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I met a violin virtuoso at a shopping mall

I was playing piano in a shopping mall when an incredible violin virtuoso unexpectedly joined me for a spontaneous duet. What ...
Los Angeles Times

At 24, this ‘extraordinary’ L.A. musician gets to play a violin older than the United States

Ray Ushikubo started playing a $20 violin when he was 6. Now, at 24, he’s playing a rare one worth more than eight figures. Ushikubo was chosen to get an indefinite loan of the violin made in 1741 ...
American Songwriter

What to Know About Learning to Play the Violin as an Adult

It’s true that most violin players start studying the instrument when they’re young—sometimes before they’ve even started school. (It’s admittedly pretty amazing to see a preschooler playing a ...
Emilio Piano on MSN

Piano and violin took over the supermarket

I was playing piano at a supermarket when Lindsey Stirling unexpectedly joined the performance with her violin. The ...
Lansing State Journal

How Lansing native Melissa White came to play a $270K violin made in 1780

When Melissa White was burgeoning as a young violinist growing up in Lansing, her mother, Regina, drove her to Chicago every weekend for music lessons. White was shy girl with big talent who continued ...
news.iastate.edu

With fixed-up violin donations, retired professor pays forward a passion for playing

AMES, Iowa – Paul Lasley still remembers how he felt playing the only conspicuously silver-colored metal clarinet in the elementary school band. Lasley’s parents couldn’t afford an instrument when the ...