Led by a sunny Lalah Hathaway duet, Fort Lauderdale classical-meets-hip-hop duo Black Violin should win more Grammy Award attention for their first album in five years, "Full Circle." ...

The phrase "can you hear the world's smallest violin playing just for you?" is thought to have first appeared on an episode of TV show M*A*S*H in 1978, and usually mocks overly dramatic complaints ...

It is a project unlikely to elicit much sympathy, but physicists at Loughborough University have laboured to create the world’s smallest violin. The tiny instrument, which can only be seen under ...

"Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa." The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek "Franz" Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed for decades.

Kempa’s violin, built in 1941, remained unnoticed for decades. It wasn’t until art dealers in Hungary sent the instrument out for repairs - after having stored it for years among a set of ...

A violin played by the band leader of the Titanic as it sank in the 1997 Hollywood film has been sold for £54,000 at a "record breaking" auction. The violin was used to play the hymn Nearer My ...

A 72-year-old violin teacher had a nagging cough for nearly two years. Then one of her student's parents took notice, leading to a crucial diagnosis.

“The Violin Maker” tells the stories of some of these violins. Weinstein (Bruce Nozick) began repairing violins rescued from the Holocaust as a way to keep their histories alive.

A violin, an instrument cherished for centuries in the heart of Europe, finds itself nestled in a Mongolian yurt, resonating with the soulful strains of a horsehead fiddle. The unexpected pairing ...

In a video posted on a United Airlines subReddit, the smartly-dressed attendant performs a jaunty fiddle version of Harold Arlen’s beloved ‘Over the Rainbow’ from the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, ...

A violin played by the bandleader of the Titanic as it sank in the Hollywood film is expected to fetch up to £60,000 at auction. Described as a "true piece of movie history", the violin was used ...

Sotheby’s A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s New England Conservatory (NEC) at a Sotheby’s auction.