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worst things about playing the violin

The 10 worst things about playing the violin

Australian bow-maker invents hinged bow

This hinged bow makes a solo violin sound like a full string quartet

Girl blows audiences away by playing the violin with a prosthetic arm

Violinist with prosthetic arm shows incredible power of science and music

A man played the violin to ducks in Cambridge on Valentine's Day

Man playing violin to ducks is a pure and beautiful scene

Tyler Butler-Figueroa is through to the semi-finals

Who is Tyler Butler-Figueroa? Meet the 11-year-old cancer survivor violinist on AGT

Janet Jackson’s son “loves classical music”

Janet Jackson’s three-year-old son Eissa is ‘incredibly talented’ on the violin and ‘loves classical music’

Violin rosin

What the heck is rosin – and why do violinists need it?

Nicola Benedetti performs at the Benedetti Sessions

Nicola Benedetti: ‘There is no more valuable position than that of a music teacher’

Nicola Benedetti

A century old violin was among the valuable instruments stolen

‘Horrendous’: music teacher’s rare $100,000 instruments stolen while she was sleeping in Melbourne home

Violinist Nicola Benedetti has released her first recording with The Benedetti Foundation Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti releases recording with Benedetti Foundation Orchestra

Nicola Benedetti

Playing violin during surgery

Violinist carries on playing during conscious brain surgery

Polish-born virtuoso Roman Totenberg

This Stradivarius violin was stolen 40 years ago. Now, it’s been revived for the first time.

Ray Chen tickets

Young violinist, 7, busks to save money to see his hero Ray Chen in concert

Ray Chen

Stephen Morris reunited with his violin

Stolen £250,000 violin returned to owner in a Waitrose car park

Police release CCTV image of man linked to violin theft

Lost £250,000 Tecchler violin was ‘stolen from luggage rack’ on train

Stephen Morris and the 310-year-old violin

Musician on tour with Andrea Bocelli ‘devastated’ after leaving 18th-century violin on train

Violin on Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow unearths antique Italian violin worth £60,000