'Il Cannone' was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite The world's most famous violin, "Il Cannone", made in 1743 and played by the great virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, being ...

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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 ...

In late August 1832, Niccolò Paganini gave two concerts at the then fashionable Long Rooms in Southampton. Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer, the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his ...

For director Bernard Rose, making a film about 19th Italian violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini would be pointless without a master violinist to play the part. The producers of “The Devil’s Violinist” ...

Some thought he was a metaphorical musical God, others thought he literally got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil. But what was the real story behind Niccolò Paganini’s genius? Born on 27 ...

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 ...

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