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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What: Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs all 24 caprices composed by Niccolo Paganini, as part of the Northwest Bach Festival When: Festival artistic director Zuill Bailey will conduct Concert ...

1 Review: BBC PROMS: SHOSTAKOVICH’S ‘LADY MACBETH’, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: CLASSIC THRILLER SOUNDTRACKS, Royal Albert Hall A top prizewinner at the "Premio Paganini" International ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is sensational! In welcoming Korean violinist Sueye Park’s BIS album of the complete Paganini Caprices back in January 2018, I suggested that this excellent player countered the cliché of ...

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 ...