German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann was born on this day in 1905.
Despite being largely overlooked in many English-speaking countries, he is often lauded as one of the
Antonio Stradivari made almost a thousand instruments, about 650 of which survived.
The 1718 "Ex-Benno Walter" was made during a pinnacle of the violin maker’s career
Japanese pedagogue Shinichi Suzuki was born on this day in 1898.
Many of today's top soloists and orchestral musicians began their musical education with his