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Baroque-n Record: Playing Mozart on Period Instruments
By Catherine Cosbey: I am a modern violinist steeped in the world of modern string playing - so when the opportunity came up in 2024 to do a period recording of the two Mozart violin and viola duets, I...
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For the Record, Op. 316: Daniil Bulayev, William Wei, Théotime Langlois de...
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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After the Fire
By Laurie Niles: Greetings everyone - I just wanted to let you know that things have calmed down a lot here in Pasadena, and the Eaton Canyon fire is no longer spreading. The skies have been blue and...
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Embellishing Mozarts C-major Quintet
By Dorian Bandy: For many of us who play music by canonical composers like Mozart, the notated score is sacred. Our job as performers, we might think, is to realize the notation as faithfully as...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 484: Geneva Lewis; Augustin Hadelich; Leila Josefowicz
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click on the...
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James Ehnes Extends Contract as Seattle Chamber Music Societys Artistic...
By Laurie Niles: Violinist James Ehnes has signed a new eight-year contract to serve as the Seattle Chamber Music Society's Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling Artistic Director, a post he has held since...
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'The Only Girl in the Orchestra' Nominated for 2025 Oscar
By Laurie Niles: A documentary about the first female full-time member of the New York Philharmonic has been nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Film - The Only Girl in the Orchestra...
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For the Record, Op. 317: Emmanuele Baldini, Shannon Lee, Michael Jinsoo Lim
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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Exploring 2025 NAMM Show's Offerings for Violin and Stringed Instruments
By Laurie Niles: The NAMM Show - the annual gathering of the National Association of Music Merchants took place in Southern California last Tuesday through Saturday, with some 60,000+ attendees, plus...
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2025 Sphinx Competition Laureates Announced
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to the laureates in the 28th Annual Sphinx Competition! The competition started on Jan. 22 and concluded on Saturday with finalists performing with Sphinx Symphony...
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Violinist Edward Pulgar: Celebrating 20 Years with Mozart
By Diana Skinner: Its commonplace for an orchestras Concertmaster to perform as a featured soloist. Much less typical is when a second violinist takes center stage as soloist and conductor, no...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 485: Midori, Giora Schmidt, Yoonshin Song
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click on the...
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Pasadena Symphony Helps Community Grieve and Give After Fires
By Laurie Niles: The concert was about to begin last Saturday, and I looked across the stage at my colleague Irina Voloshina, sitting right by the audience in the first violins. I could see she was...
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For the Record, Op. 318: Renaud Capucon; Daniel Pioro
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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V.com weekend vote: Have you ever commissioned an instrument?
By Laurie Niles: A violin is a work of art on its own, before anyone makes music with the instrument. In fact the amount of craft that goes into creating a violin is stunning - the precision...
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Dudamel and LA Phil Win Three 2025 Grammys
By Laurie Niles: Congratulations to conductor Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz for their recording of Revolución...
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Discovering the Music of Black Composers: Six Pieces by Joseph Bologne
By Claire Allen: Happy Black History Month! Of course, we do not wish to limit our celebration to just February on Violinist.com, so over the next year I'll be sharing a series of blogs about the...
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 486: Anne Akiko Meyers; Maxim Venerov; Augustin...
By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click on the...
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For the Record, Op. 319: Tomás Cotik; Ernst Kovacic; Lisa Oshima
By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep...
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Joachim Stradivari Sells for $11.25 million, Not Breaking Record
By Laurie Niles: After much media hype and hope about a Golden-Period Stradivari violin poised to break the world record to become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold, the fiddle sold on...
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