The 13-year-old violin phenom <a href=" Yoshimura has signed with Decca Classics, the British record label announced today.

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March 13, 2025, 8:26 PM · The first time I played a piece by Jessie Montgomery was in 2021. It was a busy week, and when I downloaded my second-violin part for Banner, I approached the music with the ...

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March 11, 2025, 1:06 PM · The 1715 "Baron Knoop" Stradivari violin was sold in late February for $23,000,000, shattering the previous record set for a violin price in 2011, when the 1721 "Lady Blunt" ...

Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists ...