For the last 15 years of Jascha Heifetz's life, Ayke Agus was his closest companion. She came to him as a violin student in his master class at the University o

"The aged Heifetz, the violinist of the century, had much to tell, and Ayke Agus, a young woman from Indonesia - Heifetz preferred "from the jungles of Java" -

Sounding Authentic considers the intersecting influences of nationalism, modernism, and technological innovation on representations of ethnic and national ident

The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strin

String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to stude