California-based electric violin maker John Jordan introduces us to some of his most exotic woods, ranging from the pricey Tasmanian tiger rose myrtle to the Swamp Kauri, which is dug up from bogs in New Zealand and is certified to be a minimum of 30000 years old.
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In this article from the May 2009 issue, Florian Leonhard takes a close look at a violin which ’encapsulates everything that made Antonio Stradivari such a legendary figure’. Photographs by Richard Valencia
Icelandic violin maker Hans Johannsson gives a talk exploring ‘a fascinating juxtaposition of an age-old traditional craft on the one hand and the pursuit of science and technology on the other’, filmed at a TEDx event at the Tjarnarbíó theatre in Reykjavik on 4 November 2018. The listing for the ...
Robert Cain demonstrates how to make a violin out of cardboard
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
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