A musical note unheard for more than 300 years will resonate again this weekend, the true voice of the seven-string viola da gamba, copied by generations of instrument makers unwittingly using the ...

At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn’t cross his mind, he says, is just how much the hunk of maple and spruce clutched beneath his ...

John Cage would be pleased: If you listen very carefully, you may hear a world record shatter. In sealed bidding expected to end this week, auctioneers Sotheby’s and Ingles & Hayday have been taking ...

The iconography of Orpheus often shows him drawing a bow across the strings of a bulky fiddle, which he balances on his shoulder. What Apollo is supposed to have given to Orpheus was a lyre, which he ...

Sarah Mead discovered her sound at a young age through a unique instrument — the viola da gamba. Familiarly known as the ‘viol’ with a similar appearance to a cello, this instrument has six strings, ...

A 300-year-old viola is expected to be sold for £27m ($45m) - making it the world's most expensive musical instrument in history. Sotheby's and Ingles and Hayday will be holding a sealed bid auction ...

PARIS (AFP) - A rare Stradivarius viola valued at US$45 million (S$56 million) could become the most expensive musical instrument ever sold when it is auctioned later this year. Auction house ...

Last Sunday, music lovers of Mulund were treated to some rare '˜ragas' on the viola instrument by well known violinist and viola player S V Ramchandran.According to SV Ramchandran, "Viola is an ...

At the US Library of Congress in Washington in May, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What did not cross his mind, he says, is just how much the maple and spruce instrument ...

Leonardo da Vinci is highly acclaimed not only as an artist but also as a machine engineer. And a mysterious instrument that combines piano and cello with one of the sketches left in the manuscript ...