This winter’s most creative and compelling classical concerts all benefit from their assiduous embrace of diverse influences, ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

At the invitation of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, the Belgrade Philharmonic will perform two concerts at the National ...

Past winners and laureates of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition include Ginette Neveu, Ida Haendel, David and Igor Oistrakh, Keiko Urushihara, Piotr Janowski, Alena Baeva, Agata ...

Korea’s classical music scene opens 2026 with new year's concerts cultural institutions, the arrival of 2026 is being marked ...

In 1941, the Philadelphia Orchestra premiered a new violin concerto by West Chester-born composer Samuel Barber. The piece is ...

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One of my regrets with the war in Ukraine was that I was hoping to go there, particularly Odesa (and Kyiv), as I am astounded ...

Next year, a full opera cycle will be performed year-round at world-famous opera houses. It is the four-part opera *The Ring of the Nibelung* by German composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883), which marks ...

The Cleveland Orchestra’s winter and spring schedule spans centuries of music and has something for everyone. Our friends at ClevelandClassical have mapped performances you'll be reading about over ...

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Perhaps it is the vocal quality of the violin that gives its capacity to stir our deepest emotions. Catherine Medici was well aware of the expressive qualities of the violin and made a significant ...