All Niccolò Paganini articles – Page 2

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Five-year-old violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini

2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

South Korean violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui in January 2001 - at the age of just five-and-a-half.The musician went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York and in 2012 won second prize in ...

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Violinist Ruggiero Ricci performs Bach and Paganini encores

2015-07-24T00:00:00Z

Ruggiero Ricci performs encores following a concert in Florence in 1985 at the age of 67. First up is the Prelude from Bach's Solo Partita no.3, followed by Paganini's Caprice no.17. Read the great violinist's memories of his teachers: None of my teachers were any good at ...

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Cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Paganini's Variations on a Theme of Rossini

2015-07-09T00:00:00Z

French cellist Gautier Capuçon demonstrates tremendous control in Paganini's Variations on a Theme of Rossini.Watch Gautier's violinist brother Renaud performing Gluck’s Melodie on the Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Panette’ violin, 1737.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...

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Violinist Eric Silberger describes recording Paganini with layered variations

2015-04-13T00:00:00Z

The musician recounts the complicated process of recording the audio and video for his ambitious project to capture all the variations of Paganini's Caprice no.24 simultaneously. Watch the video below.

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Violinist Eric Silberger performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with layered variations

2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ever wondered what all the variations of Paganini's 24th Caprice might sound like played at the same time? In a world first, violinist Eric Silberger performs the work with all variations layered together. The video was produced and shot by Lara St John.Subscribe to The Strad or download ...

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Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's God Save the King

2015-03-09T00:00:00Z

Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Paganini's fiendishly difficult Variations on 'God Save the King'. Zimmermann was recently forced to part ways with the 1711 ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius – his principal performing violin for the past 13 years. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...

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Paganini biopic The Devil’s Violinist set for US release in January 2015

2014-12-03T00:00:00Z

The film stars violinist David Garrett in his movie debut

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Violinist James Ehnes performs Paganini's Caprice no.24

2014-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Strad's November 2014 issue cover star, violinist James Ehnes, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here .

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Double bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations

2014-07-15T00:00:00Z

Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to ...

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Jascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24

2014-07-14T00:00:00Z

Violinist Jascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24, including the famous left-hand pizzicato passage - read more about the technique in The Strad's 7 pointers for perfect pizzicato .  

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William Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24

2014-06-17T00:00:00Z

Legendary violist William Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24. The 2014 Primrose International Viola Competition recently took place in Los Angeles, won by 17-year-old Zhanbo Zheng from China. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...

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Hilary Hahn performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana

2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hilary Hahn, who was guest editor of The Strad's June 2012 issue, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana at the Verbier Festival in 2007. You can read excerpts from Hahn's interviews in the June 2012 here . Subscribe to The Strad or download ...

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Ivry Gitlis performs Paganini's Caprice no.24

2014-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ivry Gitlis, who has contributed 8 opinions on performance and career , performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo in 1967. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here ...

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Violinist David Garrett to star as Paganini in movie biopic of his hero

2012-02-10T00:00:00Z

David Garrett is set to make his movie debut as Paganini in a new biopic of the great violinist and composer, reports Variety . The Devil's Violinist has a budget of between $15m and $20m, and is due to begin filming in Europe this August. The ...

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Christopher Nupen's documentary on violinist Paganini set for DVD release

2011-07-05T00:00:00Z

Paganini's Daemon, a documentary on the violinist–composer by Christopher Nupen, will be released on DVD on 26 September. The film, which was shown on BBC Four in the UK in February 2010, looks at the legends surrounding Paganini, explores his personality and technical prowess, and features extracts of his ...