Was Niccolo Paganini — that spectacular violin virtuoso of the early 19th century — the world’s first rock star? The wild hair, the bad-boy mystique, the run-ins with the law, even the rumored devil ...

(24) Caprices, Movements: No. 5 in A minor Nicolò Paganini, Composer Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer Cantabile ...

One of the recordings that launched Canadian James Ehnes's international career was his dazzling account of the 24 Paganini Caprices, released by Telarc in 1995. These pinnacles of violinistic ...

Violinist Yang In-mo expressed confidence in performing Niccolo Paganini’s 24 caprices for solo violin -- notorious for their difficulty -- during a showcase at Kumho Art Hall in Seoul on Monday. “I ...

It took Niccolo Paganini 15 years to write his 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, which pushed the possibilities of the instrument into undreamed-of realms. Nearly two centuries later, with all the ...

Before we hear Barnabas Kelemen perform two Paganini Caprices for Violin in the NPR studios, we get a taste of a Paganini arrangement for violin and piano. Violinist Ingolf Turban and pianist Jascha ...

1 Review: BBC PROMS: MAHLER'S FIRST BY HEART, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S ‘PAGANINI’ VARIATIONS, Royal Albert Hall 3 Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert ...

The LSO and Pappano fire on all cylinders in RVW’s war-straddling Symphonies 4 and 6. And Alina Ibragimova’s Paganini Caprices astound Coinciding with Antonio Pappano’s appointment as its new chief ...