Today’s Object of the week is a blue plaque that quietly records the night one of Europe’s most famous musicians came to play ...

Today’s Object of the week is a blue plaque that quietly records the night one of Europe’s most famous musicians came to play in.

'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,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...