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Join the forum discussion on this postFiddlerman will be giving away the 99 dollar test violin on Saturday the 11th of June at 1PM. The drawing will be aired live on Fiddlerman TV Many of Fiddlermans guests and members have … Continue reading →

Musicians in Norfolk, UK, will join forces with players from Serbia and Germany Norfolk County Council has won a €200,000 grant from the European Union Education, Audiovisual and Culture fund to set up a new international youth orchestra, according to … Continue reading →

Sydney Opera House concert breaks YouTube record for most-watched concert. The finale concert of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra on 20 March clocked up 33m views on the video-sharing website. The event at Sydney Opera House drew more than three times … Continue reading →

Join the forum discussion on this postBook publisher Thomas Nelson put this out on the wire on Thursday: A newly published book, The Band That Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic … Continue reading →

Cremonese lutherie and Neapolitan pizza battle for place on cultural heritage list Violin making in Cremona and the pizzas of Naples head up Italy’s shortlist of candidates for Unesco’s ‘intangible’ cultural heritage list, according to a report in the Guardian. … Continue reading →

Cremona, Italy CNN – For virtuoso violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, only one violin can truly give voice to her prodigious talents – her Stradivarius. And she likens playing it for the first time to meeting her soul mate.”It sounded the way … Continue reading →

PASCAGOULA, MS WLOX – They have never performed beyond the walls of their school. And they have only been playing for about six months. On Tuesday, members of the Gautier Elementary Gator Strings Class showcased their musical talents before the Pascagoula Kiwanis … Continue reading →

ROME (Reuters) – To music lovers, listening to violin and cello virtuosi play one Stradivarius or one Guarneri instrument would be a touch of heaven by itself but hearing a dozen at the same time is something to die for. … Continue reading →

Not long ago, Peter Ohring realized he had become second fiddle. “He’s much more talented than I am,” Ohring, a New Fairfield resident, said of his son, Isaac, 16, who has been playing violin since he was in third grade. … Continue reading →