Perfection is an over-rated virtue in classical music. It means no risks were taken, no passions revealed. All you can do is admire the dazzling virtuosity and the music’s perfectly licked surface.

This concert—this season's Annual Isaac Stern Memorial Concert at Carnegie Hall—will be heard by listeners around the world as part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series. Produced by ...

Friday’s Chamber Symphony program introduced the established violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov to Aspen audiences. He’s in the fourth decade of a storied career, and he did not disappoint. Even the oh-so ...

It has been a while since I have seen a musician feel so comfortable on stage. As he walked on stage with two bows, his Stradivarius violin and a microphone, Maxim Vengerov was clearly ready to have ...

During a concerto performance at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Shostakovich festival in 1999, violinist Maxim Vengerov played with such ferocity that he broke a string–and without losing his ...

On Tuesday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m., violinist Maxim Vengerov returns to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in recital with pianist Polina Osetinskaya. For the program, the pair plays Mozart's Violin ...

At 29, violinist Maxim Vengerov is a survivor in a shrinking recording industry that’s cut back its commitments to young artists. After 10 rewarding years with the enterprising Teldec Classics label, ...

Guest conductor Xian Zhang and violinist Maxim Vengerov perform Max Bruch’s 1866 G minor Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Robert W. Hart / Special Contributor Composed over eight ...

Maxim Vengerov has a rare combination of gifts–supreme virtuosity, profound musicality, and the ability to truly communicate emotion. At 29, he’s among the world’s busiest violinists, playing about ...

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (Russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров; born 20 August 1974) is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest ...