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Welcome to Marc's violin world
I met violin when I was young. I fall in love. It was not reciprocal - I never was able to play a decent scale. But my love survived.
Violin is ultra simple in concept: no moving pieces, no predefined notes. Yet, it offers infinite possibilities. My violin world is violin accross boundaries: accros music styles, geographies and times. Enjoy and feel free to suggest. Sting with Back to Bass tour in Houston, november 18 2011. Fiddler Peter Tickell doing his amazing solo. 
A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings. Recording inside! Amazing solo for 5-string double bass. Sensual, exotic, unique. 
This sounds like a miracle. Stradivarius violins are 300+ years old and their secrete sauce is still a mystery. Almost a myth! Puzzling news therefore, both from a music and science perspectives. PS: CAT Scan = Computed Axial Tomography Scan 
Visualisation of Bach's Cello Suite #1, prelude. By Alexander Chen of mta.me, via Maria Popova @brainpicker
Ethio-jazz. Cello inside. Suggested by Maxime from http://www.facebook.com/#!/LaMusique Woody Allen. "A jungle is no place for a cellist". 
I have been thinking of writing about "The Red Violin" since i saw it. I saw this movie by chance. Yes, i am really happy to have stumbled upon it.This movie is about an epic journey of a perfect ... 
By Bram Heemskerk: Julia Fischer's new CD, 'Poème'
Mrs Sun Huang plays "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso", by Camille Saint Saens. The instrument is the Erhu, or Chinese violin. It has only 2 strings and predates the western violin by 500 year. Interesting to hear how it performs on romantic music. And I really like how inspired Mrs Sun Huang looks.
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Magnificent performance by Anne Sophie Mutter (in 1984 - she was only 20!) in the cadenza of Beethoven's concerto. With master Karajan. Via Bryan Douds A portrait (video) of Sam Zygmuntowicz, violin maker. Passion and expertise! 
Is the enormous worth of revered violins rooted in myth or merit? I like this sentence: "Psychology plays an important role. If musicians think they are playing one of the greatest instruments in the world, they may actually play better." 
End of last year, they were replicated by CAT scan and 3-D printer. Now they are challenged by modern violins. Tough time for the myths! "Blindfolded experts who listened to violins made by old masters and high-quality modern instruments couldn’t tell the difference between them". The New York Times, via Myriam Photo Christie's/European Pressphoto agency 
Violin is just a pretext here. But this deserves to be scooped: "How a new manufacturing technology will change the world" The Economist. A difficult piece (not only to play...). I love it for its amazing richness of sounds, soul and rythms (for those who don't know it and are curious, I recommand you keep listening up to the second part of the piece, a bit easier). I've chosen this version by Japanese player Mirodi to make us travel even farther. 
A story about fame, art and perception. Courageous experiment by one of the world's greatest violinists. His instrument is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice? 
Stop me if you have heard this one before: two guys that look like they belong on the O.C. start an all cello band that covers popular songs. If you have heard this one before, I am shocked. Not since Rasputina has an ... I bought their CD "Surviving the Golden Age". Like it :) 
Tarisio, the online auction house for fine instruments, sold the ‘Lady Blunt’ Stradivarius violin of 1721 for a world-record price of £9,808,000 ($15,894,000) at their June 20 auction, over 4 times the previous auction record for a Stradivari violin. It was bought by an anonymous bidder after extremely active bidding. 100% of proceeds from the sale will go to aid Japan through the Nippon Foundation’s Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund.
By Laurie Niles: When filmmaker Peter Rosen was approached to make a documentary on Jascha Heifetz several years ago, he met the project with some reservations.
So much energy! I suddently appreciate Michael Jackson ;) Dueling Cellists Stjepan Hauser & Luka Sulic – Smooth Criminal
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Tiens, je ne savais pas que tu étais passionné de Violon :)
Merci pour votre message. Violons et Violes sont cousins. Votre topic est très belle et intéressante. A suivre:http://www.scoop.it/t/viole-de-gambe/ et suis en train de mettre en place un site. A bientôt.