Daryll Dobson performs the music of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Carlos Santana, Harold Melvin, B.B. King on String Jazz Theory, his ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

While KQED was selling wrinkle cream to its aging audience two weeks ago, many other PBS affiliates were reveling in horsehair. The delayed "Great Performances" show "The Art of Violin" finally ...

What do you do when you’re performing a stirring violin solo before a concert crowd, and a string on your instrument suddenly breaks? That’s what happened with violinist Ray Chen, performing Thursday ...

The trademark gondolas of Venice's Grand Canal played second fiddle this weekend to a very unusual vessel: A giant violin carrying a live string quartet. "Noah's Violin" is the most recent creation of ...

The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...