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 ...
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 ...
If we agree that mastering and then recording the Paganini Caprices is the violinist’s version of climbing Everest, and acknowledge that many before Ilya Gringolts (a BBC New Generation Artist, 2001 ...
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