FRAN SCOTT: I love this piece. In fact I think it was the first bitof classical music that I ever heard. GREG FOOT: Ah yes Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. It's got the best startto any piece of music ever ...

A global guitar string manufacturer behind the sound of some of the biggest British rock bands is celebrating 60 years since the business’s inception. Rotosound sold its first set of strings in 1958 ...

Rare musical instruments used in ancient Korea will be exhibited with traditional music scores and related paintings at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, the organizers said. The museum and the ...

The violin, viola, cello and double bass are among the most recognisable orchestral and solo instruments. But there is a particular set known as the "Golden Age" instruments which are arguably the ...

The violin as we know it today was developed in Italy in the late fifteenth century, but in fact it can trace its true origins back to many centuries to an ancient bowed fiddle, the Ravanahatha, which ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. At the beginning of 2024, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...