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Bazzini La Rondes des Lutins op 25 for Violin and String OrchestraBazzini: La Ronde des Lutins Op. 25 for Violin and String Orchestra Unleash a whirlwind of dazzling …
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Bazzini
Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897) was an Italian violinist and composer from Brescia whose performing career was launched when Paganini heard him play as a teenager and urged him to tour. He spent years on the concert circuit across Europe, forming close friendships with Mendelssohn and Schumann in Germany, before turning increasingly to composition in his later years. His showpiece La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25, with its staccato spiccato passages, left-hand pizzicato, and rapid string-crossings, remains a staple of the virtuoso violin repertoire. He ended his career as director of the Milan Conservatory, where his composition students included Puccini and Catalani, and his influence on Italian music reached well beyond the concert platform.