Paganini Ensemble Vienna

Niccolò Paganini beyond the legend

Paganini Ensemble Wien reveals the rarely heard chamber music of one of history’s most fascinating composers—through source-based interpretation, virtuosity and Viennese musical tradition.

"Chamber music is a complementary and indispensable aspect of Niccolò Paganini's production, rich in pages of high musical value in which the composer's imagination, with frequent bel canto reminsicences, unfolds with absolute naturalness. Especially in the guitar quartets Paganini has offered us the best example of his inexhaustible creative vein, with results of fascinating melodic and inventive beauty."
Danilo Prefumo
Musicologist, Artistic Director Dynamic S.r.l. Genova
  • RAIDING, Austria

    LISZT ZENTRUM RAIDING
    Liszt Festival Raiding
    „Paganinis Kammermusikwelten“ – Paganini quartets Nos. 2 & 9 and further works; Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3, world premiere of the arrangement
    With Xiang Lyu, viola

    Time 11:00

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Was Niccolo Paganini the great violin virtuoso? A composer?
He was both - and in addition, he was an outstanding composer of chamber music.

Founded by Mario Hossen · Ambassador of the European Paganini Route · Complete Paganini chamber-music recording project for Dynamic

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Ambassador of the European Paganini Route

European Paganini Route

In February 2025 the Paganini Ensemble Wien was appointed Ambassador of the European Paganini Route, the cultural route dedicated to the famous musician and his era.

European Paganini Route Cultural Route of the Council of Europe

In February 2025 the Paganini Ensemble Wien was appointed Ambassador of the European Paganini Route (EPR).

As Ambassador, the ensemble carries an artistic mission: to raise awareness of Paganini’s chamber music as a significant part of Europe’s musical heritage, and to preserve and pass on the composer’s legacy through source-based, historically informed performance, the complete recording of his chamber music for Dynamic, and new works that connect his legacy with the music of today. The appointment recognises the ensemble’s work as one of the first groups devoted principally to Paganini’s chamber music, and it opens the way to concerts, cultural exchange and educational initiatives along the Route.

About the European Paganini Route

The European Paganini Route is the cultural itinerary dedicated to the famous musician and his historical era. The EPR fosters cross-border cooperation through an international cultural and musical initiative in the spirit of the European idea.

Within European culture, Niccolò Paganini played a decisive role in the age of Romanticism – not only in music, but as a representative of a time of profound social and cultural change which, between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, helped shape a new European spirit.

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