August 13, 2026, 8:11 PM · On Wednesday a colleague called to tell me that my former violin teacher Henryk Kowalski had passed away Tuesday in Stockholm at the age of 78. Henryk taught violin at ...

August 12, 2026, 2:57 PM · Congratulations to the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition laureates, which were announced Monday following their Finals performances at Oberlin Conservatory's ...

August 11, 2026, 5:50 PM · 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 Monday the <a href=" Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) announced the appointment of German-born conductor-composer <a href=" Pintscher as its next Music Director, starting in the 2027-28 season with ...

It takes some 300 hours to hand-craft a violin - if everything goes to plan. "...and of course, it never goes to plan!" said ...

One interesting thing about classical music is that we continue to play things that people played hundreds of years ago, and ...

Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable ...

July 31, 2026, 9:46 PM · With this week's release by Interlochen Center for the Arts of an exhaustive, 97-page report documenting reported sexual abuse at its educational institution in the past, the ...

Bartók’s 44 Duos go well beyond the scope of their original purpose of illustrating a graded violin method (commissioned by Erich Doflein for those violin method books...). Sensitively alert to the ...

July 8, 2026, 2:42 PM · 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 ...

June 23, 2026, 5:55 PM · These days the best place to find world-class violinist Vadim Gluzman just might be in the mountains of Colorado. Last month, while I was in Chicago for Gluzman's North Shore ...