Violin Archives on Instagram: "So clean. So crisp. He looks at the violin once — once! — and never flinches. Stoic, motionless, wearing those iconic 70s shades, Salvatore Accardo turns one of Paganini’s most fiendish showpieces into something that looks effortless. Recorded around 1970, this performance captures Accardo in his absolute prime — the Italian violinist who, more than anyone else of his generation, carried the torch of Niccolò Paganini, the 19th-century virtuoso whose music still def