They're the ones keeping classical cool. A cadre of performers under 40 are doing their best to keep instruments such as the violin, piano and cello front and center in music lover's minds. Artists ...

Mezzo-forte's award-winning carbon fiber violin. For nearly 35 years, the Deutschen Musikinstrumentenpreis (German Music Instrument Awards) has recognized excellence in the building of contemporary ...

It’s the first of April and we are welcoming a special guest (believe us: you will know him when you hear him). He introduces us to a fascinating mix of early music and Renaissance era instruments and ...

From an Ancient Egyptian harp and Ghanaian drum to Stradivari violins, a theremin, and even a vuvuzela, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly reopened musical instrument galleries run the gamut of ...

Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...