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This is more of a "mischevious humoresque" than an evil one - I can hear the sarcastic laughs in the violin tremolos. In general I liked all the special effects, the trills in the piano, the pizzicato in the violin. I think that this would also work well live. It sounds like it's well written for both the violinist and the pianist - as long as it's in a decent key for violin, since I can't really tell by hearing (unless putting it in a strange key makes it more evil or something).
I didn't feel satisfied with the ending however. It came very abruptly, and the final major chord felt out of place considering the context of the entire piece. You might try spicing it up by adding a few extra non-chord tones in that last chord, a la Prokofiev. This will make it more mischevious, or evil, sounding and more in line with the rest of the piece, which in fact does sound very Prokofiev to my ears. Also, you could make the ending more dramatic by either getting loud or soft quickly, ending either grand and loud or soft and playful. Either way, I think it would work.
Nice work!
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