Scientists have used a range of analytical methods to identify the techniques used by violin master Antonio Stradivari in the 17th century, and attempted to replicate his craftsmanship. Antonio ...

Italian violin-making masters of the distant past developed varnishing techniques that lent their instruments both an excellent musical tone and impressive appearance. Scientists have now developed a ...

Over the past five decades, millions of children - starting as young as three - have learnt to play the violin all using the same system. But now the Japanese music teacher behind the Suzuki method ...