The Ligurian musician and composer, is considered one of the greatest violinists in music history. Niccolò Paganini’s compositions inspired by other masters such as Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt. He significantly influenced the development of violin-playing art through his unique mastery of the instrument, which is why his name is still used to identify high-grade violinist. As a composer, including Paganini wrote 24 caprices for solo violin, four violin concertos, sonatas for violin and guitar. Many of his works remained unpublished …

Niccolò Paganini was born on 27 October 1782 in Genoa (Italy) was born. About his childhood and youth, small is known.

But, it is narrated that Niccolò self-taught from an early years music education have bought. At age 12 he started as a violinist to perform in public. With stops in Genoa and Parma, Paganini started his musical career with a concert tour of Northern and Central Italy. In 1805 he was called as first violin soloist at the court of Lucca. With a brief stopover in 1809 in Florence, Paganini developed an intense travel, which took him to concerts in Italy and Europe.

In 1828 he was appointed to the imperial court in Vienna Virtuosi, a year later he was celebrating on concerts in Dresden and Berlin. With his Paris concert success of 1831 he kept repeating in Britain (1831, 1833, 1834), in the Netherlands and once in France. Returned to Italy Paganini appeared in the second half of the 1830s to more than once in Piacenza, Parma and Genoa in his native city. Presumably, a performance was his last concert in Turin in 1837.

As a composer, including Paganini wrote 24 caprices for solo violin, four violin concertos, sonatas for violin and guitar. Many of his works remained unpublished. The Paganini as a violinist playing technique developed consisted of many yet unknown tricks that influenced the game of future musicians. Paganini withdrew into private life with 1837, first to Marseille, then to Genoa, and finally back to Nice.

Niccolo Paganini died on 27 May 1840 in Nice, from where his remains over to Italy in 1876 led to bury them in Parma.

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