See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Sam Zygmuntowicz, 50, the subject of John Marchese's book, "The Violin ...

The name "Stradivarius" is known as one of the most expensive violins in the world.A legendary masterpiece that can fetch prices of hundreds of millions, sometimes even billions of yen.The maker of ...

If there’s one thing Carla Shapreau knows, it’s violins. Violins with a history, in particular — instruments that have traveled over centuries among families and throughout wars, sometimes ...

Malaysian luthier Tan Chin Sang checks the maple for a violin back plate at his workshop in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) ...

The little-known story of Israeli Amnon Weinstein, a musical craftsman who gathered and restored violins that survived the Holocaust, is coming to the West Coast. “The Violin Maker” will have its ...

The new Italian violin I am currently using, a Simona Ferrari (made in 2012), was a period when I initially thought it felt ...

A master craftsman supposedly pours their soul into their work. In this book review of The Violin Maker’s Secret, we explore an instrument that possesses a soul and a memory entirely its own. Evie ...

For 500 years, violin-makers have crafted their instruments by hand. But for the past three years, three Minnesotans have been crafting them with the help of a CT scanner and computer-aided machine.

Long before any bow caresses its strings, a handcrafted violin must be delicately cut and reshaped to the finest of measurements. German violin maker teaches his son and apprentice from a truck in ...