violin

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It bursts with insights that mix journalistic acumen with gossip, backed by a score generously seasoned with mischievous violin string plucking.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

She played the violin from age 8, but it was only after she heard Puccini at 13 that she fell in love with classical music.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Cancelleri, the California entrepreneur, said he has no regrets about holding his son back and would have been just as proactive if the boy loved the violin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Irish pipes, bouzouki, violin and fiddle also feature in the performance alongside an oud - a stringed instrument often described as similar to the European lute - and Middle Eastern percussion.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

It was almost exactly as though he were playing upon a violin!

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl