Niccolò Paganini ɗan wasan violin ne ɗan ƙasar Italiya, ɗan wasan guitar, kuma mawaƙi wanda ya rayu daga 1782 zuwa 1840. Ana ɗaukan shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasan violin na kowane lokaci kuma an san shi da fasaha na virtuosic da sabbin abubuwan ƙira na violin. Baya ga sana’ar waka, Paganini ya kuma yi suna da hazakarsa da kuma halin da ake ciki, wanda ya kara masa asiri da shahararsa.