My blind daughter can’t see the violin, but she feels every note. 🎻 Today is National Violin Day, and Khara shares what it means to be a violinist who is blind in a world that often assumes music is visual first. For her, the violin isn’t about what it looks like. It’s about sound, muscle memory, trust, and emotion. Being blind hasn’t taken music away from her — it’s shaped how she connects to it. Learning by ear, counting steps instead of glances, and building confidence in spaces that weren’t

404K views · 19K reactions | Happy Violin Day!  Here’s a clip of the brilliant Gil Shaham playing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Enjoy! | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Facebook

15K views · 445 reactions | On this day, American violinist Erick Friedman died in 2004 | A student of Ivan Galamian, Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz, Mr Friedman is remembered as one of the most gifted violinists of the twentieth century | Here he performs Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantella with pianist Tasso Janopoulo | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-erick-friedman-died-on-this-day-2004/ | The Violin Channel | Facebook