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 ...

Back in the late 1820s, Paganini performed in Prague several times and, we read, the audiences got smaller and smaller – it definitely was not a case of Paganini-mania, more of the Czech public being ...

If sonata form is about the process of reaching a destination, variation form is more about taking pleasure in the journey itself. While sonata form explores material through argument – contrasting ...

Broadway would have called him a sockeroo. He would have had a radio spot, performing more astounding feats on the fiddle than Alec Templeton’s on the piano. He would have found a way of getting the ...

Pianist Konstantin Lifschitz, 29, is an introspective young man. He says he wants his music to portray "medieval architectonics, the frenzy and immobility of the Japanese theatre, lyrical urbanity, ...

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 ...

He's not even holding on to the handlebars. This is super impressive. Taylan Ergul, a violinist from Ankara, Turkey has completed an incredible feat: playing Paganini’s Caprice No. 5 while riding a ...

Rick has truly outdone himself with this stunning tribute to Paganini. His ability to intertwine jazz with classical elements is nothing short of genius. —Louisa Lee Poster Acclaimed jazz clarinetist ...