He plays the Gibson ex Huberman violin, handcrafted by Antonio Stradivari in 1713 during what was considered the great instrument-maker’s finest period. Bell sold his first Stradivarius and had to ...

64, using his 300-year-old violin, known as the Gibson ex Huberman. Joshua Bell with the Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius (Lisa-Marie Mazzucco) Bell recently wrote an essay about the violin’s ...

A Milanese 1694 Giovanni Grancino violin was recovered after having been stolen from USC on April 2, authorities say. Detectives say the instrument appeared unharmed and the suspect was charged wi ...

Among the violin virtuosos who play a Stradivarius today are Itzhak Perlman, Akiko Suwanai and Joshua Bell. “I can’t think of anything else that has been frozen in time and stands as the holy ...

As Chicago Police Mass Transit detectives ask people to look out for the violin, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago student to whom it belongs is quite upset. Cyrus Spurlock said he was ...

Violin is often called the most human of instruments, soft, soulful, and achingly intimate. It’s also one of the most demanding — an art that can take years, even decades, to master.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has now been charged in a robbery on the CTA Blue Line where an expensive violin was taken, Chicago police said. The man whose valuable violin was stolen on a CTA train in ...

A $650,000 Giovanni Grancino violin made in 1694 that was stolen after a University of Southern California borrowed the instrument for a performance has been returned to it relieved owner.

A dozen of the world’s finest violinists are locked in a fierce bow against bow battle to become the first-ever winner of the Classic Violin Olympus in Dubai. The classic violinists each earned ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A robber stole a valuable violin from someone on a CTA train in the Loop on Friday night, Chicago police said. Police said the robbery happened on a CTA Blue Line train at 117 ...

Shaham, 54, is world renowned for his mastery of the violin, both in technical proficiency ... Shaham will put his “Comtesse de Polignac” 1699 Stradivarius to the task of Wolfgang Amadeus ...