I hope you enjoyed ‘Countries of Europe: 1721.’ The date may seem to have been chosen somewhat randomly, but in fact 1721 was a key point of stability in Europe that made it possible to convert the ...

Amorim Fine Violins Cremona has been releasing videos in a series called "Stradivarius and Beyond: Old Italian Violin Makers' Untold Stories," aiming to tell the stories behind some of the ...

Esther Abrami is embroiled in a spat with the budget airline over claims staff would not let her board the plane with her violin because it was 1cm over the cabin luggage limit. Ryanair is known ...

The Providentz was an Irish merchant ship that sailed out of Cork harbor in Ireland bound for Arendal, Norway, on September 22, 1721. At the time, the ship, which belonged to the influential Lavit ...

ANTONIO STRADIVARI MADE more than 1.000 violins during his long working life in Cremona, and around 600 are known to survive today. Each of them (especially those from his 'golden period' early in the ...

The Las Vegas players are up for the assignment. As violin great De Ann Letourneau says, Vegas musicians are known for their artistic dexterity. “Most of the players in the Philharmonic ...