Abstract: The research subject is the variation cycle (concert) by Andrew Lloyd Webber “Variations on a theme by Paganini” for violoncello and rock band (or orchestra). The author notes the composer’s high professionalism, fine performance of the stylistic dialogue, delicacy of the combinatorial set of the thematic grain, the rich tone aspect of its development. The author speaks about the natural manner of the stylistic realia existence and points at the connection between definite moments of the music actions with the analogous form making points in Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”. The article reveals the set of mini-cycles in the piece which is interpreted with the help of comprehensive analysis. In this analytical content, the author includes description necessary for creating an impression about the piece of music rarely heard in concert halls. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the uniqueness of its topic. Thus, all the content of the research is unique. The author comes to the following conclusions: “Variations on a theme by Paganini” for violoncello and rock band (or orchestra are a bright concert piece of music marked with a uniqueness of the composer’s language, high professionalism in performing the style dialogue, delicacy of the combinatorial set of the thematic grain, which sometimes has paradoxical and unpredictable interpretation of the topic; the natural manner of the stylistic dialogue of the academic culture and rock music. In this piece of music, we can hear one of the brightest proofs of the ongoing cultural globalization, which often transforms into a part of style in the music of that epoch.