November 5, 2025 Publisher: Acorn Publishing Marthe Adler dreams of making history as a great violinist. But in 1905 Germany, ...

NEW YORK -- Itzhak Perlman is one of the few remaining classical musicians who are not only respected by their peers but admired and even loved by a large general public. Millions of Americans who ...

Time was when violin playing delighted the eye as well as the ear. According to an awed contemporary, the great Italian Virtuoso Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) startled his audiences with eyes “as red ...

Marthe Adler dreams of making history as a great violinist. But in 1905 Germany, tradition and deep-seated prejudice against women musicians stand in her way. To make matters worse, her beloved father ...

It's one of those hoary musical anecdotes, to be taken with salt. A society hostess invited the great violinist Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) to a dinner party. "Of course you'll bring your violin?" ...

A friend told me that Damien Escobar, the world-renowned violinist, was performing at a gala called Little Black Dress to celebrate and benefit the Legacy Foundation of Hartford. So I was prepared for ...

Music has a special way of connecting milestones. That was evident as violinist Daniel Hope performed at the Phillips Collection for the first time on Sunday. In tribute to Yehudi Menuhin, the program ...

Bartók wrote his Second Violin Sonata a year after Hungary formally ended its participation in World War I. The country was nearly bankrupt. Life was grim, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire was no more.

The Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival will hold a concert Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of Arcata, 151 E. 16th St. The festival concert will be highlighted by special guest Edwin ...