The Paganini Violin is guarded in the vault in the city hall in his birth town of Genoa. But sometimes the honor is given to contemporary violin player to play the instrument. In the presence of at...
The Paganini Violin is guarded in the vault in the city hall in his birth town of Genoa. But sometimes the honor is given to contemporary violin player to play the instrument. In the presence of attorneys the Genoa mayer opens the strongbox, the priceless vioin is inspected by a notary, the mayor gives the violin to the People's Artist of the Soviet Union Leonid Kogan. The last time Paganini's hand touched this violin on the day of his death. On occasion, Il Cannone is loaned to musicians for performance. Violinist Shlomo Mintz performed a special Il Cannone concert on Paganini's violin with the Maastricht Symphony Orchestra in 1997. In 1999, Eugene Fodor played Il Cannone at a special concert in San Francisco, California. It was the farthest the violin had ever been from Italy. Conditions of its travel included a multimillion-dollar insurance policy and an armed escort of Italian police officers. Paganini lost a valuable Amati violin as a result of his penchant for voracious gambling. He was able to take possession of a neglected Guarneri violin, a gift from an amateur violinist and businessman. Paganini played on this instrument for the rest of his life, fondly calling it "my cannon violin," referring to the explosive sound that he was able to make it produce. He bequeathed it to the city of Genoa, Italy upon his death, and it is now considered a national treasure. Il Cannone with the Vuillaume replica, are exhibited together in the main room of the Genoa town hall. The violin is maintained in playable condition, and is taken out and played monthly by its curator. Other than by the curator the Cannone was played each year by the winner of the Premio Paganini contest for young violinists, which sees the Italian city attracting the cream of the crop of young violin performers (since 2002 the contest has been held every two years).
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man thank god listz made a piano version of la campanella. sounds so much better than the violin. no offense to you violin lovers but its just my opinion.
thank you for your videos of Leonid Kogan! I was wondering, do you know what movie these are from? I assume the paganini concerto no.1, la campanella, and the guitar/violin music are from the same movie. I would really like to get that movie!
read the description it says the curator plays it once a month and he probably tunes it too. it was obviously tuned before being played in the video..
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Mayor hands it over to the great soviet violinist Leonid Kogan
thank you for your videos of Leonid Kogan!
I was wondering, do you know what movie these are from? I assume the paganini concerto no.1, la campanella, and the guitar/violin music are from the same movie. I would really like to get that movie!
Thank you