Sotheby's has been consigned by the New England Conservatory (NEC) to auction the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin with an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. The working instrument was crafted ...

If the price reaches the upper limit, the violin could break the record set in 2011 by another Stradivarius – the "Lady Blunt" from 1721, which sold for 15.9 million dollars.

Among the violin virtuosos who play a Stradivarius today are Itzhak Perlman, Akiko Suwanai and Joshua Bell. “I can’t think of anything else that has been frozen in time and stands as the holy ...

Frohlich uses it to probe the anatomy of the world’s greatest violins, including those made by Antonio Stradivari between 1677 and 1727. Musicians throughout Europe traveled to Italy to purchase ...

April 15, 2025, 11:20 AM · The 1731 "Heifetz, Piel" Stradivari violin that was owned for nearly 30 years by 20th century violin legend Jascha Heifetz will be offered for private sale this spring by ...

Question: What is the most expensive musical instrument in the world? No, it’s not some Stradivarius violin or a rare Beatles guitar. It’s the Large Hadron Collider. Wait—the big machine in France and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Cyrus Spurlock’s violin was crafted by his older brother, who worked for a New York luthier. “It’s always been a big part of my music and the stuff I ...

The jury is composed of renowned violinists Mihaela Martin, as president, George Tudorache, artistic director, Lucie Robert, Pavel Vernikov and Alexandru Tomescu, custodian of the Stradivarius ...

12 of the world’s finest violinists will battle it out to be crowned the winner of the Classic Violin Olympus International Competition later this month. Set to take place from 22 to 28 April ...

March 28, 2025, 11:32 PM · Unless you live in Italy, it's a bit of a rare thing to have 50 brand-new Cremonese violins, violas and cellos all under one roof, waiting for you to try out. But that has ...

The shortest answer to this question is that a violin and a fiddle are structurally the same instrument, but it can certainly be argued that a fiddle is its own entity. "I started playing violin when ...