Salvatore Accardo's unfussy but highly skilled technique has won him praise as
the most celebrated Italian violinist of his generation. He is acclaimed as the
foremost interpreter of Niccolò Paganini with a canon of recordings that covers
the entire range of the composer's works. Among his most revered releases are
'Variations On Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento' for solo violin in 1972 and 'E minor
No. 6', which he performed live on Italian television in 1974.
Having picked up a violin at the age of three, he began music lessons at a very
young age and studied with Luigi d'Ambrosio a...