As Sherlock Holmes once observed, there's nothing new under the sun. We may live in the internet age but aspects of life online have certainly been around before. Take music piracy, for instance.

More than 200 years ago, Niccolo Paganini led the celebrity lifestyle of drinking, debts and dalliances. Today, long after the violinist and composer’s death, one of his violins enjoys its own ...

'Il Cannone' was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite The world's most famous violin, "Il Cannone", made in 1743 and played by the great virtuoso Niccolo Paganini, being ...

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 ...

In 2015, a delegation of city leaders from Columbus, Ohio, went to Italy's Genoa, where they heard a performance of the famed Paganini violin. The contingent spent the next four years working to ...

In late August 1832, Niccolò Paganini gave two concerts at the then fashionable Long Rooms in Southampton. Paganini was an Italian violinist and composer, the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his ...

Classical music star David Garrett plays famed violinist Niccolo Paganini in Bernard Rose's biopic By THR Staff The Devil's Violinist Still - H 2015 Exploiting the myth that the musician had sold his ...

For her new album, Francesca Dego has recorded a fascinating programme which pays homage to Niccolò Paganini – recorded on Paganini's own (and rarely played) violin, ‘Il Cannone’. In the latest ...

A century before bluesman Robert Johnson’s mythical confrontation at a Mississippi crossroads, another prodigious musical talent was believed to have struck a deal with the devil: Niccolo Paganini, ...

Scott Yoo meets with a descendent of Paganini to discuss the virtuoso's life. Host Scott Yoo meets with the great-great-great grandson of Niccolò Paganini to discuss the famed virtuoso's life. Great ...