Freya Terris, a 17-year-old left unable to use her right hand after bone erosion surgery, re-learned the piano through online lessons with Arizona music teacher Rory Dowse.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — How do you get to Carnegie Hall? “Practice, practice, practice!” Though the quintessentially famous New York City one-liner is somewhat antiquated, the punchline nonetheless has ...

Before she first picked up the instrument at age nine, Natalie MacMaster had long admired her uncle for his style of Cape Breton fiddle music. “I guess I first started listening to him when I was in ...

When violinist Kim Seo-hyun, one of Korea’s most promising young musicians, won the rookie prize at the 14th Daewon Music Awards on June 8, the 17-year-old took a moment to thank her teacher. “I am ...

When Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson co-directed the documentary Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), it was a revelation on two fronts. The first was that of that of the ...

Last Sunday afternoon, I biked over to the Stanford arches, violin on my back. My friend was waiting for me, armed with two music stands, sheet music and fistfuls of binder clips. A couple of days ago ...

I started playing the violin at the age of four and have taken lessons from various teachers since then. While taking lessons, there was something that always felt off to me. "Try playing it more like ...

Last weekend, I realized that I am tone-deaf on the violin. I had a vague suspicion, but now I am fully aware of it. And then, before this week's lesson, before I even saw my teacher's face, there was ...

Korean violinist Kim Hyun-seo made headlines in October 2025 when she won third prize at the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition, becoming the youngest laureate in the competition's ...

A string quartet from the Tianjin Juilliard School performs after the master class in Beijing on Jan 11.[Photo provided to China Daily] In a series of short, unedited practice videos filmed on his ...

As an academic subject, music is like no other. It consists not only of theory, notes, scales, and harmonies, but also the capacity to deeply move its listeners and practitioners. This mysterious ...