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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The traditional assumption is that the Paganini Caprices are mere tests of technical virtuosity, to be studied as practice pieces or used as encores. But the real trick is to project the music behind ...
It’s fascinating to compare Augustin Hadelich’s account of the 24 Caprices with the version by Sueye Park that I reviewed in the January issue. Hadelich is far more prone to push for maximum dynamic ...
If we agree that mastering and then recording the Paganini Caprices is the violinist’s version of climbing Everest, and acknowledge that many before Ilya Gringolts (a BBC New Generation Artist, 2001 ...
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