'Il Cannone' was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite The world's most famous violin, "Il Cannone", made in 1743 and played by the great virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, being ...

The Moscow-based Violin Art Foundation bought the rare violin – the first from Paganini’s legendary collection to come up for auction – for 568,000 pounds ($1.01 million) on Tuesday, auctioneers ...

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 ...

Some thought he was a metaphorical musical God, others thought he literally got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil. But what was the real story behind Niccolò Paganini’s genius? Born on 27 ...

Nearly one month after Zhang Aozhe bagged the gold at the 58th International Violin Competition Premio Paganini, the ...

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 ...

More than 200 years ago, Niccolo Paganini led the celebrity lifestyle of drinking, debts and dalliances. Today, long after the violinist and composer’s death, one of his violins enjoys its own ...

GRENOBLE, France — French experts fired X-rays at a 18th-century violin worth millions this weekend hoping to discover the secret of its magical sound, they said on Monday. The violin, dubbed “Il ...

French experts fired X-rays at a 18th-century violin worth millions this weekend hoping to discover the secret of its magical sound, they said recently. The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) ...

The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) because of its powerful sound, was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite. The maestro from the Italian city of Genoa played it ...