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The article features Swedish-born violinist Paul Makanowitzky, focusing on his life and career. Topics discussed include his role in extending the legacy of music teacher Ivan Galamian's school of violin playing, his personal and educational backgrounds, his concert life, and his collaboration with American pianist Noël Lee.

The article focuses on the works of violinist Joseph White is presented. Topics include he studied from the Paris Conservatoire, his performance of composer Johann Sebastian Bach's Chaconne made a strong impression during the White-Cervantes Concerts, and he was the first soloist of African descent on any instrument to perform as a soloist with the Philharmonic Society of New York.

The article offers information on a concert where a spiritual evening will be held with impulses from pastor Björn Wagner Benefit event for organ renovation on June 18, 2021. It mentions about the performance of pianist Josef Stahuber and violinist Anna Kakutia ;and works of J.S. Bach's Sonatas for Violin and Obligates Clavier.

Am interview is presented with German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter on her career and music performances. Topics discussed include the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, mentality of audience during going for concerts and the popularity of chamber music in concerts. It also discusses similarity between music and sports.

The article focuses on the letters written by violinist Pablo Sarasate to his adoptive mother Amélie de Lassabathie. It mentions that Sarasate was thrown into a whirlwind of concerts which helped to lessen his homesickness, and also enabled him to evaluate the character of the American people. It also mentions Sarasate and his fellow musicians left New York by steamship in 1870.

On most occasions, Iva Bittova is categorised as 'alternative'. This follows from the character of her solo work, and also from her development as a musician: a violinist and singer [...]

The article focuses on Chinese composer Tan Dun. It highlights his new concerto for Norwegian violinist Eldbjorg Hemsing at the Ultima Oslo Festival of Contemporary Music in September 2018. It highlights his ability of both Western and non-Western string playing. It also refers to a comment by Hemsing regarding Dun's music.

The article profiles the professional life of violinist Olivier Brault. Brault stresses the importance of studying period literature as part of the learning process, with many valuable hints to be extracted from the treatises of the time. It adds that Olivier Brault has two concerts in the offing on May 5, 2019 in L'Acadie.

The article profiles several child prodigies in music. Leandro Aconcha started to play piano at the age of three after his ex-concert pianist father Roberto Aconcha taught him in picking out a melody from a tune on television. Lilit Gampel was a 13 year-old violinist who played as soloist together with the New York Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony, was seen in the Dick Cavett Show, and has completed a recital tour of California, Washington and Utah. Dylana Jenson was considered as a master in playing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with a violin at the age of 12.

The article reviews the concert of violinist Rie Kimura, viola da gamba player Robert Smith and harpsichordist Francesco Corti in Wigmore Hall, London, England on July 9, 2023.

The article presents an interview with Joosten Ellée, a violinist and artistic director of PODIUM Esslingen who explores diversity, participation and politics in his projects. Topics include his musical preferences, including Dora Pejacevic's Symphony in F sharp minor as his source of strength, his disdain for concerts that still play music from a bleaker period, the hype around conductors, and music for his funeral.

The article profiles William Kroll, a composer of violin music based in the U.S. Topics discussed include the personal background of Kroll, his inclination to violin, the development of his career as a violinist, his compositions, his music performances like concerts, and his legacy as a composer in the violin industry.

An interview with violinist Bernhard Forck is presented. He discussed various topics including his music "Abduction," music composed by him on old and modern instruments, his music education from the Akademie für Alte Musik, his public concerts in 20th century, his violin collection and his works on the music of composer Georg Philip Telemann.

The article informs about a concert featuring the Taiwan Philharmonic and violinist Paul Huang,topics include where they showcased precision, power, and emotional depth in their performances. The concert included Chen's new work "Ebbs and Flows," Schubert's New York premiere, and Debussy's "La mer," ending on a high note with a spellbinding encore.

An interview with Hans Reinhard Biere, violinist in the WDR Symphony Orchestra is presented. He discussed various topics including his appointment in WDR Symphony, his role as a trade unionist, enforcement of rights for artists, difficulties faced by professional musicians, concerts policy and music culture in Germany.

The article reviews a concert by violinist Alisa Weilerstein at the David Geffen Hall in New York on February 24, 2023.

The article presents information regarding the life and works of violinist Isaac Stern. It is reported that Stern is also involved in activities such as fund raising, lobbying for causes and helping young talent establish themselves. It is noted that Stern is considered very powerful as he has a lot of influence in the music trade. He is also the first American soloist to tour the Soviet Union during the cold war.

The article reviews a concert by violinist Abi Fayette and soprano Lauren Pearl at Carnegie Hall, Marlboro, on 4 NOVEMBER 2022.

The article previews October 11-19, 2018 concerts in Detmold and Bielefeld, Germany by the Ensemble Musikfabrik in honor of the 10th anniversary of the death of composer Mauricio Kagel, an October 20, 2018 conference on music and language in Augsburg, Germany is previewed, and violinist Evgenii Sviridov's winning of the Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen music award.

He entered one of the stores and to the dealer's astonishment he bought the violin he had been trying out. The story so far… GLO:hacq/01nov21:26n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): gl GLO:hacq/01nov21:27n1.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): gl THE great Polish violinist, Herr Henryk Wieniawski, was strolling aimlessly about the town, on a sunny but cold afternoon, in November of a certain year. That night he was to play at one of the great concerts which made the town so musically famous, and, according to his usual custom he was observing passers-by, looking in shop windows. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with violinist Leila Josefowicz is presented. When asked about the technical difference of the performance Scheherazade.2 with other concertos of composer John Adams, she replied that these were the orchestral interludes and emotional output in the symphony. She also talks about her learning process in studying the piece and the character of the woman, her interpretation of the ending, and the intensity of the dramatic symphony.

The article offers a profile of composer and violinist René Staar and offers a preview of June 18-20, 2015 performances by the Wiener Collage music ensemble in the Wiener Konzerthaus theater in Vienna, Austria of the music piece "Prolog eines Nameslosen" composed and produced by Staar. Staar discusses the influence of his father on his musical career.

The article offers information on Toscha Seidel, violinist who died 50 years ago. It states that Seidel was born in Odessa, Ukraine on November 4, 1899. It discusses various events in which he participated including a concert in Germany with the Berlin Philharmonic, Kraft Music Hall, a radio show and Beethoven Concerto in San Francisco, California.

The article profiles violinist Ivry Gitlis and his career as violinist. It says that Gitlis was never a workaholic and the word career has been unpalatable for him. It staees that in the 60's, Gitlis was supposed to be playing the Johannes Brahms "Double" with Mstislav Rostropovich. It mentions for Gitlis, to be a successful musician, one must play a hundred or a thousand concerts. Moreover, it adds that Gitlis played chamber music with Heifetz. INSET: A COLOURFUL LIFE.

A portrait of Moldavian violonist Patricia Kopatchinskaja is presented. Kopatchinskaja was born in Chisinau, Moldovan to parents who were folk musicians in her native Moldova. She is performed in a series of concerts in 2012 in several Swiss which includes Winterthur, on May 23, and Chur, on May 24 and June 20.

The article looks at Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan and his international career. In the fall of 2010, Khachatryan performed Armenian regional folk and spiritual compositions gathered by Armenian musician and priest Komitas at the second half of his concert at Wigmore Hall in London, England. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Khachatryan acquires his musical inspiration from his native country, although he currently resides in Frankfurt, Germany.

The article features violinist Michel Schwalbé and his popularity due to his leadership of the Berlin Philharmonic. He was born in Radom, Poland on October 27, 1919 and studied at the Academy of Music in Warsaw. His achievements include learning how to make violins, winning at the Scheveningen competition in 1948, and having several concerts.

A calendar of events to be held in Florida during January-February 2010 is presented, which includes the sixth annual Florida Open Juried Photography Exhibition at Art Center Sarasota, a dance performance by the Sarasota Ballet, and a concert by violinist Daniel Jordan during the Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks.

The article focuses on American violinist Gil Shaham who has performed 180 concerts annually worldwide. Shaham has released a recording of musical pieces by Spanish violinist and composer Pablo de Sarasate with harder temperament in the play that includes "Carmen Fantasy," "The Song of the Nightingale," and "Navarra." In addition, Shaham has personal interest with the musical composition of Sarasate's 19th-century virtuoso repertoire. INSET: SHAHAM ON THIS MONTH'S FREE SHEET MUSIC.