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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

At 24, Ray Ushikubo gets the rare honor of playing the Playfair violin made by one of the greatest violin makers of all time, ...

The Violin Alone is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...