Sam Billings violin, 2022, Guarneri model, Los Angeles, USA missing2025 With its sparkling brilliance and

With its sparkling brilliance and lively dynamics

lovely across all registers and responsive

Brahms's First Violin Sonata in G major is also known by the sobriquet “Regenliedsonate” (Rain Sonata) because its final movement quotes melodic motifs from his two songs “Regenlied” and “Nachklang” (which likewise has rain as its subject)

yet opens up an exciting range of new possibilities

Sam Billings violin, 2022, Guarneri model, Los Angeles, USA missing2025 With its sparkling brilliance andThis instrument is part of our fifth annual Contemporary American Makers Exhibition, 2022 My first violins were made in 2000 while studying with Rebecca Elliott at The Chicago School of Violin Making. I continued to refine my craft from 2003 2013 in Chicago, where I was represented by several violin dealers, including the world class firms of Kenneth Warren & Son, Carl Becker & Son, and Bein & Fushi. During this time I built over one hundred