Read on for our guide to the violin, the most popular string instrument and a mainstay of both orchestral and chamber music. The violin is the most popular stringed instrument, taken up by children as ...

From the thrilling, raw energy of virtuosic concertos to the tenderest chamber miniatures, the violin rules the roost. One moment it can be a dazzling solo instrument with ego to match; the next it ...

Sometimes, when things are stressful, nothing but the soothing sound of a solo violin will cut it to bring your heart rate down and induce a state of musical bliss. For those moments, we’ve chosen a ...

In Skylight Theatre's latest show, Fiddler on the Roof, perhaps the most powerful piece of storytelling is truly instrumental. Two violins, played both on and off stage, survived the Holocaust. They ...

Antonio Stradivari is famous for producing the best violins the world has ever seen – and heard. But debate still rages about what exactly makes his instruments the best ever made. These are some of ...