The Grammy-winning fiddler and composer reflects on building an American classical tradition, mentoring young musicians and ...

The concert was going to be a more electronic set with my synthesizers, some gear. But they were lost at the airport,” the ...

In the media yoke this week is “Rule of Three,” the new album from fiddle player Maura Shawn Scanlin. Joined by John Doyle ...

When asked if the life of a touring solo artist has any drawbacks, internationally acclaimed violin star Stefan Jackiw agrees and disagrees. “In some ways, it’s a very difficult life,” the Boston-born ...

Strings ARE attached, and, in fact, the Pacifica (string) Quartet practices together three hours every day. They are part of an array of music provided by Indiana University Jacobs School of Music ...

A new tree-ring study solves the mystery of where the famed instrument-maker Anton Stradivari sourced timber for his violins during his “golden age.” A French chemist inspects a Stradivarius violin at ...

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.

If you could take an apple and break it into smaller and smaller parts, you would find molecules, then atoms, followed by subatomic particles like protons and the quarks and gluons that make them up.

Composer John Williams created an exclusive string-quartet arrangement for The Calidore String Quartet. The piece, "With Malice Toward None," originally appeared in the 2012 film "Lincoln." The ...

The four siblings start with Webern before ditching traditional instruments for mics, voices, percussion and oud ‘We’ve done many concerts, but this is the first time I’m stressed,” the first violin ...

Pascale Bernheim believes a stolen 1719 Stradivarius violin surfaced in France recently The violin was reportedly played by Emmanuel Coppey in Colmar near the German border The instrument, named ...