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 ...

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 ...

When his fans asked him whether he was trained as a classical musician, Pedro responded with this epic video. Saxophonist Pedro Rafael Garcia Moreno, otherwise known as Pedrosaxo, has absolutely ...

Tanvi Athavale performs Paganini's Caprice No. 2 in B minor, Op. 1. Meet the May 2019 Student Musician of the Month: Violinist Tanvi Atharale is a Senior at John Jay High School. She performs Paganini ...

This FTT Mini features guitarist Jiyeon Kim who appeared on From the Top back in 2011. Check out how she blew us away with her virtuosic performance of Paganini's Caprice No. 24 on the guitar.

Columbus native and world-famous lutenist Paul O'Dette will be featured on this week's episode of Fretworks. English guitarist Nicola Hall will begin the next Fretworks program on Classical 101 with a ...

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 ...

It takes a lot of determination to put all 24 Paganini Caprices for Solo Violin on a concert program. But no one ever said Rachel Barton Pine lacked determination. She began conquering her instrument ...

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 ...

In 1820, a composer and violinist--then little known outside his native Italy--published a collection of virtuoso solo pieces--including one that would inspire works by Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, ...