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COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Concertgoers will finally be able to hear the violin, once owned and played by Niccolo Paganini, on Wednesday. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra held its final rehearsal before the ...

The world’s most famous violin is coming to town this weekend, and all Columbus gets to see and hear it. That violin is the priceless 18th-century Guarnerius del Gesù violin nicknamed “Il Cannone” – ...

Paganini's 1734 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin is mostly kept under lock and key, a priceless artefact of one of the world's greatest performers. The fact that Francesca Dego was given permission to ...

'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 ...

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 ...

An Italian celebrity is coming to Columbus this week. Nicknamed “Il Cannone,” the superstar will be flanked by security guards on a plane, met by police at the airport, transported in an armored car ...

In December 2001, Regina Carter was invited to Genoa, Italy to play on one of the most famous violins in existence: a 1743 Guarneri once favored by the virtuoso Niccolò Paganini. Nicknamed Il Cannone ...

The violin, dubbed "Il Cannone" (the cannon) because of its powerful sound, was Italian composer and violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini's favourite. The maestro from the Italian city of Genoa played it ...