ON THIS DAY | Violinist Josef Gingold was Born in 1909
Born in 1909 in Brest-Litovsk, Poland to a family of six children, Gingold learned to play the violin at an early age.
He was concertmaster...
ON THIS DAY | Violinist & Composer Niccolò Paganini was Born in 1782
Born in Genoa, Italy in 1782, Italian virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini began the violin at an early age with his father. Showing early signs...
ON THIS DAY | Happy Birthday VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu!
Born in Inner Mongolia China, VC Artist Angelo Xiang Yu moved to Shanghai at the age of 11 and received his early training from...
ON THS DAY | Elgar's Cello Concerto Premiered in 1919
One of the most popular cello concertos today, Elgar wrote the work in 1919 after the Great War. Distraught from the aftershock, he realized...
ON THIS DAY | Legendary Concertmaster Michel Schwalbé was Born in 1919
Polish-born violinist Michel Schwalbé began violin lessons at the age of eight with Maurycy Frenkel in Warsaw. Due to the Second World War, he...
ON THIS DAY | Today is Violinist Midori’s Birthday!
Born in Osaka in 1971, Midori began her violin studies with her mother, Setsu Goto. A recognized child prodigy, at the age of 11,...
ON THIS DAY | Italian Violinist Camillo Sivori Was Born in 1815
A virtuoso violinist and composer, Camillo Sivori was born on this day in 1815 in Genoa.
Sivori met Paganini when he was seven years old...
ON THIS DAY | Happy Birthday, Leila Josefowicz!
Today is the American-Canadian violinist's birthday!
Josefowicz will make her Violin Channel Vanguard Concert Series debut in the upcoming 2022 season.
A strong advocate of new...
ON THIS DAY | Cellist Jaqueline du Pre Passed Away, Age 42
Jaqueline du Pre was born in Oxford, England on January 26, 1945. She began cello lessons when she was five years old, and her...
ON THIS DAY | Sibelius' Violin Concerto Premiered in 1905
Jean Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47 premiered on this day in 1905. Aspiring to be a virtuoso violinist, Sibelius' love of...
ON THIS DAY | Brahms’ Double Concerto Premiered in 1887
Johannes Brahms’ Double Concerto in A Minor Op. 102 for violin, cello, and orchestra premiered on this day in 1887.
The first performance was given...
ON THIS DAY | Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 Premiered in 1923
1917 was Prokofiev's most productive year compositionally, and his first Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major was one of his most recognized works...
VC INTERVIEW | Conductor Jindong Cai on the US-China Music Institute’s China Now Music Festival
Tune into The Violin Channel on Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 PM, to watch the 2021 China Now Music Festival's gala concert, entitled “Asian...
VC INTERVIEW | Co-Founder Sam Walder Discusses the Trala App — Taking The Violin World by Storm
The Violin Channel recently talked with Sam Walder, co-founder and CEO of Trala, an application that aims to democratize access to music education.
Tune in...
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL | Zenetta Drew on Finding Your Own Voice as A Leader
To help celebrate today’s United Nations "International Day of the Girl," The Violin Channel in collaboration with our good friends at the Dallas Symphony...
