For centuries, violin makers have tried and failed to reproduce the pristine sound of Stradivarius and Guarneri violins, but after 33 years of work put into the project, one professor is confident the ...

While many people have heard the name strongly associated with the violin, some may wonder: what exactly is a Stradivarius violin? These legendary instruments, created by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona ...

It has been announced that the 1719 'Macdonald' Stradivarius viola, believed to be the finest string instrument ever made, has gone on the market at offers over USD $45 Million. One of only 10 violas ...

In Arabia Jonathan Raban suggested that if the Arabs were to acquire a genuine contemporary literature, it would be written by women ‘because women were the only people living under the kind of strain ...