Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story contained a photo of Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Margaret Batjer from LACO's recent "Strad Fest LA" event. The photo ...

Soloist Ilya Kaler wears welder glasses so he can’t see the violin during a test of old and new instruments outside Paris in September 2012. AP WASHINGTON — Ten world-class soloists put costly ...

The lights are on in the shop where Adam Day and his band of violin-makers ply their craft. But if the lights weren’t on? No worries. They’d still have a job. The whole technological infrastructure ...

Among violinists, the instruments built in the 1600s and 1700s by the Stradivari and Guarneri families are legendary. But a new study suggests the reputation of these old violins owes more to myth ...

What makes old violins crafted by members of the Stradivari family so much better than violins produced today? Nothing, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A rare 18-century violin made by a renowned Italian luthier – dubbed the “Leonardo da Vinci” of violins – is heading to auction for the first time in decades after being played in concerts by its ...

The violin's unusual story involves musicians, police, the FBI and an appraiser. — -- A centuries-old "Ames" Stradivarius violin that was stolen from the late renowned violinist Roman Totenberg ...

The violin appeared in Keitha Clark's life as mysteriously as it would reappear. (Andrew Hynes/CBC - image credit) "I never thought I would see it again," Keitha Clark said. Clark is a music teacher, ...

WASHINGTON — Ten world-class soloists put costly Stradivarius violins and new, cheaper ones to a blind scientific test. The results may seem off-key to musicians and collectors, but the new ...