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Samuel Barber (1910-1981 : U.S.A) Conductor: Hugh Wolff Ensemble: St.Paul Chamber Orchestra Soloists: Hilary Hahn Record label: SONY Catalogue ID: SK 89029

Samuel Barber (1910-1981 : U.S.A) Conductor: Kristjan Jarvi Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Soloists: Mikhail Simonyan Record label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue ID: 477 9827

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: James MacMillan Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Soloists: Nicola Benedetti Record label: Classic FM

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: James Levine Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists: Itzhak Perlman Record label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue ID: 4455352

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: Neville Marriner Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Soloists: Anne-Sophie Mutter Record label: EMI

Felix Mendelssohn Conductor: Daniel Harding Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Soloists: Ray Chen Record label: Sony Classical Catalogue ID: 8869 7984102

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847 : Germany) Conductor: James MacMillan Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Soloists: Nicola Benedetti Record label: Deutsche Grammophon

Felix Mendelssohn Conductor: Kurt Masur Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Soloists: Maxim Vengerov Record label: Teldec Catalogue ID: 4509 908752

String Quartet No. 3 in A minor, MS 20: II. Minuetto: Andantino artwork

String Quartet No. 3 in A minor, MS 20: II. Minuetto: Andantino Nicolo Paganini

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840 : Italy) Conductor: Eiji Oue Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Soloists: Hilary Hahn Record label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Brett Yang (left) and Eddy Chen.

Shock announcement as TwoSet Violin hang up their bows

John Williams reacts to violinist playing Schindler's List theme in moving tribute

John Williams reacts to violinist playing Schindler’s List theme in moving tribute

Astronaut plays John Williams’ ‘Star Wars’ theme in first-ever violin solo in outer space

Astronaut plays John Williams’ ‘Star Wars’ theme in first-ever violin solo in outer space

Esther Abrami Ryanair violin

‘I never expected this reaction’ – Esther Abrami refused boarding with 200-year-old violin on Ryanair flight

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Nicola Benedetti on whether phones should be allowed at classical concerts.

Nicola Benedetti has ‘strong feelings’ on mobile phones at classical concerts

Violinist attracts turtles

Violinist summons turtles from water with his virtuosic playing

Maxim Vengerov – here’s why musicians use vibrato

Why do musicians always use vibrato?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plays flute, recorder and piano, and was a Guildhall music scholar

Prime Minister Keir Starmer plays flute, recorder and piano, and was a Guildhall music scholar

Novak Djokovic celebrates his Wimbledon win with a violin gesture

Why is Novak Djokovic playing his racket like a violin to celebrate Wimbledon wins?

Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel blew an audience of 25,000 out of the water with a rousing violin rendition of the US national anthem on Saturday, 22 June 2024.

Olympic swimmer plays US national anthem on violin, thrilling 25,000-strong audience

An 18th century Stradivarius violin, once owned by Catherine the Great, has been tokenised and is now an NFT.

A 316-year-old violin once owned by Catherine the Great is now an NFT

Dmytro Udovychenko in his winning performance

25-year-old Ukrainian wins prestigious competition with thrilling Shostakovich violin concerto

Pavel Šporcl violin concert

Exuberant conductor knocks rare violin out of soloist’s hand in concerto nightmare

John Williams wrote a special violin arrangement of his epic ‘Star Wars’ theme for Amandla Stenberg.

John Williams re-writes Star Wars as a stirring violin solo for ‘The Acolyte’ star Amandla Stenberg