From 12-to-1, Armenian violinist Haik Kazazyan has triumphed at the first-ever Classic Violin Olympus competition at Dubai’s Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, beating a world leading collection of ...

It takes its name from its most illustrious owner, Ole (pronounced “oo-luh”) Bornemann Bull, a 19th-century Norwegian concertmaster whom Robert Schumann called the equal of Paganini.

Nicolo Paganini was one of the best examples from the 19th Century of a great instrumental soloist who also happened to compose for their instrument. In his lifetime, Paganini’s abilities as a ...

Tonight, our Evening Masterwork is the Violin Concerto No. 2 by Nicolo Paganini, which has the nickname “La Campanella.” The nickname, which means “The Bell,” comes from the bell-like effects featured ...

The violin, dubbed “Il Cannone” (The Cannon) because of its powerful sound, was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini’s favourite.

He started playing the mandolin aged five, before taking up the violin aged seven and giving his first public performance aged 11 in Genoa. At the age of just 15, the talented teenager started playing ...

Led by the orchestra’s chief conductor Sir Antonio Pappano, the concert included performances of Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville overture, Niccolo Paganini’s First movement from ...

SINGAPORE – Singaporean violinist Chloe Chua’s new album Butterfly Lovers & Paganini has nabbed the No. 4 spot on the United Kingdom’s classical music chart. The 17-year-old classical music ...

No, not this one. This one. Paganini's great, great, great grandson. With him was translator Cecilia Grosso. [Speaking Italian] Playing the violin and having a name such as Paganini.

The world's most famous violin 'Il Cannone', made in 1743 and played by the great virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, is being examined by a synchrotron during a non-destructive X-ray analysis carried out ...