Brahms often sought the advice of experts when writing for instruments other than the piano. He was particularly lucky when it came to the violin. From the Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi, with ...

This week we'll hear three violin concertos from three different centuries. Geneva Lewis solos on Mozart's third concerto, Jennifer Koh takes on Missy Mazzoli's modern concerto and Augustin Hadelich ...

Some of the very best recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto take me back in my imagination to the Queen’s Hall on November 10, 1910, when Elgar conducted Fritz Kreisler in a now legendary world ...

"It's a little piece called the Beethoven Violin Concerto," Pervinca Rista says, and then, underscoring the understatement, almost imperceptibly laughs. Beethoven's Violin Concerto, properly known as ...

Minneapolis’ Orchestra Hall was the setting for a different kind of homecoming concert on Thursday and Friday. The Minnesota Orchestra welcomed back not a musician whose career began here, but a piece ...

Are we in a golden age of violinists? It looks like it. That astonishing young players keep coming up the ranks and capturing the public’s imagination is nothing new. But what really seems to mark our ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège Henry Vieuxtemps, Composer Vineta Sareika, Violin Patrick Davin, Conductor Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Hrachya ...

It was a great weekend for Shostakovich and Prokofiev concertos at the Aspen Music Festival, with a fine smattering of other concerto-like pieces to liven up the proceedings. Augustin Hadelich never ...

Every now and then, a little wheeling and dealing goes into a new piece of music. That's especially true in the case of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, performed in concert here by James Ehnes at the ...

Musical interpretations vary widely from smooth jazz covers of Disney's Frozen to faithful recreations of Baroque chamber music as it was played in its time. But what makes an interpretation different ...

Augustin Hadelich's latest album of violin concertos offers two unlikely bedfellows. The tuneful, romantic classic by Johannes Brahms bumps up against the modernist mayhem of György Ligeti. The album, ...

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter bares her soul in a searing, sometimes angry, beautiful performance of Brahms' Violin Concerto, recorded live and... Brahms' Best: The Violin Concerto Brahms' Best: The ...