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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In No 8, where she sustains a lower note while simultaneously playing a melody in a higher register (with more trills and double stops), again the effect is uncommonly smooth, while in No 18 the ...

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 ...

Columbus native and world-famous lutenist Paul O'Dette will be featured on this week's episode of Fretworks. English guitarist Nicola Hall will begin the next Fretworks program on Classical 101 with a ...

Our Young Artist of the Year channels technical challenges to wholly musical ends Paganini’s set of 24 Caprices, that vade mecum of violin technique, has been well served on record. Within the last ...