The 2026 competitors in New Zealand’s coveted Michael Hill International Violin Competition have been announced today. The 16 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This violin was made by Nicolo ...

Somewhere in Linden, Johannesburg, Albertus Bekker is putting the finishing touches to a new violin after almost 150 hours of painstaking work. Bekker is what is known as a luthier – he handcrafts, ...

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Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public eye. For Tan, ...

CCTV footage released shows the suspect in the theft of the £150,000 violin from an Islington pub (Picture: Metropolitan Police) A manhunt has been launched after a 285-year-old violin belonging to a ...

An 18th Century violin worth more than £150,000 has been stolen from a north London pub, with police appealing for help to trace the suspects. The string instrument, which belonged to a member of ...

An international violin-making competition is set to take place at the Czech Museum of Music in Prague between June 3 and 7, bringing together around 40 luthiers from 12 countries. Founded in 1997 by ...

For some 12 years, the position of world's most expensive violin was occupied by a famous Guarneri violin from 1741. Now that's all changed - and Stradivarius is back at the top Prior to this week, a ...

The priceless violin, made in 1740s Florence, has been passed down to musicians over two centuries. Last week, it was stolen in plain sight from a north London pub. A violinist has appealed for help ...

71.1 x 60.6 cm. (28 x 23.9 in.) ...