Lucie Skeaping explores the life and works of Giuseppe Tartini, one of the great violin virtuosos of the 18th century and composer of the famous 'Devil's Trill' sonata. Show more 'One night I ...

Mr Pryer cites Giuseppe Tartini, an 18th Century violin virtuoso who composed the Devil's Trill Sonata, a piece so complicated many modern players struggle to master it.

Hence we get the sonata's famous nickname, The Devil's Trill. Even by today's standards, the work is one of the most difficult pieces for the violin.

The composer's best-known work, notorious for its technically demanding passages, the 'Devil's Trill' Sonata arose from a dream that Tartini had, in which the devil appeared and had played with ...

Audiobook • The violin becomes a character as musician-turned-novelist Gerald Elias spices up “Devil’s Trill.” Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Gerald Elias was the Utah Symphony's ...

She began learning violin at age three by the Suzuki method and has been playing the Devil's Trill since she was 13, though she says it never gets any easier.

After rattling out a few more pieces, the virtuoso gives the cheaper fiddle a final push with a rendition of Tartini’s ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata – and his facial expressions during the performance are ...

Of Korean and Russian origins, born in Kazakhstan and living in Germany, Roman Kim is considered a violin virtuoso, who is at his best especially with the repertoire of Paganini.