Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel.

Siqing Lu will perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City alongside renowned piano player Li Jian, and principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra Hai-Ye Ni on Nov 23. [Photo provided to chinadaily ...

Rebecca Gonzales was a trailblazer as first woman to play with a high-profile, all-male mariachi in the 70s. Her oral history ...

Nick’s arrest for the murder of his parents has put a renewed spotlight on “Being Charlie,” which Rob Reiner directed from a script Nick Reiner co-wrote with Matt Elisofon, a friend the director’s son ...

Playing his first NFL game in 1,800 days, 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers threw a touchdown Sunday for the Indianapolis Colts while nearly upsetting a Super Bowl contender. Rivers completed 18 ...

As Guillermo del Toro’s go-to composer, Alexandre Desplat knew about the filmmaker’s desire to tell his version of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” While del Toro loved the story, Desplat admits his own ...

It seems like only yesterday that Lindsey Stirling was buzzed off America’s Got Talent by Piers Morgan. Morgan said she wasn’t talented enough to play violin and dance at the same time. (Morgan forgot ...

Rising young violinist Geneva Lewis demonstrated her musicality with the Santa Rosa Symphony last March, when she performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major with a precise focus on each note, ...

Ray Ushikubo holds the 1741 Guarneri "del Gesù" violin. At first, playing the Playfair violin took some getting used to, but now the musician and instrument feel as one. For years, Colin Maki and his ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ray Ushikubo started playing a $20 violin when he was 6. Now, at 24, he’s playing a rare one worth more than eight ...

Irene Adler (née Taylor), 93, a retired violin teacher, formerly of Evanston, died peacefully in her sleep on August 7, in Chicago. Her mother played the piano for silent movies, and her farmer ...

In 1992, Peter Wollny uncovered a pair of chaconnes, a series of variations played over a short, repeated bass line, in the Royal Library of Belgium that seemed indicative of Bach’s early compositions ...