Elizabeth Pitcairn knew the violin was great from the moment she tried it. Only later did it become famous. Violinists call Pitcairn's instrument, made in 1721 by the revered Antonio Stradivari, the ...
What makes a Strad a Strad? The question has haunted musicians, historians and craftsmen, who puzzle why the most beautiful-sounding violins in history came from the hands of Antonio Stradivari in ...
Scott Yoo honors Vivaldi by playing an excerpt from “The Four Seasons” on a $15 million Stradivari violin. From Vivaldi: Something Completely Different. In near by Bergamo, Igor found me a Stradivari ...