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worst things about playing the violin

The 10 worst things about playing the violin

Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez

Violinist Joshua Bell marries opera singer Larisa Martínez in New York home ceremony

Joshua Bell

Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks about the filming incident which disrupted her performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Anne-Sophie Mutter breaks silence on filming incident, saying ‘I felt violated’

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter calls out smartphone use in concert

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter stops mid-concerto as audience member starts filming

Music at Milan Fashion Week

Models wear Picasso-inspired violins, guitars and mandolins at Milan Fashion Week

This violin cover of Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's 'Seńorita' is EVERYTHING

This violin cover of Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's 'Seńorita' is EVERYTHING

Classic FM Album of the Week & Drive Discovery

New Releases: John Williams film scores arranged for violin; Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Stradivari wood

Crowd-funder saves Stradivari’s wood, following a devastating hurricane in Italy

Violin on train

Police release CCTV image following theft of a violin on a London train

Hardest violin pieces

These are the hardest pieces ever written for the VIOLIN

Guy Braunstein Mendelssohn

One amazing musician playing a Mendelssohn concerto on violin AND piano

Mendelssohn

Soloist cries in Schindler's List

Soloist is left in tears after an emotional performance of ‘Schindler’s List’

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Musicians - brain surgery

These musicians keep on making music… in the middle of major surgery

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Esther Abrami Kittens

This violinist plays concerts for kittens and it's adorable

Tyler Butler-Figueroa earned a golden buzzer for his AGT performance

AGT’s Simon Cowell praises ‘extraordinary’ 11-year-old cancer survivor violinist

Nicola Benedetti to become NYO ambassador

Violinist Nicola Benedetti to become NYOGB ambassador

Nicola Benedetti

ASMR

We tried ASMR with musical instruments... and now we have goosebumps

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