Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your ...

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Can any violinist truly conquer this diabolical instrument's formidable technique, to the point where it simply sings, ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: <a href=" Wetzel is a longtime violist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic and also teaches at the Colburn School.

The Utah-based <a href=" Music Festival has named violinist Tessa Lark as its next Artistic Director. The festival began in ...

The baton has become an iconic symbol of the conductor - but is it necessary for a conductor to use one, to get his or her ...

Where do you direct your eyes, when you are playing from memory? The eyes can greatly help in analyzing how your left hand is ...

Robert Levin is a respected arts consultant and manager with over forty years of experience in the performing arts in the areas of artist management, orchestra management, public relations, concert ...

I am a maker specialized in violas that are played in the Gewandhaus Leipzig (Immo Schaar and Konrad Lepetit); by many principal violas: Deustche Kammerphillharmonie Bremen (principal Friederike ...

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