violin

In another official building across town, violin notes mixed with air raid sirens.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

When he was 20, he left to play violin and conduct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The National Symphony commissioned symphonies from Roy Harris and William Schuman as well as Alan Hovhaness’ “Ode to Freedom,” a lovely short violin concerto written for Yehudi Menuhin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Music wafted through the dusk—the trill and wail of a klezmer’s violin rivaled by a woman fiddling a lively Irish jig.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Of course there’s comfort in the familiar, in the oboes or ocarinas of the ordinary world, in its violins and shamisens and diddley bows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

It’s well to remember that in the early days of synthesizing instruments, violins with perfect vibrato sounded especially fake, until tiny errors generated by chance were added to the sine waves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Simple melodies are passed back and forth between the violins in playful repetition, rather like the push and pull of a pendulum.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall