The conservatory plans to establish the largest student scholarship fund in its history with the proceeds from the ...

A violin made in 1714 by the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari has sold for $11.3 million at an auction in New York, short of estimates that would have made it the most expensive instrument ever ...

The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit a ...

Pirate captains and their crews were violent, even ruthless. Part of this was a necessity. But some captains went beyond the normal, creating an art out of atrocity. Captain Blackbeard and Charles ...