An early 19th-century French Mirecourt violin, from the private collection of the family of Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet W.

There is something about the violin that keeps showing up at the exact moment a story needs to feel enormous. Not a guitar, ...

Violinists: how many of these have you attempted? This list will take you through the very best pieces ever written for the violin. From concertos to sonatas, composers throughout the centuries have ...