Paganini – showman, womanizer, dazzling virtuoso – is one of the most charismatic characters in the history of classical music. His violin, il Cannone (the

Paganini - showman, womaniser, dazzling virtuoso - is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of classical music. His violin is now kept in Genoa,

This is a contemporary European thriller about Paganini, Catherine the Great of Russia, and the search for a long-lost priceless treasure.

"Our inherited image of Nicolo Paganini as a 'demonic violinist' has never been analysed in depth. What really made him 'demonic'? In fact, the many perceptions

“A gripping memoir” by the Irish actor “that is anything but typical Hollywood . . . evokes a beautiful sense of nostalgia, melancholy and vulnerability�