The Devil’s Violinist-Who is Paganini?
If you have never heard of paganini before, you can take 2 minutes and listen to his best pieces from this link. If you only listen for 2 minutes, you will be crazy with curiosity to come back here and read his life story. Or let’s leave the music in the background and start the story.
Niccolò Paganini, the world’s most talented violin virtuoso, he was born 238 years ago on October 27, 1782, to a music-loving father who was a packer at the Port of Genoa. At an early age, he acquired his first musical knowledge by taking mandolin and then violin lessons from his father.
Paganini was so talented that he didn’t play the violin; he made it talk: he imitated the sounds of birds and animals, trumpets, flutes, horns and other musical instruments with his violin.
Paganini Does Not Repeat !
He was the most accomplished, fastest, most extraordinary virtuoso of the 1800s. and of all time. His rapid transitions to different octaves were unrepeatable for many violinists. At the end of his concerts, he would often end the finale of his compositions, which made the audience’s hearth beat faster, with only one string because of the…
