An Italian celebrity is coming to Columbus this week. Nicknamed “Il Cannone,” the superstar will be flanked by security guards on a plane, met by police at the airport, transported in an armored car ...

A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin that belonged to American copper mining heiress Huguette M. Clark is up for auction in New York City. A nearly 300-year-old Stradivarius violin found in the ...

This June, Sotheby’s will be auctioning off the Macdonald viola, created in 1719 by the legendary Italian violin-maker Antonio Stradivari. They’re asking for a minimum bid of $45 million, which would ...

Violin, a worldwide beloved instrument, is rooted in the Italian tradition. Historians confirm the presence of violins in Northern Italy already in the 16 th century. In 1523, we find the word violin ...

An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16, just shy of its $10 million estimate. The final ...

Virtuosos who describe the singing voice of a violin may be on to something. The great violin makers, such as Stradivari and Guarneri, may have designed violins to mimic the human voice, new research ...

Luca Alessandrini is from Urbino and obtained a postgraduate degree in Design Engineering. He has now become famous for developing a composite material including spiders’ silk and using it to create ...

A violin which was made almost three centuries ago has been sold at auction in New York for $9.44 million (£7.71 million). Made in 1731 by acclaimed Italian luthier, Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del ...

Music historians have long suspected that the inventors of the violin wanted to imitate the human voice, and a study out on Monday shows how 16th to 18th century luthiers in Italy did it. Researchers ...

An Italian student's violin using spider silk was the winning entry in an award for innovation in London, celebrating the work of international students in the English capital. Luca Alessandrini, a ...

The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...