Renaud Capuçon’s violin is older than the United States. The instrument, which was made in 1737, was crafted by a rival of Stradivarius, the Italian master Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri. The trademark ...

The French violinist Renaud Capuçon regularly pours his soul into his 286-year-old instrument. It’s one of only about 250 Guarneri violins that still exist. For his January Carnegie Hall debut, the ...

A valuable violin with a storied past will be sold at Sotheby’s in February—and it could become the most expensive musical ...

The prized violin, heard on the soundtracks for several Golden Age Hollywood films, could break a new auction record. Tipped to sell this summer for £14 million, the instrument could break the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ray Ushikubo holds the 1741 Guarneri "del Gesù" violin. At first, playing the Playfair violin took some getting used to, but now ...