The British violinist Daniel Hope is setting out to restore Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) to his rightful place as the lynchpin of music-making in the Romantic era, with a new CD entitled The Romantic ...
A Stradivarius violin has sold for 11.25 million US dollars (£9 million), with the auction house claiming it is one of the most expensive musical instruments ever sold. The instrument, crafted in 1714 ...
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