There is a certain paradox to the greatest violins. No matter how uniform the testimony of their players and audiences, a ...

Before Ma, 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim owned the instrument. Joachim was a ... at the 1879 premiere of Brahms’ "Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77", Sotheby's said.

Violin virtuoso Midori’s matter-of-fact affect and modesty bely a prodigious career that has taken her to the heights of her ...

Kartman will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s iconic Violin Concerto, an exhilarating masterpiece that showcases both virtuosity and emotion. The concert will also include Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de ...

Giovanni Antonini leads Il Giardino Armonico through a sampler of Vivaldi's L'estro armonico, with a stellar Isabelle Faust ...

Instruments he built during this time are ... on the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius at the 1879 premiere of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77, Sotheby’s said. Before Ma, the violin was ...

The instrument is still in working condition ... performed with it during the 1879 premiere of Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D Major, which Brahms conducted himself, according to the ...