PASSO DEL TONALE (AFP) - When Mr Tim Linhart first started making instruments from ice, they were more likely to explode with a bang than produce music, but things have come a long way since then.

IN MAY, a Dutch organist named Pieter van Dijk performed a selection of baroque pieces in front of an audience of some 50 people. The Netherlands is famous for its organs and organists—local recitals ...

Some sell for more than $3.5 million. Only 700 of them exist, and they're stored in vaults, frequently stolen and often counterfeited. The object in question? Stradivarius violins, constructed by ...

It's been four decades since Bernard Neumann left Montreal for Cremona, Italy, to study violin making. The now-renowned luthier, as a violin-maker is called, still draws daily inspiration from his ...

Despite the lofty reputation of old violins by Italian masters such as Antonio Stradivari, blindfolded listeners in concert halls in New York and Paris say they preferred the sound of newer ...

1 Audience Member Joins Orchestra For LA LA LAND IN CONCERT in Sydney The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) Instrument Fund today announced the acquisition of its fourth 'Golden Age' string ...