As it was, pious folk a century ago believed that Nicolo Paganini was in league with the Devil; some swore they had seen Old Nick at the Italian violinist’s side as he fiddled like the very ...

Award-winning Italian violinist Simone Spadino Pippa and University of Wyoming ... The program will feature music for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms, Niccolo Paganini, Alexy Shor-Pletnev and ...

Here’s the real story... Aged 13, Paganini was sent to study with famous violinist and teacher, Alessandro Rolla. Rolla quickly saw Paganini’s talent, and decided there was nothing else he could teach ...