Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin family Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian ...

Drago’s grandfather, Sergey Palchikoff, was born in Russia in 1893 to a family of nobility. At the age of four, Palchikoff started learning to play a violin that, unbeknownst to him, would ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

While Lindor is an expert in baseball, Katia Lindor has her expertise in playing violin. And just like every parent, Katia wants her kids to inherit her love for the violin, which she has started ...