Latest News: Classical, Paganini (composer)
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Interview,
Fenella Humphreys on Caprices 24th March 2022
The violinist talks to Katherine about how her new album sprang in part from conquering childhood demons about Paganini, and how commissioning a host of composers to contribute to a new set of micro-variations on his Caprice No. 24 for the project 'brought some absolutely brilliant people into her life'.
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Recording of the Week,
Alina Ibragimova performs Paganini's Caprices 30th April 2021
The violinist releases the results of a uniquely ambitious "lockdown project" – a barnstorming new account of Paganini's fiendish Caprices, recorded in the late spring of 2020.
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Interview,
Francesca Dego on Paganini's Violin 22nd February 2021
The violinist talks about her new recording on Paganini's own violin, featuring works by, dedicated to and responding to the great composer.
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Interview,
Ning Feng on Virtuosismo 9th October 2019
The Chinese violinist shares his thoughts on balancing virtuosity and lyricism in two tremendously demanding concertos by Paganini and Vieuxtemps, out now on Channel Classics and one of Katherine's personal picks from the September releases.
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Interview,
Rachel Barton Pine on Paganini 29th June 2017
David talks to the American violinist about her new album, centred on Paganini's fiendishly difficult Caprices but also featuring a new work composed by Pine herself.
