October 7, 2025, 12:58 PM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click ...

Laurie Niles founded Violinist.com with her husband, Robert, in 1996. The website offered Laurie the perfect opportunity to blend her skills as a formally trained professional violinist and a former ...

After my <a href=" last week, ditching my sheet music for an iPad to perform in an orchestra concert, I thought the topic would make for a good vote! Do you use a tablet (iPad) at all for sheet music?

Morton Feldman's cycle, The Viola in My Life, is four individual compositions that utilize various instrumental combinations with the viola. "This work has accompanied me like a secret, an almost ...

On Monday I was invited on a "hard hat tour" of the <a href=" School's new 1,100-seat concert hall that is currently under construction, located in downtown Los Angeles just two blocks from Walt ...

In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click on the highlighted links to ...

September 29, 2025, 3:21 PM · I just played my first symphony concert using an iPad instead of sheet music - and it worked! While this practice is not crazy-unusual, I did need to drum up some courage ...

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 ...

As a pre-college violin professor I see many talented students, but I'm often reminded that talent is only the starting point. It is a long road ahead. Passion - that energy which drives us to ...