A ‘gifted’ viola The viola has been on loan to the library for decades, but two recent gifts made its residency permanent. Rare instrument collector David Fulton and his wife, Amy, made a $20 ...

The Francis G. Bulber Youth Orchestra has opened registration for the fall of 2025, which will close on August 15. The ...

He began playing the viola in fifth-grade orchestra by renting an instrument from the school. But turning the viola in at the end of the school year meant summer months without being able to play ...

Roberto Díaz performed at the Library of Congress with the $30 million Tuscan-Medici viola, crafted by Stradivari in 1690. The instrument, now permanently gifted to the library, is renowned for ...

There are plenty of musical instruments for kids that they can handle in the early years easily. These are compact and learning the initial playing lessons is not very difficult.

Kass says he knows of no musical instrument that has sold for as much as $30 million. The highest price paid for a violin at auction was $15.9 million for the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius, in 2011.