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 ...

'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,” ...

While many rappers tend to draw inspiration from the likes of Jay Z and the Notorious B.I.G., Andy Mineo looks to an unlikely source: Niccolò Paganini. The late violin virtuoso's style when it came to ...

Superstar violinist David Garrett is to make his feature film debut playing the role of Niccolo Paganini in the new film 'The Devil's Violinist'. The film tells the story of the imagined Faustian pact ...

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 ...

Was Niccolo Paganini — that spectacular violin virtuoso of the early 19th century — the world’s first rock star? The wild hair, the bad-boy mystique, the run-ins with the law, even the rumored devil ...

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 Monday. The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) ...

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.

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 ...