As Hilary Hahn puts it: " Strings, you have to think they are part of you, you don't have to think about them. It's a good thing not to notice your strings. But for me, it is making a huge...

Thanks to the endless stream of flight stories shared around the internet these days, flying out to a gig can be just as scary as it is exciting for some musicians. At the end of the day, though,...

Strings wear out little by little, gradually. So it is not always easy to decide exactly when to change strings. It is an often asked question. So it is important to make the most out of our...

Because you don't know what you don't know and that the violin is maybe the instrument where posture is most important. So I wouldn't only advise having a teacher from the beginning, but have a...

Violins are made the way they are today for many centuries: basically from Andrea Amati (16th century). Even if technology and science have significantly evolved since then, violins today are mostly...

The first thing to consider when you are holding a violin for the first time is that you shouldn't put your fingers everywhere. There are parts of the violin you shouldn't touch. And that, even...