Paganini's Secret (II) — Silent Practice Methods

Left-hand training as conveyed by Sivori, and its technical significanceIt is said that Niccolò Paganini practiced the violin ...
JSTOR

The Vampire Virtuoso? Paganini’s Bloodletting Kit Is for Sale

Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840) effortlessly conjures up vivid descriptions: brilliant, frenetic, devilish. Less well known is the fact that he was a bedridden bloodletter.
La Brújula Verde

The burial of Paganini, the violinist whose genius was attributed to a pact with the devil, was not authorized by the pope until 36 years after his death

With permission from masters such as Yehudi Menuhin, Pablo Sarasate, Joseph Joachim, Eugène Ysaÿe, and perhaps a more modern one—let’s say Jascha Heifetz or Itzhak Perlman—there is one musician who is ...
Classic FM

Niccolò Paganini was such a gifted violinist, people thought he sold his soul to the devil

Some thought he was a metaphorical musical God, others thought he literally got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil. But what was the real story behind Niccolò Paganini’s genius? Born on 27 ...