ROCKFORD — The violin is known as “ex-Soldat.” Famed classical composer Johannes Brahms personally selected it for virtuoso Marie Soldat to play in 1897. When she died, it was named “ex ...

In 2015, the spotlight was on Rachel Barton Pine as she performed a Johannes Brahms concerto alongside Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra with her prized 1742 Guarneri violin. The violin was long ...

Five years ago, violinist Rachel Barton Pine teamed up with Maestro Kevin Rhodes and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra to give the finest live performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto this ...

An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16, just shy of its $10 million estimate.

Guarneri violins now routinely sell for between $10 million and $20 million. The new analysis could also provide a more objective way to rate violin quality. "For 400 years, ...

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) _ A violin made 250 years ago by members of a famed Italian family will be the star of a weekend recital at Illinois State University. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports ( ) Ill… ...

The non-destructive X-ray analysis will allow scientists to see microscopic details within the violin’s wood, and reconstruct a 3D image of the violin. Picture: Getty Now, scientists and historians ...

Made in 1731 by acclaimed Italian luthier, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’, the rare violin had been valued at $10 million (£8.16 million) prior to the bidding, which took place on Monday 16 ...