But, Orvis said, recent research showed playing the violin with all its vibrating sounds is good for stimulation of the brain, eye and hand response and circulation.

About 250 years of violin concerto history were condensed into a single colorful evening tonight when the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and violin soloist Stefan Jackiw performed "Versatile Violin ...

And he said no two violins were the same. "Although the Cremonese masters are widely regarded to be very good, [the violins] are also very different than one another.

Of all the instruments, the first among equals must be the violin, the only one that can compare to the human voice in the range and complexity of the emotion it can convey. The great set pieces ...

Designed to be as lightweight as possible, the 3D-printed violin was engineered to not only feel great in a musician’s hands, but also to properly resonate while being played.

Why do the violins made by Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù sound so good? Countless theories have been proposed for the secret of these eighteenth-century Italian instrument-makers, but attempts ...

Why do all violins look the same? A new study suggests its because of mimicry, genetic lineages and evolution over time.