There is only one Stradivarius violin in Poland, a rare example that survived the turmoil of the Second World War and ...

WARSAW, Poland – The Polish city of Czestochowa is renaming its orchestra to honor a native son: Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish-Jewish violin virtuoso who helped save hundreds of German Jews from the ...

A Polish musician was forced to take an eight-hour coach journey, as opposed to a one-hour flight, after the airline demanded he store his €5 million Stradivarius violin in the hold. Violinist Janusz ...

Varnish does more than just provide a protective sheen to a violin. It influences the vibrations and impulses that the wood absorbs and therefore the quality of sound the instrument produces, says an ...

Inside the dimly lit Skokie workshop, the chink of chisels and whirr of sanders is interrupted only by the strains of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." Away from the wooden work benches, jars of varnish and ...

Polish violinist Kinga Augustyn, graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School, will perform at the Chicago Cultural Center with a repertoire entirely based on Polish compositions. The concert is part ...

Violin virtuoso Wanda Wilkomirska, a one-time darling of the communist authorities who became a dissident, has died at age 89. By Associated Press The director of a residence for retired Polish ...

Janusz Wawrowski, a professor of music and a violinist, is using the only Stradivarius violin in Poland to showcase the works of composer Grażyna Bacewicz. There is only one Stradivarius violin in ...