Niccolò Paganini
Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
- Fame71.0
- Momentum10.4
- Italy rank#210
ItalyA violinist so ferociously skilled that audiences whispered he'd sold his soul to the devil. Paganini's technical command rewrote what the instrument could do, and his 24 Caprices remain a rite of passage no serious player escapes.
About
The son of a Genoese ship chandler, Paganini showed extraordinary musical ability early and studied under Alessandro Rolla, Ferdinando Paer, and Gasparo Ghiretti. He toured northern Italy as a teenager with his father, and by 1805 had entered the service of Elisa Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister, as first violin in Lucca. From 1809 he returned to the road and spent the next two and a half decades building continental fame through technical brilliance and raw showmanship, living just as extravagantly offstage. He ended his concert career in 1834 as his health failed, then watched a Paris casino ven…
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Albums
- Paganini: Integrale per Amandorlino & Chitarra francese1998
- Guitare1998
- Hudeček and Brabec Play Paganini1998
- Virtuose Violinsonaten1997
- Violin Concerto No. 4 / Sonata Varsavia1997
- Paganini: Violin Concerto, no. 1, op. 6 / Bizet/Sarasate: Concert fantasy, op. 25 / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, op. 351996
- La Scala at the Bolshoi: End of Season Concert Including Works by Vivaldi, Paganini, Puccini and Verdi1996
- Virtuoso Pieces1996
- 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op.11996
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- Pantheon 2.0High confidencedatabase · pantheon.world
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