Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...

Today the <a href=" School announced a new recording partnership called the Colburn Collection with the label <a href=" <a href=" is the U.S. flagship label for the Brussels-based <a href=" Music, ...

It's been about a year since Pirastro came out with its newest violin string set, the <a href=" Pirazzi Neo, and after living ...

Chamber Music Festival has been on my radar for six years now, and its growth in both size and stature has been remarkable.

Success comes about when you set your own standards at a very high level. And you don't let someone else set those standards, ...

These days the best place to find world-class violinist <a href=" Gluzman just might be in the mountains of Colorado. Last ...

February 7, 2026, 6:08 PM · Violinist Hilary Hahn announced on her social media platforms that she will "shortly return to the stage" after surgery to replace a cervical spinal disc. Violinist Hilary ...

October 8, 2025, 3:48 PM · Canadian violinist Timothy Chooi has been awarded the use of the 1714 "Dolphin" Stradivari violin, loaned to him earlier this month by the Tokyo-based Nippon Music ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

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I started violin lessons and piano lessons at the age of 5. When I left home for college in 1983, I kept up with piano as a staff accompanist in the Music Department at Hope College, and as a jazz ...

28yo viola/violin player aiming to make a career out of teaching eventually. Looking to attend conservatoire soon as a principal study viola. Currently have private teachers for violin & viola. Also a ...