Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

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

In Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Louisiana Blues Strut, Hadelich leaned into the piece’s jazz-inflected rhythms with playful ...

Top Modern Violin Makers Honored in the 2024 Violin Society of America Competition. November 27, 2024, 4:01 AM · Top modern ...

For a professional musician, developing the motivation for daily practice is not a necessarily a problem - it's just part of ...

I’m Maj-Britt Permien, a Danish IT geek turned classical music enthusiast. With a backpack stuffed with analytical abilities, constant curiosity - and a disturbing desire to use alliterations - I’ve ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

Started learning violin in January 2007 at age 38, with no prior musical background. Had no practice for over 2 years (one year I thought I wanted to give up... the other due to ill health). Then ...