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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 Monday. The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Nicolò Paganini, Composer Kristof Barati, Violin Eiji Oue, Conductor Hamburg NDR Orchestra Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Kristof Barati, Violin Nicolò ...

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 ...

Excerpted from the magazine for Billboard.com. By Billboard Staff There is a good reason why Regina Carter is pictured inside her latest release holding a violin, flanked by two somber, uniformed ...

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 ...

Scientists have carried out X-ray studies on the iconic violin that was crafted in 1743 (courtesy: ESRF/Pierre Jayet) An almost 300-year-old violin that was played by the great virtuoso Niccolò ...

In 2015, a delegation of city leaders from Columbus, Ohio, went to Italy's Genoa, where they heard a performance of the famed Paganini violin. The contingent spent the next four years working to ...

(24) Caprices, Movements: No. 5 in A minor Nicolò Paganini, Composer Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 Nemanja Radulovic, Violin Nicolò Paganini, Composer Cantabile ...

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 ...