"Paganiniana" is a set of events whose aim is to present Niccolò Paganini's figure, not only as a musician and composer but most of all as a creative and romantic spirit.

The first edition of the festival took place in 2000 on suggestion of the Council for Genoa City Promotion and Communication and continues in collaboration with public and private musical institutions operating in the city, such as the "Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice", the "Giovine Orchestra Genovese", the Genoa Conservatory of Music "Niccolò Paganini" and other Genoese cultural associations.

The festival is one of the most important cultural events in the city of Genoa and it offers the possibility to know Paganini and what he represents in terms of virtuosity, but also modernity and innovation, through a set of different events such as concerts, conferences, meetings, master-classes and other cultural initiatives.

During the last editions many renowned artists have performed: Salvatore Accardo, Massimo Quarta, Uto Ughi, Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists, Leonidas Kavakos and Camerata Salzsburg, Viktoria Mullova and the "Giardino Armonico", Vadim Repin, Maxim Vengerov and famous conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner.

Program of the 2007 edition

Violins, hyperviolins, violas, chamber music ensembles, classical and digital violin-making, great performers and conductors at Teatro Carlo Felice, young musicians, competing composers, music and research, classical and contemporary and a house (Casa Paganini) as a venue for exploring the relationships between music, science and state-of-the-art technology.

An intentional decision was made to include the most innovative stages of this musical journey at Casa Paganini, incubator of new approaches to contemporary music and research into multi-mediality and digital violin-making.

Leading personalities in the musical and cultural world of Genoa have worked to create a varied and articulated musical offering, under the banner of Paganini.

• Concert by Feng Ning, winner Premio Paganini 2006 with Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra. Čiaikovskij, Ravel, Respighi
  Riccardo Frizza direttore, Feng Ning plays the Guarneri del Gesù 1743 “Cannone”
• Tribute to violin maker (1869-1947)
• Workshop From violin to hyperviolin
  with Roberto Doati and Enzo Porta
• Concert/lecture by Enzo Porta, violin. Scelsi, Xenakis, Estrada, Donatoni, Guarnieri, Sciarrino
• Concert/ experiment by Diana Jipa, violin
  organized by Antonio Camurri, Corrado Canepa, Nicola Ferrari and Gualtiero Volpe
• Camerata Salzburg Music Janáček, Bach, Schubert , Mahler. Columbus Day
  Leonidas Kavakos, conductor and violin. Kavakos, winner of Premio Paganini 1988, plays the Guarneri del Gesù, “Cannone” (1743) “Cannone”
• Concerto by Diana Jipa Music Telemann, Enescu, Locatelli
  Diana Jipa, violin
• New Russia Symphony Orchestra. Music Paganini e Berlioz
  Yuri Bashmet, conductor and viola, Sergej Krylov, violin
• Seminar on digital violin making art
  with Frederic Bevilacqua and Frank Madlener (IRCAM of Paris), the violin makers Alberto Giordano and Pio Montanari, the composer Roberto Doati Casa Paganini- InfoMus Lab's staff, chairman Antonio Camurri
• Competition for hyperviolin composition
  Diana Jipa, hyperviolin. Jury: Claudio Ambrosini, Roberto Doati, Michelangelo Lupone, Horacio Vaggione, Alvise Vidolin
• Concert by Peter Sheppard Skaerved. Music Bingham, Gorton, Matthews, Clarke, Rochberg
  Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin, plays the Guarneri del Gesù 1743 “Cannone”
• Concert by Peter Sheppard Skaerved. Music Lafont - Herz, de Beriot - Labarre, Lafont - Weber, Lafont - Czerny, Reicha
  Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin; Aaron Shorr, piano
• Concert by Philharmonisches Streichquintett Berlin Music Dvořák, Rossini, Lanner, Strauss, Hindemith

Program of the 2005 edition

• Associazione "Amici Paganini". Music Dalla Piccola, Beethoven, Paganini, Debussy e Ravel
  Lenuta Ciulei violin, Marco Grisanti piano
• Concerto by Leonidas Kavakos Music Beethoven, Schubert
  Leonidas Kavakos violin, Denes Varjon piano
• Concert by Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Music Brahms, Beethoven
  Marek Janowsky conductor, Julia Fischer violin Guarneri del Gesù (1743), il "Cannone"
• Concert by Sergej Krylov Music Rachmaninov, Prokof'ev, Ysaÿ, Ravel
  Sergej Krylov violin, Lilya Zilberstein piano
• Concert by Viktoria Mullova Music Johann Sebastian Bach
  Viktoria Mullova violin, Ottavio Dantone harpsichord
• Quartetto Arditti Music Maderna, Francesconi, Kurtág, Bartók
  Irvine Arditti violin, Ashot Sarkissjan violin, Ralf Ehlers viola, Rohan De Saram cello
• Concert by Barnabas Kelemen Music Bach, Bartók, Ysaÿe, Paganini
  Barnabas Kelemen violin
• "Il Paganini per Paganini". Music Guarnieri, Campora, Magnan, Poulenc
  Gianmarco Bosio conductor, Instrumental ensemble of the Paganini Conservatory
• Concert by Clohë Hanslip Music Debussy, Beethoven, Schönberg, Frank, Brahms, Saint-Saens, Paganini, Kreisler, Waxman
  Clohë Hanslip violin, Roderick Chadwick piano
• Concert by Baiba Skride. Music Beethoven, Paganini, Liszt, Prokof'ev, Ravel
  Baiba Skride violin, Lauma Skride piano

Program of the 2004 edition

• Il Giardino Armonico. Concert for violin and orchestra Music Vivaldi, Haendel, Sammartini, Locatelli. GOG Season 2003-2004
  Viktoria Mullova violin, Giovanni Antonini flute
• Concert for violin and piano. Spring Concerts by the "Friends of Paganini" Association
  Ingolf Turban violin, Jascha Nemtsov pianoforte
• Concert for violin and piano. Music by Grieg, Bartòk, Stravinsky, Brahms. GOG Season 2003-2004
  Vadim Repin, violin "Cannone", Itamar Golan, piano
• 50th edition of the "Premio Paganini" International Violin Competition Preliminary Stage
• Concert for violin and piano: "Carte blanche à Maxim Vengerov". GOG Season 2003-2004
  Maxim Vengerov violin, Benjamin Yusopov piano
• Recital. Columbus Day Celebration Music by J.S.Bach, Beethoven, Paganini, Debussy, Waxmann. GOG Season 2003-20045
  Yuki Manuela Janke violin il "Cannone", Ayumi Janke, piano
• String Quartet Concert. Quartetto Keller Music Mozart, Brahms, Francesconi (international Première). GOG Season 2003-2004
  Andreas Keller violin, Zsofia Kornyei violin, Zoltan Gal viola, Gyorgy Deri cello
• International Conference on Violin Making. Restoration and conservation of historic string instruments: the violin "Guarneri del Gesù" (1743), known as the "Cannone"
• Baroque music concert, Ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria Music Biber
  Gunar Letzbor violin
• "La Pagina e l'Archetto" - edizione 2004
• Concert of Paganini's music, Ensemble Paganini Music Niccolò Paganini, GOG Season 2003-2004
  Mario Trabucco violin, Ernest Braucher viola, Matteo Ronchini, cello, Josè Scanu, guitar
• International Première. "Fish out of water" four monologues by Ginevra Bompiani Music Renato Chiesa, GOG Season 2003-2004
  voices: Sandro Lombardi, Fabio Mascagni, Ensemble Nehar Shalom: Shalom Budeer violin, Calogero Palermo clarinet, Tonino Riolo piano
• Recital of Paganini's music by Massimo QuartaMusic Paganini: Capricci, GOG Season 2003-2004
  Massimo Quarta, violin

Program of the 2003 edition

• Camerata Salzburg and Leonidas Kavakos. Concert with Paganini's violin Music Haydn, Mozart
• "Shape of things" Paganini's Violin seen through Sergio Bovenga's eyes
• To Luciano Berio. Concert by Mengla Huang, Natalia Lomeiko, winners Premio Paganini Music Berio, Mozart, Paganini, Waxmann, Richard Strauss
• Conservation, usage and maintenance of historical string instruments
  (download 2003_atti_tavola_rotonda.pdf)
• Sir Neville Marriner e Sayaka Shoji. Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice. Musiche di Mozart, Paganini e Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
• Presentazione di "La Pagina e l'Archetto"
• Concerto per il compleanno di Paganini. Musiche di J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Paganini, Prokof'ev e De Sarasate
  Uto Ughi (Violino), Alessandro Specchi (pianoforte)
• Meet-the-Artist: Uto Ughi

Program of the 2002 edition

• Concert with the "Cannone" Music Rossini, Paganini
  Massimo Quarta (conductor and violino), Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice
• Concert by Yuri Bashmet and Isaac Karabtchevsky. Music Berlioz, Glinka, Stravinskij
  Yuri Bashmet viola, Isaac Karabtchevsky conductor, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice
• XLIX Edition of the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini"
• Concert of the winner of the XLIX Edition of the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini" with the "Cannone" Music Niccolò Paganini
  Mengla Huang violin, Angelo Guaragna conductor, Orchestra del Conservatorio di Genova "Niccolò Paganini"
• Concert of the Collegium Pro-Musica Quartet with period instruments Music Turini, Corelli, Uccellini, Veracini, Tartini, Vivaldi
  Stefano Bagliano flute, Alberto Pisani cello, Gianluca Capuano harpsichord. Guest artist: Federico Guglielmo violin
• Visit to the Genoa historical violins: the "Cannone", Niccolò Paganini's violin and the "Sivori"
• Presentation of the catalogue "La pagina e l'archetto"; "The Berri Donation"
• Masterclass by violist Yuri Bashmet
• Concert with the "Cannone" and the "Sivori" for Paganini's birthday Music Paganini, Rolla, Viotti, Haydn
  Mario Trabucco violin "Cannone", Sylvia Trabucco violino "Sivori"
• Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists in concert Music Beriot, Stravinskij, Britten, Paganini, Schnittke
  Yuri Bashmet (conbductor and viola), Moscow Soloistsa
• Europa Galante Ensemble in concert Music Sammartini, Vivaldi, Locatelli, Geminiani e Corelli
  Fabio Biondi (conductor and violin)

Program of the 2001 edition

• Opening Concert of the Festival "Omaggio a Roma" with the "Cannone" Musiche Paganini, J.C. Bach, Vivaldi
  Uto Ughi violin "Cannone", l’Orchestra "I Filarmonici di Roma"
• XLVIII Edition of the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini"
• Homage to Edward Neill
• Concert in memory of Maestro Luigi Cortese Musiche Paganini, Cortese, Ibert, Ferrari, Piazzolla
  Mario Trabucco violin, Josè Scanu guitar
• Performance by Mariusz Patyra with "Cannone", winner of 48ª edition Premio Paganini . Columbus Celebrations 2001
• Paganini Violins Exhibition: the "Cannone" and the "Sivori" will be on display for the "Originals, Models and Copies"
• Natalia Lomeiko in concert with the "Cannone" Music Paganini, Brahms, Ravel, Tchaikowski e Waxman
• Performance by Mariusz Patyra winner of 48ª edition Premio Paganini Music Ferrari, Paganini, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  Karl Martin conductor, Orchestra del Conservatorio statale di Musica Niccolò Paganini di Genova
• Performance by Massimo Quarta. Music Paganini, Britten, Shostakovich
• Discover the music in art. The representation of music in the buildings of Via Garibaldi
• Paganini's Birthday. First violin-making conference in Genoa
  Comparison between the school of Genoa and Cremona, their collections, building materials and the Val di Fiemme resonant fir-wood
• Paganini's Birthday. "Niccolò Paganini Genoa Conservatory of Music" String Orchestra. Music Ferrari, Tchaikowski, Vivaldi
  Mario Trabucco violin, Anthony Flint conductor
• "Genoa at Paganini's time" Guided tour
• Presentation of the catalogue "La pagina e l'archetto"
• Via Gatta Mora! Paganini's repeat performance. Chamber music performance by Luigi Maio of his own works Staged chamber performance centred on an imaginary testimony of the spirit of Paganini
• "A Life of Music" Performance on the "Cannone" in memory of Renato De Barbieri on the 10th Anniversary of his death Music Paganini, Franck, Mozart
  Paola Tumeo violin "Cannone", Francesco Cipolletta piano
• Ruggiero Ricci in Concert Music Berio, Paganini, Beethoven
  Ruggiero Ricci violin, Piero Bellugi conductor

Program of the 2000 edition

• "Concerts for violin and orchestra by Niccolò Paganini n.1 and 2
  Massimo Quarta violin "Cannone" and Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice
• Concert dedicated to Niccolò Paganin Music di Paganini, Rolla e Bazzini