Imagine being handed the bat Barry Bonds used for his record-breaking home run. For the Goldmund String Quartet, playing the ...

'There has never been an artist with a greater faith in his destiny than Niccolò Paganini' Film is an art of its own with its own disciplines and imperatives “I thought for about four seconds,” ...

It's probably no surprise that Niccolo Paganini loved food, because as a youngster he was deprived of it. When he was five, he began to play the mandolin; two years later he switched to violin, all ...

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 ...

Bernard Rose, who wrote and directed the steamy 1994 Beethoven biography “Immortal Beloved,” wrote and directed this even steamier portrait of the bad-boy violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini, played by ...

The 18th-century violin, nicknamed ‘the cannon’ thanks to its powerful sound, is undergoing scientific tests to diagnose the root cause of its brilliance. Paganini’s favourite violin has been X-rayed ...