What is your feeling, when you see a piece of "new music" on a concert program? Excitement? Dread? Are you open to it? In our ...

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When it comes to new music, violinist <a href=" Josefowicz has some advice: "Feel it and hear it, and be open," she said.

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I teach online. I have found this to be quite effective. By the way, I am a graduate of the Royal College of music and London University. You can learn about the way I teach and approach the violin by ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

The concepts illustrated in this short paper have been expressed by fine teachers for many years. However, many players still struggle with incorrect posture and a lack of ease of playing. By ...

Congratulations to the nominees announced Friday for the Recording Academy's 2026 Grammy Awards, which will be presented Feb.

Which violin strings are the best? There are no one-size-fits-all answers. Each violin reacts differently to different brands of strings. One type of string may sound amazing on one instruments but ...

I'm an adult amateur violinist living in the Washington DC area. I enjoy orchestral playing, chamber music, and being a pit musician, in addition to working on the solo repertoire. I've done some ...