Black Violin

Black Violin Releases Video from Upcoming Album

String duo Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste, known as Black Violin, have been exploring hip-hop music through the lens of their classical training for 16 years. And their approach has certainly made a splash: They won Showtime at the Apollo…


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Sponsored by Yamaha Corporation of America: Like you, Yamaha employees around the world want to live in an environment with clean air and water. We created a wide range of initiatives that embrace our corporate responsibility and address vital issues…

Nancy Zhou

2020 Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition Is Open for Applications

By Stephanie Powell The third iteration of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, which offers a $100,000 grand prize, is scheduled to run from August 4-23, 2020. The 2020 installment of SISIVC will celebrate Isaac Stern’s centennial, and culminate…


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vivaldi

Vivaldi’s Overplayed Staple Still Has Plenty to Offer

By Thomas May The notorious old quip that Antonio Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times was never anything more than a cheap witticism. A similarly cynical attitude might be applied to the fact that the same work has been…

Clemency Burton-Hill

Podcast to Focus on Everyday Classical-Music Experiences

By Megan Westberg Broadcaster and violinist Clemency Burton-Hill, author of Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day, has been striving to bring classical music to a wider audience for a number of years. As of September 10,…


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The Kaplan Family Just Got Bigger and Smaller

Sponsored by D’Addario: Sophisticated strings like Kaplan have historically been available for full-sized instruments, but now, players of smaller instruments can also enjoy the benefits of high-end strings. D’Addario Orchestral has expanded its premium Kaplan string family to include fractional…

Gigs by BAM

BAM Cases Releases a Tracking App for Musical Instruments

By Stephanie Powell BAM Cases has released Gigs by BAM, an app for smartphones that allows users to track the location of their musical instruments at all times, worldwide, using cell-tower triangulation. The app includes various other capabilities as well,…


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