For over two centuries, Niccolò Paganini’s 24 Caprices have stood as the pinnacle of technical difficulty, a benchmark for violinists that seemed untouchable by other instruments. Today, saxophonists ...

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 ...

In 1917 Szymanowski and his family left Tymoszówka and moved to Elisavetgrad, where he composed as well as playing a few concerts of his own music and accompanying violinist Wiktor Goldfeld. It was ...

Caprice andalous María Dueñas, Violin Berlin German Symphony Orchestra Mihhail Gerts, Conductor Rêverie et caprice María Dueñas, Violin Berlin German Symphony Orchestra Mihhail Gerts, Conductor ...

A top prizewinner at the "Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition, violinist Sean Lee embraces the legacy of his late mentor, violinist Ruggiero Ricci, as one of few violinists who dare to ...

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 ...

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 ...

When his fans asked him whether he was trained as a classical musician, Pedro responded with this epic video. Saxophonist Pedro Rafael Garcia Moreno, otherwise known as Pedrosaxo, has absolutely ...

For me the litmus test with any recording of Paganini’s mighty ‘24’ is the ‘Trill’ Caprice (No 6), where a mournful melody dominates one line with a tremolo shimmering away on another. Given a ...

Flautist Katherine Bryan was good enough to turn one of Paganini's most popular works into something very special... for the wrong instrument. Paganini was known for his legendary skills on the violin ...