to the Tokyo String Quartet, and then to the Takács Quartet before selling them to Dr. Herbert Axelrod in 1998.

A Sotheby's auction is slated to sell an important musical instrument crafted by a noted violin maker later this week. It ...

The album also features Stepner playing two other spectacular baroque instruments — a 1641 violin made by Nicolo Amati owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a 1693 violin made by Antonio ...

The special guest star is violinist Bella Hristova and her 1655 Nicoló Amati violin playing a contemporary work by her husband, composer David Ludwig. I’ve heard some great violinists in my ...

History It's thought the first violin was constructed around 1555 by Andrea Amati, although no one is sure of the exact year. Older versions of the instrument only had three strings, and were known as ...

Considered by many to be the 'perfect instrument', the violin of today shares the basic ... Cremona in Italy — the Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families; little has changed since then.

In South America, critics rhapsodized over the tones of his “marvelous Amati.” Last week ... repairing on Efrem Zimbalist’s Stradivari violin, Gregor Piatigorsky’s Montagnana cello.* ...