Soundpost Online is an online journal that was published by violinist, teacher, and stringed instrument dealer Stefan Hersh from fall 2000 through spring 2006. Over 90 articles by various authors were published in the journal, spanning a wide variety of topics related to stringed instruments including the craft of violin making, how to buy a […]
The Past Reborn Recordings of a Lifetime
Fall
Oscar Shumsky was a musician’s violinist as much as he was a violinist’s violinist. Although his career never achieved the star status enjoyed by some of the more aggressively marketed artists of his generation, Shumsky was revered by professional musicians as well as by the concert public that did have the chance to hear him. […]