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International prize-winning soloist, Alexandra Conunova

Outrage as Moldovan authorities fail to return violinist’s €2 million Guadagnini confiscated at airport

Clean Bandit at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball

The chart-topping pop stars making classical strings the star of the show

Videos

Jesus Peralta makes the violins out of recycled materials

Violinist in Peru makes instruments from recycled rubbish for children to play

Tiny Violin steals the show on Got Talent España

A tiny, 4-inch violin leaves Spain’s Got Talent viewers spellbound

Ray Chen breaks a violin string during Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, handles it like a boss

When soloist Ray Chen snapped a string mid-Tchaikovsky, and handled it like a boss

Ray Chen

Karolina Protsenko performs Einaudi

13-year-old violinist performs stunning Ludovico Einaudi duet with her mother

Einaudi

Violin virtuoso plays iconic Super Mario Bros sound effects with startling accuracy

Violin virtuoso plays iconic Super Mario Bros sound effects with startling accuracy

Violinist spots new neighbours having a lockdown wedding, walks into the road to serenade them

Violinist spots new neighbours having a lockdown wedding, walks into the road to serenade them

Watch a sublime string quartet serenade Venetians with Vivaldi on a boat shaped like a violin

A sublime string quartet serenades Venice’s canals with Vivaldi, on a boat shaped like a violin

Violin-shaped boat parades near the Accademia Bridge in Venice, Italy.

A giant 12-metre violin boat just sailed through the canals of Venice

As Californians rush to escape wildfire, a man plays his violin to ease traffic jam stress

As Californians rush to escape wildfire, a solo violinist brings calm to traffic jam

Flight attendant tries to force violinist to check instrument into hold

Flight attendant tries to force violinist to check instrument into hold: ‘We don’t go with federal law’

Christian Li and Antonio Vivaldi

13-year-old virtuoso Christian Li becomes youngest ever violinist to record Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Vivaldi

Hilarity as violinists prank unassuming house viewers with ‘Psycho’ music in shower

Hidden violinists startle unsuspecting house viewers with ‘Psycho’ music in shower

Dishwasher violin from @violintorture

Luthier puts violin in a dishwasher to prove a point, and there’s outrage

TikTok violinist duets with howling dog to create melancholic ‘doggo’s lament’

A TikTok violinist duetted with his howling dog, and created this melancholic masterpiece