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 ...

The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis was the first ever violin competition in the western hemisphere to be recognized by the World Federation of International Music Competitions.

Julian joined the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in August 1982 and has been part of our first violin section ever since! This summer after Prom 26: Beethoven, Brahms and Sarah Gibson, Julian will be ...

A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical instrument ever auctioned ... “The first time we actually saw ...

A member of the Polaris Dawn flight crew performed the first violin solo in space — appropriately to the tune of a “Star Wars ...

A provision in the donation triggers this sale, which will fund the school’s biggest ever named scholarship programme. The instrument was made by the greatest ever violin maker at the height of his ...