In 2015, a delegation of city leaders from Columbus, Ohio, went to Italy's Genoa, where they heard a performance of the famed Paganini violin. The contingent spent the next four years working to ...

I fitted a violin with a chin rest, brought the bow to the strings, and tried the first measures of a Veracini gigue. Though my fingers were clumsy with disuse, the tone of that instrument was ...

An Italian celebrity is coming to Columbus this week. Nicknamed “Il Cannone,” the superstar will be flanked by security guards on a plane, met by police at the airport, transported in an armored car ...

Violin, a worldwide beloved instrument, is rooted in the Italian tradition. Historians confirm the presence of violins in Northern Italy already in the 16 th century. In 1523, we find the word violin ...

What makes the world's great violins from Italian masters like Stradivarius and Guarneri sound so good? Researchers say it's down to something not there, the wood that's been cut away for the ...

Another day, another study undercutting the myth surrounding the 18th-century Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari. Since the early 20th century, musicians and instrument experts have been trying ...

This June, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off the Macdonald viola, created in 1719 by the legendary Italian violin-maker Antonio Stradivari. They’re asking for a minimum bid of $45 million, which would ...

Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new research ...

Luca Alessandrini is from Urbino and obtained a postgraduate degree in Design Engineering. He has now become famous for developing a composite material including spiders’ silk and using it to create ...

A Chicago musician is hoping for the return of a violin made in 1758 that was stolen from her family’s home while they were sleeping. Minghaun Xu said the instrument was made by renowned Italian ...

A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that belonged to American copper mining heiress Huguette M. Clark is up for auction in New York City. A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin found in the ...