violin Archive

In September 1902 Jean Sibelius wrote to his wife that he had just conceived “a marvelous opening idea” for a violin concerto, and if he was speaking of the way that the work actually begins …

I have an interesting recording for you: The famous Bach Cello suites arranged for violin, and performed by Rachel Podger. Ms. Podger writes: ‘Since, I have spent a fair bit of time coaching cellists, both …

Zino Francescatti (August 9, 1902 – September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist. He was born in Marseilles to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had studied with Camillo …

Ralph Vaughan Williams was a British composer who left us Symphonies, chamber music, and more. One of his moset well known works is The Lark Ascending, for violin and orchestra. The Lark actually first became …

I have played violin since age 7. And my father was an excellent violinist,  much more skilled than I ever was. As such, violin music was quite prominent in oir home when I was a …