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Documentary portrait of the life of violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.

"The programme includes a wealth of archival footage, much of it issued for the very first time, documenting Lord Menuhin's long and varied career: his first steps into the limelight as a child, his development into a star violinist, expansion into jazz and Indian music, his close family ties and his great humanity to those less fortunate than himself." --container.

A portrait of violinist Isaac Stern featuring rare archival footage of Stern performing as well as interviews with students, colleagues and friends (Henry Kissinger, Shimon Peres, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Jimmy Connors, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Schorr, Gregory Peck and others).

"Violinist Julia Ansdell discovers a curious piece of music in an antiques shop in Rome. When she plays the music at home, her daughter seems violently transformed. Julia travels to Venice to find the previous owner of the music and uncovers a dark, decades-old secret involving a dangerously powerful family determined to keep it hidden"--

This picture-book biography of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will inspire young readers to follow the melody within themselves
A 2021 Schneider Family Book Award Young Children Honor Book

Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment, baby Itzhak was transformed by the sounds from his family's...

Britta Lindquist must choose between the love of her life, Yuri Belikov, or a coveted first chair violin position offered by the English conductor, Brenton Maltese.

"When violinist Anna Sun accidently achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces that he wants an open relationship before making a final commitment, a hurt and angry Anna decides if he wants an open relationship, then she does too. Translation: She's going to embark on a string of one-night stands. The more unacceptable...

0Salt Lake City? She hadn't studied the map, but it must be two thousand miles. Two thousand miles from home and she knew not one soul there. What ghosts would she find? That's what she was going for. really, to discover what was left of the man she called Father but had not set eyes on for sixteen years - to discover what things a dead man might leave behind him, other than funds carefully protected to support a daughter's talent.

An orchestra violinist's dreams of becoming a celebrated soloist and fears of his own mediocrity get in the way of his marriage. To Joy is a heartbreaking tale of one man's inability to overcome the demons standing in the way of his happiness.

Laura Huxley married Aldous Huxley in 1956. Their home was the center of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of Los Angeles. Huxley on Huxley offers a compelling glimpse of Laura's life with Aldous and the revolutionary and provocative work that had a major influence on American and contemporary cultural history.