Stefan Milenkovich has won numerous international violin competitions, including first prizes at the Rodolfo Lipizer Competition and the Ludwig Spohr Competition.
Performer Biography
Stefan Milenkovich, the violinist on this album, began playing at age three and performed for President Ronald Reagan at ten, Mikhail Gorbachev at eleven, and Pope John Paul II at fourteen.
Performer Biography
Stefan Milenkovich achieved his Master's Degree from the Music Academy of Belgrade in 1995, becoming the youngest student in the institution's history to do so.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Paganini's Capricci were not merely academic exercises but free compositions where technical challenges served a musical fantasy, unlike the more didactic works of his predecessors.
Composition History
The 24 Capricci Op. 1 by Paganini, though printed in 1820, had their plates engraved before November 24, 1817, making their exact composition date a mystery.
Compositional Technique
Paganini systematically and greatly amplified the use of advanced violin techniques in his Capricci, such as high-register chromatic thirds, sixths, octaves, and tenths, and left-hand pizzicato.
Composer Biography
Niccolò Paganini, the composer, was born in Genoa in 1782 and died in Nice in 1840.
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