Indeed, the front rank of the world’s best violinists is predominantly Jewish—David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Leonid Kogan, Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern. This national ...

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 ...

“If there is no maturity as a human being, the music will be narrow-minded.” She said the best violinists in Europe have a timbre that is unique to them. They have a rich ability to balance ...

As one of today’s top violinists, Joshua Bell, has said, “ When you play a violin piece, you are a storyteller, and you’re telling a story.” This series will trace the development of the ...