Variations in A Major, “Souvenir de Paganini” KK 1203
Feb 20th, 2008 by admin
This rare bit of Chopiniana was supposedly written after violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini came through Warsaw in the summer of 1829, a concert we know that Chopin attended. A month later he graduated from the Higher School of Music in Warsaw, where a teacher wrote, “Chopin, Fryderyk: third-year student, amazing capabilities, musical genius.”
Hear pianist Dmitri Vorobiev play these unusual Variations in a Chopin Project concert performance.
