Korean violinist Kim Hyun-seo, 15, has ranked third at the Premio Paganini international violin competition held in Italy, ...

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Paganini's Caprice No.24 in A minor by violinist Francesca Dego, recorded at ...

At the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa, Italy, the final notes of the 58th International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" resonated in the air as 17-year-old Zhang Aozhe took center stage, ...

The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) because of its powerful sound, was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite. The maestro from the Italian city of Genoa played it ...

To take the full measure of a violin soloist, you have to hear them play the unaccompanied Suites by J.S. Bach and a few of the Caprices by the first violin superstar, Nicolò Paganini.

Classical guitarist Carlo Fierens bridged two distinct sonic worlds, as he presented signature scores of the 19th century Italian violin virtuoso and composer Niccolò Paganini at a tribute concert in ...

Some thought he was a metaphorical musical God, others thought he literally got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil. But what was the real story behind Niccolò Paganini’s genius? Born on 27 ...

American violinist Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) studied her first Paganini Caprice for solo violin at the age of 10, and she is brave enough to perform all 24 as a set in concert. She also plays all ...

New York? When Regina Carter’s pianist suggested the jazz musician play Paganini’s world-famous violin — so valuable that it’s kept under lock and key in Italy — she figured it would be a difficult ...

The Moscow-based Violin Art Foundation bought the rare violin – the first from Paganini’s legendary collection to come up for auction – for 568,000 pounds ($1.01 million) on Tuesday, auctioneers ...