Category: Fiddle news and fun

Florida violinist is thankful this Thanksgiving for every note he plays. The teen nearly lost his ability to play to cancer. But, as Erik Waxler reports, he never gave up on his music. When Joe Ginem plays the violin, nothing else seems to matter, “Its definitely my biggest passion.” Joe was coming into his own […]

Al Justice is proof that learning to play violin in your forties is achievable. Fiddlerman: What made you decide to play the fiddle? Al: It was an accident. I went to the music store to buy banjo strings and bought a cheap beginner’s violin set on the fly. F: How long ago was that? A: […]

Orchestra soars with Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto In the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra’s “All-Orchestral Oriental Delights” concert Saturday night at Memorial Auditorium, one piece soared above the others — the audience favorite, “The Butterfly Lovers” Violin Concerto, with its beautiful, heart-wrenching melodies delivered with such lyricism by the WFSO’s concertmaster, Kristin Van Cleve.It’s no wonder […]

Check out Fiddlermans new free online violin and fiddle tuner. Not only is it practical and beautiful but also has 8 different preset sounds to choose from. Choose also from hundreds of tempos. Bookmark and use the metronome to practice as often as you want. Click here to view the metronome.

Still playing the rebel Nigel Kennedy is back and hes showing no signs of mellowing. Nigel Kennedy returns for a gig at Londons Tower Festival as his seminal Vivaldi album gets a 20th anniversary re-release. He still has the haircut, the attitude, and hes still angry – about conductors, the price of CDs, Palestine, country […]

The fiddle (or violin) is a very difficult instrument to learn. It’s also difficult to maintain: strings, the bow, and so on. While the experience may be very rewarding, some of us may just want to have fun with music. The folks at Smule are great with music-type Apps, and their latest is the Magic […]

World class violinist Mark O’Connor plays Morehead State University By Katie Brandenburg – The Independent/CNHI CNHI Nov. 9, 2010 —     MOREHEAD – Violinist Mark O’Connor said he often gets the same goosebumps playing with students as he does playing with classical music greats such as Yo-Yo Ma. “I get the same feeling from a […]

Musician Forgets Million-Dollar Violin on Train A $1.4 million antique violin isnt something you want to accidentally forget on a train.  But thats just what happened to a panicked German musician on Friday night.After returning home to Munich from a chamber music tour in Asia, he got off at his stop without his most prized […]

Jiri Novak: Violinist who eschewed a solo virtuoso career to lead the Smetana Quartet for more than 30 years died Prague 10 September 2010 Jiri Novak, the leader of the celebrated Smetana Quartet, was considered to bethe foremost string-quartet leader of his time, and was one whose modesty concealed an enormous talent and profound musicianship.He […]