There is a certain paradox to the greatest violins. No matter how uniform the testimony of their players and audiences, a skeptic might question their supremacy. After all, these instruments have been ...

Known as the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius, the instrument was crafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous ... violin’s bridge to dampen sound. It doesn’t need to be removed when not in use ...

So, it’s clear that Stradivarius violins continue to be highly sought after. But what makes these centuries-old string instruments so appealing? And why are people willing to shell out such ...

You don’t have to be a classical music aficionado — you don’t even have to know a cello from a viola — to recognize the name “Stradivarius.” According to the Smithsonian, only 650 of these precious ...

A Stradivarius violin almost certainly played in the premier of a Brahms violin concerto will be auctioned in New York next month. The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius is tipped to realise between $12 million ...

The New England Conservatory (NEC) in Boston, Massachusetts, is offering the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin for sale ... “After years of individual use by our students, now, we can establish ...

Inside is a 324-year-old Stradivarius violin worth $5 million ... But an instrument is meant to be played, and it has to get from home to hall. Some people are more worried about that transit than ...

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has reported that an attempt was made to smuggle out of the country a Stradivarius violin made by ... was a famous Italian luthier who developed his ...