The Romantics: A One Track Mind
This series is dedicated to the great romantic composers of the piano — Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. Each of these composers...
View ArticleVideo: Violinist Amadeus Leopold Does Extreme Paganini
Amadeus Leopold, the violinist/performance artist formerly known as Hahn-Bin, has released a video featuring his own flamboyant take on Paganini's Caprice No. 24. With characteristic bravado, he tells...
View ArticlePaganini Biopic Draws Cool Response in Germany (Video)
"The Devil's Violinist," a new biopic starring the violinist David Garrett as Niccolò Paganini, has drawn some devilishly negative reviews from German newspapers since its opening a week ago.The film,...
View ArticleThe CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition Winners
The Young Artists Showcase presents the three new winners of the Victor Elmaleh Competition from Concert Artists Guild. Founded in 1951, the Concert Artists Guild has helped hundreds of young artists...
View ArticleSaxophonist Plays Devilishly Quick Paganini Caprice
The music of Pedro Rafael Garcia Moreno, also known as Pedrosaxo, aggressively trespasses boundaries and expectations. The saxophonist expands the limits of the instrument and many of his performances...
View ArticlePaGAGini's Classical Comedy From Across The Sea
If you’re someone who loves a good musical joke, then you might want to spend some time with the performances of PaGAGini. No, not Paganini (even though his performances were legendary in their own...
View ArticleThese Classical All-Stars Had Amazing Stage Presence
Flow — it’s what happens when Kanye gets into his zone. When an athlete catches fire; or when a writer cranks out page after page without a break. It’s a pretty amazing phenomenon that enables people...
View ArticleYou've Never Seen Paganini Violin Tricks Like These
We already know about the mythologies surrounding Italian composer-violinist Niccolo Paganini. There’s the stuff about his dexterity, so incredible that it was rumored his skills were born of a...
View ArticlePaganini's Caprice 24 With the Elegance of Guitar
We love Paganini’s 24th Caprice. There’s just something so wonderfully satisfying about watching a talented musician navigate that difficult but lyrical musical landscape. Especially fun, though, is...
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Berlioz, Paganini and the Collaboration That Almost Was
Hector Berlioz’s Harold en Italie is a full embrace of musical romanticism. Inspired by Lord Byron’s Childe Harold, and taking cues from the majesty of the Italian countryside, it’s closer to a...
View ArticleFirst Look: Augustin Hadelich's Music Video for Paganini's Caprice No. 4
Violinist Augustin Hadelich has recently given his enviable sound some impressive visuals to match, with a new music video of Paganini’s Fourth Caprice. It comes just days before the release of his...
View ArticleThe Rock Stars of Classical Music’s Past
They were household names. They were sex symbols. Long before the Beatles, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie were selling out arena tours, Farinelli, Paganini, and Liszt were driving audiences to hysterics...
View ArticleViolinist Noemi Gasparini
This week on the Young Artists Showcase alumna Noemi Gasparini returns as part of our month of violinists. Noemi first introduced herself on the Showcase in 2013 as the winner of the Manhattan School...
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