GRENOBLE, France — French experts fired X-rays at a 18th-century violin worth millions this weekend hoping to discover the secret of its magical sound, they said on Monday. The violin, dubbed “Il ...

Paganini's 1734 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin is mostly kept under lock and key, a priceless artefact of one of the world's greatest performers. The fact that Francesca Dego was given permission to ...

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 ...

More than 200 years ago, Niccolo Paganini led the celebrity lifestyle of drinking, debts and dalliances. Today, long after the violinist and composer’s death, one of his violins enjoys its own ...

Paganini, Niccolo: Cantabile, for violin & guitar in D major, Op. 17 Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Ismo Eskelinin (guitar) Fagerlund, Sebastian: Violin Concerto, ‘Darkness in Light’: III. Bruscamente ...

Back in the late 1820s, Paganini performed in Prague several times and, we read, the audiences got smaller and smaller – it definitely was not a case of Paganini-mania, more of the Czech public being ...