The violin was long played by Brahms’ understudy Marie Soldat. The tone of the violinist, playing the Guarneri, is described as an “excellent glass of red wine—full-bodied, rich and complex.” ...

Jascha Heifetz's violin came out to play Sunday afternoon, and for once it didn't hog the spotlight. Instead, the high point of this chamber recital, presented by the San Francisco Symphony at the ...

A 292-year-old, extremely rare Guarneri violin known as the Baltic sold for $9.44 million at auction, smashing records.

The 18th-century violin, nicknamed ‘the cannon’ thanks to its powerful sound, is undergoing scientific tests to diagnose the root cause of its brilliance. Paganini’s favourite violin has been X-rayed ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rare centuries-old violin that was handcrafted by Giuseppe Guarneri in 1736 is expected to fetch up to $10 million at auction on June 3.

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 ...

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 ...

Pine will play the Brahms Concerto on a 260-year-old Guarneri instrument that the composer himself selected for Marie Soldat, a young violin student of Joseph Joachim, Brahms's friend ...

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 ...