19th century Italian violinist, (stringed instrument), guitarist and composer. He was the most famous virtuoso violinist of his time and is considered one of the pioneers of modern violin technique.
Caprice in A minor, Op. 1 No. 24 is one of his most famous works and inspired famous composers such as Johannes Brahms and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Paganini extracted wonderful sounds from the violin at such a frenzied pace that his listeners were in ecstasy. "Demonic" was only one of the epithets with which critics awarded his violin playing. One of his concert-goers even claimed to have seen the devil standing next to Paganini and guiding the violinist's bow.
