A century before bluesman Robert Johnson’s mythical confrontation at a Mississippi crossroads, another prodigious musical talent was believed to have struck a deal with the devil: Niccolo Paganini, ...

The virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini was one of the world’s first performer idols. With his dramatic sense of fashion, fondness for gambling and women, and programs of pieces that would have left ...

Bernard Rose’s period biopic “Paganini – The Devil’s Violinist” will start production in July in Vienna; Joely Richardson is in final talks to join global violinist star David Garrett, who makes his ...

As Sherlock Holmes once observed, there's nothing new under the sun. We may live in the internet age but aspects of life online have certainly been around before. Take music piracy, for instance.

At the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa, Italy, the final notes of the 58th International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" ...

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 ...

One violinist and her hula hoop, in a galvanising display of gymnastics and musicianship. When times are hard, musicians somehow manage to be a constant source of joy and wonder. German violinist ...