seven composers, including four with roots in Hong Kong, in New Waves, released by Albany Records. Yim says he loves the ...

There's some kind of magic in Australia's Dirty Three. It's now well-established that the records they make ... Save this story Save this story There's some kind of magic in Australia's Dirty Three.

We asked one of the world’s great virtuosos: what are the five most difficult violin pieces of all time? Violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov, Classic FM’s Artist in Residence, reveals the five pieces he ...