The grandniece of virtuoso Joseph Joachim, Jelly d'Arányi premiered a number of important works that were also dedicated to her — including Bartok’s 1st and

Today is British Baroque violinist Rachel Podger’s birthday! As the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize, she is

  Born in 1881, Hungarian composer Béla Bartók made his public debut as a pianist at age 11 and attended Budapest's Royal Academy of Music where

American violin virtuoso Albert Spalding died at the age of 64. An internationally acclaimed violinist and composer, Spalding was one of the first American violinists to