A husband-and-wife team combines their passion for music and craftsmanship, breathing new life into San Antonio's violin ...

"It's never too late to start a new hobby," says 89-year-old Irish harp-maker Noel Anderson, one of only a few making the ...

November is the perfect month for travelling or attending Italy’s most exciting events. The autumn weather is still pleasant, ...

If there's one thing Carla Shapreau knows, it's violins. Violins with a history, in particular - instruments that have ...

One of the most valuable violins in the world, crafted three centuries ago and once owned by composer Niccolo Paganini, is to be played at a top UK classical music festival. The violin, known as the ...

Tan Chin Seng is Malaysia’s first professional violin maker. Over the past decade, he has earned international accolades. The field is still little-known in Southeast Asia, but now, Tan mentors a new ...

SELANGOR, Malaysia (AP) — Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the ...

Hunched over his workbench, Tan Chin Seng shaves the wooden top plate of a violin, removing thin layers with slow, deliberate strokes. The work is meditative, out of the public eye. For Tan, ...

The 45-year-old is Malaysia’s first professional violin luthier, or maker of string instruments like violins, cellos and guitars. Over the past decade, he has earned international accolades. Now he ...