A California man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank and orchestrating a scheme to steal priceless violins, some of which were 200 years old, authorities announced ...

Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells, strings from a ...

Most are quick to link hip-hop to violence. Others are fast to link hip-hop to violins. In the latter camp is Miri Ben-Ari, who speaks hurriedly in her heavy Israeli accent as if she is carrying out a ...

NEW HAVEN — For years, Charles Magby Jr. has worked with some of the finest, high-end stringed instruments ever made, repairing, restoring and selling violins, violas and cellos for customers ...

Past winners and laureates of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition include Ginette Neveu, Ida Haendel, David and Igor Oistrakh, Keiko Urushihara, Piotr Janowski, Alena Baeva, Agata ...

Article from the Houston Chronicle: On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you have ever been to a ...

The trademark gondolas of Venice's Grand Canal played second fiddle this weekend to a very unusual vessel: A giant violin carrying a live string quartet. "Noah's Violin" is the most recent creation of ...