Five years ago, the Japanese violinist made the spontaneous decision to enter the prestigious Henryk Wieniawski Violin ...

His father, Tadeusz, was a renowned surgeon, and his mother, Regina, nee Wolff, was a proficient piano player. A true Lublin salon, the house of family Wieniawski was frequented by leading artists and ...

The first Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition took place in 1935 in Warsaw on the centennial birth of its patron. Its main conceptor was the volinist’s nephew Adam Wieniawski, while the ...

Thirty nine violinists from twelve countries are to vie for prizes in the International Henryk Wieniawski Competition, which begins in Poznań, western Poland, on October 7. Thirty nine violinists from ...

Titled “Henryk Wieniawski Night,” the concert offered a rich exploration of the Romantic era’s violin and piano repertoire, IRNA reported. The event featured Iranian violinist Ali Salehipour, who was ...

The violin - front and centre in every orchestra - has attracted many a magical musician over the centuries. Paganini and Joachim, Sarasate, Heifetz, and Perlman, right through to Sarah Chang, Joshua ...

A total of 125 violinists from 25 countries have advanced to the second stage of pre-selection for this year’s International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, western Poland, organisers ...

Polonaise No. 1 Henryk Wieniawski, Composer Anna Maria Staskiewicz, Violin Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic Orchestra in Lublin Piotr Wijatkowski, Conductor Fantaisie brillante on themes from Gounod's ...

The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall has for years been a major recording venue, as well as a regular stop for major artists on their tours. We take you to Troy, New York, to hear violinist Joshua Bell ...

As a little boy in Lublin, Poland, in the late 1830s Henryk Wieniawski showed a prodigious talent for the violin. His family cultivated that talent, and Wieniawski went on to become one of Poland's ...