This is a list of notable classical violinists from the baroque era to the 21st century. For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists, see List of contemporary classical violinists.

Baroque era

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

(1685–1750) * Thomas Baltzar (c. 1630–1663) * Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704) *

Pasquale Bini Pasquale Bini (21 June 1716 – April 1770) was an Italian violinist and composer. Life Bini was born in Pesaro in 1716; his family were musicians. He was a favourite pupil of Giuseppe Tartini, to whom he was recommended at the age of fifteen by Ca ...

(1716–1770) *

Arcangelo Corelli Arcangelo Corelli (, also , , ; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the preeminence o ...

(1653–1713) * Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742) *

Matthew Dubourg Matthew Dubourg (1703 – 3 July 1767) was an English violinist, conductor, and composer who spent most of his life in Ireland. Among other achievements, Dubourg led the orchestra at the premiere of Georg Friedrich Handel's great oratorio ''Mes ...

(1707–1767) *

André-Joseph Exaudet André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762) was a French violinist and composer, best known for composing the influential 1751 minuet bearing his name. The January 1744 issue of the Mercure de France announced the publication of six violin sonatas, men ...

(1710–1762) * Carlo Farina (1600–1640) *

Francesco Geminiani 230px Francesco Saverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, ...

(1687–1762) *

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (5 November 1705 – 1 October 1770) was a French composer and violinist. Biography Guillemain is thought to have been born in Paris, was brought up by the Count de Rochechouart, and started studying violin at an early ag ...

(1705–1770) * Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764) * Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764) *

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas ...

(1632–1687) * Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762) *

Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1650 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have been a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, t ...

(1670–1714) *

Davis Mell Davis Mell (also David or Davy; 15 November 1604 – 27 April 1662) was an English clockmaker and violinist. He was born at Wilton, Wiltshire near Salisbury the son of a servant of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. He was primarily a clockma ...

(1604–1662) * Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772) *

Johann Georg Pisendel Johann Georg Pisendel ( – 25 November 1755) was a German Baroque violinist and composer who, for many years, led the Court Orchestra in Dresden as concertmaster, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe. He was the leading violinist o ...

(1687–1755) * Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680) * Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) *

Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in the Republic of Venice. Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred of pieces for the violin with the majority of ...

(1692–1770) *

Carlo Tessarini Carlo Tessarini (1690 – after 15 December 1766), was an Italian composer and violinist in the late Baroque era. Tessarini was born 1690 in Rimini and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_ ...

(1690–1765) * Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) *

Francesco Maria Veracini Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...

(1690–1768) *

Giovanni Battista Vitali Giovanni Battista Vitali (18 February 1632 – 12 October 1692) was an Italian composer and violone player. Life and career Vitali was born in Bologna and spent all of his life in the Emilian region, moving to Modena in 1674. His teacher in hi ...

(1632–1692) * Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745) *

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread ...

(1678–1741)

Classical era

Leopold August Abel Leopold August Abel (24 March 1718 – 25 August 1794Walter Knape, Murray R. Charters and Simon McVeigh, "Leopold August Abel" in "Abel Family," ''Grove Music Online'' (accessed 28 August 2020).) was a German violinist and composer. He was born i ...

(1717–1794) * Jean Ancot Jnr (1799–1829) * Pierre Baillot (1771–1842) * Charles Frederick Baumgarten (1739–1840) * Franz Benda (1709–1786) * Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (1757–1821) *

Bartolomeo Campagnoli Bartolomeo Campagnoli (September 10, 1751 – November 6, 1827) was an Italian violinist and composer. Campagnoli was a virtuoso violinist who toured Europe propagating the 18th Century Italian violin style. He also has a number of compositions ...

(1751–1827) *

Christian Cannabich Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (28 December 1731 (bapt.) – 20 January 1798), was a German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister of the Classical era. A composer of some 200 works, he continued the legacy of Johann Stamit ...

(1731–1798) * Franz Clement (1780–1842) * Richard Cudmore (1787–1840) * Ernst Christoph Dressler (1734–1779) *

Domenico Ferrari Domenico Ferrari (1722 – 1780)Ferrari, Domenico
'' Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833) * Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811) * Pierre Gaviniès (1728–1800) *

Eugène Godecharle Eugène-Charles-Jean Godecharle (bapt. 15 January 1742 – 26 June 1798) was a Belgian violinist and composer. Family Godecharle was born in Brussels in 1742. His father, Jacques-Antoine Godecharle, was master of music in the church of St Nichola ...

(1742–1798) *

Jean-Jacques Grasset Jean-Jacques Grasset (c.1769 – 25 August 1839) was a French classical violinist. He was born in Paris about 1769, and was a pupil of Isidore Bertheaume. After several years' obligatory service in the army, he soon became well-known on his retur ...

(c. 1769–1839) * Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771) * François Habeneck (1781–1849) *

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have le ...

(1732–1809) *

Thaddäus Huber Thaddäus Huber (8 May 1742 – 27 February 1798) was an Austrian violinist and composer. Life Huber was born in Niederhollabrunn in Lower Austria; his father was a farmer and amateur violinist. Having musical ability, he joined at age ten the ch ...

(1742–1798) * Ivan Mane Jarnović (1747–1804) * Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831) * Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778) * Antonio Lolli (1730–1802) * Heinrich August Matthaei (1781–1835) * Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772) *

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist and theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook '' Versuch einer gründliche ...

(1719–1787) *

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

(1756–1791) *

Pietro Nardini Pietro Nardini (April 12, 1722 – May 7, 1793) was an Italian composer and violinist, a transitional musician who worked in both the Baroque and Classical era traditions. Life Nardini was born in Livorno and studied music at Livorno, late ...

(1722–1793) * Thomas Pinto (1728–1773) * Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis (1786–1842) * Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798) * Pierre Rode (1774–1830) *

Alessandro Rolla Alessandro Rolla (; 23 April 175714 September 1841) was an Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher. His son, Antonio Rolla, was also a violin virtuoso and composer. His fame now rests mainly as "teacher of the great ...

(1757–1841) * Antonio Rolla (1798–1837) * Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776–1830) * Anton Stamitz (1754–1796) *

Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz ( cs, Karel Stamic; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of ...

(1745–1801) * Johann Stamitz (1717–1757) * Regina Strinasacchi (c. 1761–1839) * Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808) * Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)

Romantic era

Jean-Delphin Alard Jean-Delphin Alard (8 March 181522 February 1888) was a French violinist, composer, and teacher. He was the son-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and had Pablo de Sarasate amongst his students. Biography Alard was born in Bayonne, the son of a ...

(1815–1888) * Leopold Auer (1845–1930) * Stanisław Barcewicz (1858–1929) * Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897) *

Dora Valesca Becker Dora Valesca Becker (March 7, 1870 – May 19, 1958) was an American violinist. In 1898, she became the first female violinist to play on a musical recording. Early life Dora Valesca Becker was born in Galveston, Texas and raised in New York, ...

(1870–1958) *

Antonín Bennewitz Antonín Bennewitz (also Anton Bennewitz; 26 March 1833 – 29 May 1926) was a Bohemian violinist, conductor and teacher. He was in a line of violinists that extended back to Giovanni Battista Viotti, and forward to Jan Kubelík and Wolfgang Schne ...

(1833–1926) * Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870) *

Franz Berwald Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more appreciated as a composer after his death than ...

(1796–1868) *

Casimir von Blumenthal Casimir von Blumenthal (August 1787 in Brussels – 22 July 1849 in Lausanne), was an Austrian violinist, composer and conductor who worked in Switzerland. Biography Casimir von Blumenthal was born in Brussels, the son of Baron Joseph von Bl ...

(1787–1849) * Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856) *

Alexandre Boucher Alexandre Boucher (11 April 1778 – 29 December 1861)Dates froAlexandre Boucherdata.bnf.fr. Retrieved 17 March 2018. In Paul Nettl's ''Beethoven Encyclopedia'' the dates are 1778–1861. In George Grove's ''A Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' ...

(1770–1861) * George Bridgetower (1778–1860) * Adolph Brodsky (1851–1929) * Ole Bull (1810–1880) *

Kate Chaplin The Chaplin Trio was a trio of musicians: sisters Eleanor Mary (or Nellie) Chaplin, pianist and harpsichordist; Kate Chaplin, violinist and player of the viola d'amore; and Mabel Chaplin, cellist and player of the viola da gamba. They are particular ...

(1865–1948) *

Julius Conus Julius or Jules Conus (russian: Юлий Эдуардович Конюс, ''Yuly Eduardovich Konyus''; 1 February 1869 3 January 1942) was a Russian violinist and composer. Conus was born in Moscow, the son of the pianist Eduard Conus. His bro ...

(1869–1942) *

Mathieu Crickboom Mathieu Crickboom (2 March 1871 – 30 October 1947) was a Belgian violinist, who was born in Verviers (Hodimont) and died in Brussels. Crickboom was the principal disciple of Eugène Ysaÿe, who dedicated to him his ''Sonata for solo violin o ...

(1871–1947) *

Alfredo D'Ambrosio Alfredo d'Ambrosio (13 June 1871 – 28 December 1914) was an Italian composer and violinist. He studied under Enrico Bossi at the Conservatory San Pietro a Majella in Naples, and later with Pablo de Sarasate in Madrid and August Wilhelmj in Londo ...

(1871–1914) * Charles Dancla (1817–1907) *

Joseph Dando Joseph Dando (full name Joseph Haydon Bourne Dando; 11 May 1806 – 9 May 1894) was an English violinist and viola player. He introduced the first public concerts of chamber music in England. Early career Dando was born in Somers Town, London in ...

(1806–1894) * Ferdinand David (1810–1873) * Alfred De Sève (1858–1927) * Jakob Dont (1815–1888) * František Drdla (1868–1944) * Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865) * Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826) * Nahan Franko (1861–1930) * Sam Franko (1857–1937) * Jules Garcin (1830–1896) * François Habeneck (1781–1849) * Karel Halíř (1859–1909) * Carl Heissler (1823–1878) * Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855–1907) * Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828–1893) *

Philip A. Herfort Philip Adolph Herfort (November 28, 1851 – March 24, 1921) was a German violinist, violist and orchestra leader. Early life and education He was born in Berlin, Prussia (now Germany), on November 28, 1851, to Jewish parents, Adolph (Aron) Herf ...

(1851–1921) * Willy Hess (1859–1939) * Karl Holz ( 1798–1858) * Jenő Hubay (1858–1937) * Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839–1899) *

Joseph Joachim Joseph Joachim (28 June 1831 – 15 August 1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher who made an international career, based in Hanover and Berlin. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of ...

(1831–1907) * Paul Klengel (1854–1935) * Franz Kneisel (1865–1926) * Jan Koert (1853–1911) * Apollinaire de Kontski (1825–1879) * Franjo Krežma (1862–1881) * Charles Philippe Lafont (1781–1839) * Walborg Lagerwall (1851–1940) *

Hubert Léonard Hubert Léonard (7 April 1819 – 6 May 1890) was a famous Belgian violinist, born in Liège. His earliest preparatory training was given by a prominent teacher of the time, , after which he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1836. There he s ...

(1819–1890) * Karol Lipiński (1790–1862) *

John David Loder John David Loder (1788 – 13 February 1846) was an English violinist. He was a member of a musical family in Bath, Somerset; his career, beginning in Bath, developed beyond the city and he was later a professor of the violin at the Royal Academy ...

(1788–1846) * David Mannes (1866–1959) * Martin Pierre Marsick (1847–1924) *

Oscar Martel Oscar Martel (February 1848 – 1924) was a Canadian violinist,Slemon, Peter "Montreal's musical life under the Union" McMaster University, 1975. via Library and Archives Canada composer and violin teacher. Early life Born in L'Assomption, Quebe ...

(1848–1924) * Lambert Massart (1811–1892) *

Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (February 8, 1789 – October 13–25, 1878) was a German composer, conductor, and violinist born in Potsdam. In 1802, he debuted in Berlin with his first major violin performance. After a brief period of studying French ...

(1789–1878) * Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863) *

Jacques Féréol Mazas :For ''Mazas Prison'', see here. Jacques Féréol Mazas (23 September 1782 – died 26 August 1849) was a French composer, conductor, violinist, and pedagogue. Biography Born in Lavaur, Mazas was a pupil of Pierre Baillot at the Paris Conserv ...

(1782–1849) * Maria Milanollo (1832–1848) *

Teresa Milanollo Teresa (1827–1904) and her younger sister Maria (1832–1848) Milanollo, were Italian violin-playing child prodigies who toured Europe extensively to great acclaim in the 1840s. After Maria died at age 16, Teresa, who was also a composer, had a ...

(1827–1904) *

Jesús de Monasterio Jesús de Monasterio y Agüeros (21 March 1836 – 28 September 1903) was a Spanish violinist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was one of the main promoters of instrumental music in Madrid during the nineteenth century. Education De Monaster ...

(1836–1903) * Ovide Musin (1854–1929) *

Tivadar Nachéz Tivadar Nachéz (1 May 185929 May 1930) was a Hungarian violinist and composer for violin who had an international career, but made his home in London during his career. Tivadar Nachéz (he himself signed with Nachèz) was born in Budapest, where ...

(1859–1930) *

Wilma Neruda Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda (1838–1911), also known as Wilma Norman-Neruda and Lady Hallé, was a Moravian virtuoso violinist, chamber musician, and teacher. Life and career Born in Brno, Moravia, then part of the Austrian Empire, Ner ...

(1839–1911) * Ottokar Nováček (1866–1900) *

Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices f ...

(1782–1840) *

Heinrich Panofka Heinrich Panofka (3 October 1807 – 18 November 1887)Heinrich Panofka
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(1807–1887) *

Guido Papini Guido Papini (1 August 1847 – 3 October 1912) was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher. During his career he lived in London and Dublin. Life Papini was born in Camaiore in 1847. He studied with Ferdinando Giorgetti in Florence, and gav ...

(1847–1912) *

Maud Powell Minnie "Maud" Powell (August 22, 1867 – January 8, 1920) was an American violinist who gained international acclaim for her skill and virtuosity. Biography Powell was born in Peru, Illinois. Her mother was Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bengelstrae ...

(1867–1920) *

François Prume François Hubert Prume (3 June 1816, Stavelot – 14 July 1849, Liège) was a Belgian violinist and composer. Prume was Professor of Violin at the Royal Conservatory of Liège at the age of seventeen years, where his pupils included Hubert L ...

(1816–1849) * Léon Reynier (1833–1895) *

Oskar Rieding Oskar Rieding (29 June 1846 in Banie, Pomerania, now Poland–7 July 1916 in Celje, Austria-Hungary, now Slovenia) was a German violinist, teacher of music, and composer. Oskar Rieding attended first the recently founded in Berlin, and later t ...

(1840–1918) * Franz Ries (1846–1932) *

Achille Rivarde Achille Rivarde (31 October 186531 March 1940) was an American-born British violinist and teacher, who worked mainly in Europe and London. Biography Serge Achille Rivarde was born in New York City to a Spanish father and an American mother. He ...

(1865–1940) * Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897) * Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) * Émile Sauret (1852–1920) *

Eugène Sauzay Charles Eugène Sauzay (14 July 1809 – 24 January 1901) was a French violinist and composer. Life Sauzay was born in Paris in 1809, and in 1823 he began studying at the Paris Conservatoire. During his time there, he was a pupil of the violini ...

(1809–1901) * Marianne Stresow Scharwenka (1856–1918) * Henry Schradieck (1846–1918) * François Schubert (1808–1878) * Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (1848–1918) *

Arma Senkrah Arma Senkrah, (born Anna Loretta Harkness, 6 June 1864 – 3 September 1900) was an American violinist. Her short career ended in marriage and then suicide. Training Anna Harkness was born in Williamson, New York. At age nine, her mother took ...

(1864–1900) * Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934) * Emily Shinner (1862–1901) * Ödön (Edmund) Singer (1830–1912) * Camillo Sivori (1818–1894) * Theodore Spiering (1871–1925) *

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conducting, conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten Sy ...

(1784–1859) *

Ludwig Straus Ludwig Straus (March 28, 1835 – October 23, 1899) was an Austrian violinist. Straus was born at Pressburg. He studied at the Vienna Conservatorium from 1843 to 1848, as a pupil of Böhm; made his first appearance in 1850, and five years afterwar ...

(1835–1899) * Johann Strauss I (1804–1849) *

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

(1825–1899) *

Josef Suk Josef Suk may refer to: * Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer and violinist * Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), his grandson, Czech violinist and conductor {{Hndis, Suk, Josef ...

(1874–1935) * César Thomson (1857–1931) * Camilla Urso (1840–1902) * Carl Venth (1860–1938) *

Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( 17 February 18206 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th ce ...

(1820–1881) *

José White José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1835–1918) * Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880) * Gabriele Wietrowetz (1866–1937) * August Wilhelmj (1845–1908) *

Eugène Ysaÿe Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar". Legend of the Ysaÿe violin Eugène Ysaÿe ...

(1858–1931)

20th–21st centuries

Note: This does not include living violinists, who are listed at List of contemporary classical violinists. * Joseph Achron (1886–1943) * Murray Adaskin (1906–2002) * Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016) *

Samuel Antek Samuel Antek (May 1, 1909 – January 27, 1958) was a violinist in the NBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Arturo Toscanini. He joined at the orchestra's inception in 1937 and played with it until its dissolution in 1954. Antek was also a cond ...

(1909–1958) * Jelly d'Arányi (1893–1966) * Helen Armstrong (1943–2006) * Michèle Auclair (1924–2005) * Florence Austin (1884–1927) * Sol Babitz (1911–1982) * Oskar Back (1879–1963) * Ik-Hwan Bae (1956–2014) * Israel Baker (1919–2011) *

Vera Barstow Vera Barstow (June 3, 1891 – June 10, 1975) was an American violinist and teacher. She made a three-month tour playing for troops in France during World War I. Early life Vera Barstow was born in Celina, Ohio, but described as being from ...

(1891–1975) * Walter Barylli (1921–2022) *

Hugh Bean Hugh Cecil Bean (22 September 1929 – 26 December 2003) was an English violinist. He was born in Beckenham. After lessons from his father from the age of five, he became a pupil of Albert Sammons (and Ken Piper) when he was nine years old. La ...

(1929–2003) * Louise Behrend (1916–2011) *

Nina Beilina Nina Beilina (4 March 1937 – 25 November 2018) was a Russian concert violinist and academic, in later years living in the USA. Life Nina Mikhaylovna Beilina was born in Moscow in 1937. At age five she began playing the violin, studying with Abra ...

(1937–2018) * Leon Belasco (1902–1988) * Franz Benteler (1925–2010) *

Luigi Alberto Bianchi Luigi Alberto Bianchi (1 January 1945 – 3 January 2018) was an Italian violinist and violist. Life Bianchi was born in 1945 in Rimini, into a musical family, and from the age of six he had violin lessons.Petrowitsch Bissing Peter "Petrowitsch" Bissing (1871 in Russia – 30 November 1961 in Wisconsin, United States) was the founder and president of Bissing's Conservatory of Music in Hays, Kansas and later in Topeka. He was known as an instructor of music and specia ...

(1871–1961) *

Serge Blanc Serge Blanc may refer to: * Serge Blanc (footballer) * Serge Blanc (violinist) See also * Serge Blanco Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, ...

(1929–2013) * Harry Blech (1909–1999) * Naoum Blinder (1889–1965) * Harry Bluestone (1907–1992) * Lola Bobesco (1921–2003) *

Emanuel Borok Emanuel Borok (15 July 1944 – 4 January 2020) was an American violinist of Russian descent. Early life and education Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Borok studied violin in Riga, Latvia, with Voldemar Sturestep. In 1959, he joined the Gnessin M ...

(1944–2020) * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991) * Jules Boucherit (1877–1962) * Norbert Brainin (1923–2005) * Maggy Breittmayer (1888–1961) * Robert Brink (1924–2014) * Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997) * Antonio Brosa (1894–1979) * Alexander Brott (1915–2005) * Iona Brown (1941–2004) *

Anshel Brusilow Anshel Brusilow (August 14, 1928 – January 15, 2018) was an American violinist, conductor, and music educator at the collegiate level. Early life and education Brusilow was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1928, the son of Ukrainian Jewi ...

(1928–2018) *

Gerda von Bülow Gerda Carola Frederikke von Bülow, often known as Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990) was a Danish violinist and music educator. In 1963, she founded the Institut for Nordisk Rytmik (Institute for Nordic Rhythm) which she ran until 1989. Biography Bülow ...

(1904–1990) * Richard Burgin (1892–1981) * Grace Burrows (1893–1980) * Adolf Busch (1891–1952) * Guila Bustabo (1916–2002) * Alfredo Campoli (1906–1991) * Mary Canberg (1918–2004) * Lucien Capet (1873–1928) * Arthur Catterall (1883–1943) * Suzanne Chaigneau (1875–1946) * Albert Chamberland (1886–1975) * Eugène Chartier (1893–1963) * Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951) *

Nicolas Chumachenco Nicolas Chumachenco or Chumachenko (27 March 1944 – 12 December 2020) was a Polish-born violin soloist, professor, and director of the Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra. He won the Merit Diploma Konex Award in 1999, as one of the best Bow Instrumen ...

(1944–2020) * Stephen Clapp (1939–2014) *

Isidore Cohen ''For the composer born with this name, see Isidore de Lara'' Isidore Cohen (December 16, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York – June 23, 2005 in Bronx, New York) was a renowned chamber musician and violinist and member, at different times, of both the ...

(1922–2005) * Raymond Cohen (1919–2011) *

Alexander Cores Alexander Cores (1901-February 5, 1994) was a violinist and founder and first violin of the Dorian String Quartet. Born in Russia, Cores studied in Berlin and at the Juilliard School under Leopold Auer and Paul Kochanski. Cores was a member of th ...

(1901–1994) * Joey Corpus (1958–2017) * Peter Cropper (1945–2015) *

Marcel Darrieux Marcel Darrieux (18 October 1891 – 2 September 1989) was a French classical violinist, particularly known for premiering Sergei Prokofiev's 1st Violin Concerto in 1923. Biography Born in Bordeaux, Darrieux graduated from the Conservatoire d ...

(1891–1989) *

Lukas David Lukas Florian David (5 June 1934 – 11 October 2021) was an Austrian classical violinist. Life David was born in Wels upper Austria in 1934 as the younger son of the composer and conductor Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977) and his wife Ber ...

(1934–2021) * Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002) *

Gioconda de Vito Gioconda de Vito (26 July 1907 – 14 October 1994) was an Italian-British classical violinist. (The dates 22 June 1907 and 24 October 1994 also appear in some sources.Campbell, Margaret (11 November 1994Obituary: Gioconda de Vito ''The Independ ...

(1907–1994) *

Grigoraș Dinicu Grigoraș Ionică Dinicu (; April 3, 1889 – March 28, 1949) was a Romanian violin virtuoso and composer of Roma ethnicity. He is most famous for his often-played virtuoso violin showpiece "Hora staccato" (1906) and for making popular the tune C ...

(1889–1949) * Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) * Rafael Druian (1923–2002) * Samuel Dushkin (1891–1976) * Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1898–1974) * Arnold Eidus (1922–2013) *

Mischa Elman Mischa (Mikhail Saulovich) Elman (russian: Михаил Саулович Эльман; January 20, 1891April 5, 1967) was a Russian-born American violinist famed for his passionate style, beautiful tone, and impeccable artistry and musicality. E ...

(1891–1967) *

George Enescu George Enescu (; – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher. Regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history, Enescu is featured on the Romanian five lei. Biogr ...

(1881–1955) *

Broadus Erle Broadus Erle (March 21, 1918 – April 6, 1977) was an American violinist. Born in Chicago and reared in Toronto, Erle began his violin studies at age 3, taught by his mother, Brownie Earl. (She herself was a violin student of Broadus Farmer, ...

(1918–1977) * Toshiya Eto (1927–2008) * Adila Fachiri (1886–1962) * Ilona Fehér (1901–1988) *

Aldo Ferraresi Aldo Ferraresi (Ferrara, 14 May 1902 – San Remo, 29 June 1978) was a celebrated Italian people, Italian concert violinist and violin pedagogue. Life and career Ferraresi was born in Ferrara, the son of Augusto Ferraresi (1868-1939), an artille ...

(1902–1978) * Christian Ferras (1933–1982) *

Mikhail Fichtenholz Mikhail Izrailevich Fichtenholz (1 June 1920 – 4 June 1985) was a Soviet violinist. A pupil of the eminent pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky, he won the national competition for young performers in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) at the age of 15. I ...

(1920–1985) * Joan Field (1915–1988) *

António Fortunato de Figueiredo Maestro António Fortunato de Figueiredo ComSE (20 August 1903 – 1981) was a Goan conductor and violinist. He was India's first conductor of western classical music. Early life and education António Fortunato de Figueiredo was born in N ...

(1903–1981) * Jorja Fleezanis (1952–2022) * Eugene Fodor (1950–2011) * Vera Fonaroff (1883–1962) *

Zino Francescatti René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti (August 9, 1902 – September 17, 1991) was a French virtuoso violinist. Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family. Both parents were violinists. His father, who also played the cello, had stu ...

(1902–1991) *

Stefan Frenkel Stefan Frenkel (21 November 1902 – 1 March 1979),"Stefan Frenkel"
''Lexikon verfolgte ...

(1902–1979) *

Walter Fried Walter Julius Fried (August 18, 1877 – August 18, 1925) was an American violinist and conducting, conductor. He served as both music director and as concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra between 1911 and 1925 and was also one of Dallas ...

(1877–1925) * Erick Friedman (1939–2004) *

Joseph Fuchs Joseph Philip Fuchs (April 26, 1899 or 1900 – March 14, 1997) was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs. Born in New York, he graduated in 1918 from the Institute of Mu ...

(1899–1997) * Marjorie Fulton (1909–1962) * Ivan Galamian (1903–1981) * Felix Galimir (1910–1999) *

Samuel Gardner Samuel Gardner (August 25, 1891, Elizavetgrad – January 23, 1984) was an American composer and violinist of Russian Jewish origin. He won a Pulitzer prize with a string quartet in 1918. He was a student of Franz Kneisel and Percy Goetschius, a ...

(1891–1984) * John Georgiadis (1939–2021) * Robert Gerle (1924–2005) * André Gertler (1907–1998) *

Stefi Geyer Stefi Geyer (June 28, 1888 in Budapest – December 11, 1956 in Zürich) was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation. Biography Born in 1888 in Budapest, she was the daughter of Josef Geyer, a p ...

(1888–1956) * Elizabeth Gilels (1919–2008) * Zinaida Gilels (1924–2000) *

Bronislav Gimpel Bronislav Gimpel (January 29, 1911 – May 1, 1979)''The Penguin Dictionary of Musical Performers'', by Arthur Jacobs, Viking, 1990, was a Polish-American violinist, and teacher. He was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, part of Polish Galici ...

(1911–1979) *

Josef Gingold Josef Gingold (; January 11, 1995) was a Russian-born American classical violinist and teacher who lived most of his life in the United States. At the time of his death he was considered one of the most influential violin masters in the United St ...

(1909–1995) * Ivry Gitlis (1922–2020) * Thelma Given (1896–1977) * Carroll Glenn (1918–1983) *

Raymond Gniewek Raymond Gniewek (November 13, 1931 – October 1, 2021) was an American violinist. He served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for 43 years; upon his appointment in 1957 he was the youngest person to ever hold the post. He als ...

(1931–2021) *

Paul Godwin Paul Godwin (1902–1982) was a violinist and the leader of a popular German dance orchestra in the 1920s and 30s. Biography Paul Godwin (b. Pinchas Goldfein) was born on 28 March 1902 in Sosnowitz ( Russian Empire; now Poland). Early record ...

(1902–1982) *

Szymon Goldberg Szymon Goldberg (1 June 190919 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American. Born in Włocławek, Congress Poland, Goldberg played the violin as a child growing up in Warsaw. His first teacher was Hen ...

(1909–1993) * Boris Goldstein (1922–1987) * Jascha Gopinko (1891–1980) *

Alexei Gorokhov Aleksey Nikolaevich Gorokhov (russian: Алексей Николаевич Горохов; ua, Олексій Миколайович Горохов; February 11, 1927, Moscow - February 3, 1999) was a Soviet violinist who lived most of his profes ...

(1927–1999) * Barry Griffiths (1939–2020) * Sidney Griller (1911–1993) *

Frederick Grinke Frederick Grinke CBE (8 August 1911 – 16 March 1987) was a Canadian-born violinist who had an international career as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. He was known especially for his performances of 20th-century English music. Training ...

(1911–1987) * Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020) * Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986) *

Daniel Guilet Daniel Guilet (born ''Daniel Guilevitch'', Russian: russian: Даниил Гилевич, January 10, 1899 – October 14, 1990) was a French, and later, American, classical violinist, best known for being a founding member of the Beaux Arts ...

(1899–1990) * Boris Gutnikov (1931–1986) * Ida Haendel (1928–2020) * Betty-Jean Hagen (1930–2016) *

Heimo Haitto Heimo Verneri Haitto (22 May 1925 – 9 June 1999) was a Finnish-American classical violinist who played in several U.S. symphony orchestras. A child prodigy, he was characterized as “Finland’s Jascha Heifetz”. Career Heimo Haitto was born ...

(1925–1999) *

Marie Hall Marie Pauline Hall (8 April 1884 – 11 November 1956) was an English violinist. Biography Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She received her first lessons from her father, who was a harpist in the orchestra of the Carl Ros ...

(1884–1956) *

Sandor Harmati Sandor Harmati (9 July 18924 April 1936) was a Hungarian-American violinist, conductor and composer, best known for his song "Bluebird of Happiness" written in 1934 for Jan Peerce. Biography Sandor Harmati (''Harmati Sándor'' in Hungarian orthogr ...

(1892–1936) *

Cecilia Hansen Cecilia Hansen (; married name Zakharova; February 4 (16), 1897 Kamenskaya – July 27, 1989 London) was a Russian violin virtuoso and music teacher. Early life and career Cecilia Hansen was born on February 4 (16), 1897 in the town of Kamensk ...

(1897–1989) * Alice Harnoncourt (1930–2022) * Margaret Harrison (1899–1995) *

May Harrison May Harrison (23 August 1890- 8 June 1959) was an English violinist and the oldest of four sisters who were classical musicians in Great Britain during the early 20th century. Each had started out as a child prodigy. Information Her sisters, ...

(1890–1959) * Sidney Harth (1925–2011) * Josef Hassid (1923–1950) * Kató Havas (1920–2018) *

Yaëla Hertz Yaëla Hertz Berkson (April 1930 – May 30, 2014) was an Israeli-Canadian teacher and violinist, who was concertmaster of the McGill Chamber Orchestra from 1959 to 2000, and performed with her brother Talmon and pianist Dale Bartlett in the Hert ...

(1930–2014) *

Julius Hegyi Julius Hegyi (February 2, 1923 – January 1, 2007) was an American conductor and violinist. He spent his lifetime building orchestras, founding chamber music groups and instilling a passion for music in young and old alike. His belief in con ...

(1923–2007) * Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) * Philippe Hirschhorn (1946–1996) * Rosa Hochmann (1875–1955) * Henry Holst (1899–1991) * Bronisław Huberman (1882–1947) * Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006) *

Jacques Israelievitch Jacques Israelievitch, CM (May 6, 1948 – September 5, 2015) was a French violinist, and one of Canada's foremost chamber musicians. Born in Cannes, France, at 11 years old he was the youngest graduate in the history of the Le Mans Conservatory ...

(1948–2015) * Sascha Jacobsen (1895–1972) * Piotr Janowski (1951–2008) *

Oleg Kagan Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan (Russian: Оле́г Моисе́евич Кага́н; 22 November 1946 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian SFSR – 15 July 1990, Munich, West Germany) was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicia ...

(1946–1990) *

Kaoru Kakudo Kaoru Kakudo (1947 – April 15, 2004) was a violinist, born in Japan, who performed internationally in recital and solo orchestral appearances. She was a concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands. Biography Violin ...

(1947–2004) * Louis Kaufman (1905–1994) * Daisy Kennedy (1893–1981) * Eda Kersey (1904–1944) *

Felix Khuner Felix Khuner (1906– June 10, 1991) was the second violinist of the Kolisch Quartet. He joined the quartet, then the Wien Quartet, in 1926 when the quartet needed a new second violinist. Khuner was reluctant, but when he visited Rudolf K ...

(1906–1991) * Valery Klimov (1931–2022) * Daniel Kobialka (1943–2021) *

Paul Kochanski Paul Kochanski (born Paweł Kochański; 30 August 1887 – 12 January 1934) was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States. Training and early career Paweł Kochański was born in Odesa to Polish-Jewish parent ...

(1887–1934) * Dmitri Kogan (1978–2017) *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...

(1924–1982) * Felix Kok (1924–2010) *

Adolph Koldofsky Adolph Koldofsky (13 September 1905 – 8 April 1951) was a London-born violinist, living for most of his career in Canada and later in America. He was an orchestral player and member of chamber music ensembles; he commissioned and gave the premiere ...

(1905–1951) * Rudolf Kolisch (1896–1978) * Péter Komlós (1935–2017) * Anton Kontra (1932–2020) *

Hugo Kortschak Hugo Kortschak (28 February 1884 – 19 September 1957) was an Austrian-born American violinist and a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1907 until 1914 (serving as assistant concertmaster from 1910 until 1914), founding member of the Be ...

(1884–1957) * Boris Koutzen (1901–1966) * Dénes Kovács (1930–2005) *

Tosca Kramer Tosca Berger Kramer (June 17, 1903 – December 27, 1976) was a New Zealand-born American violinist and violist. Kramer, along with her parents, was instrumental in bringing classical music performance and instruction to the state of Oklahoma ...

(1903–1976) * Herman Krebbers (1923–2018) *

Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was know ...

(1875–1962) * Jan Kubelík (1880–1940) * Georg Kulenkampff (1898–1948) * Jaakko Kuusisto (1974–2022) * Helen Kwalwasser (1927–2017) * Fredell Lack (1922–2017) * Jeanne Lamon (1949–2021) *

Isidor Lateiner Isidor Lateiner (January 8, 1930, Havana, Cuba – May 26, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a Cubans, Cuban-United States, American violinist. He was the brother of pianist Jacob Lateiner. Lateiner showed exceptional musical talent at a ver ...

(1930–2005) *

Remo Lauricella Remo Lauricella (1912 – 19 January 2003) was a British composer and concert violinist. He was born in London in 1912, his father coming from Catania in Sicily. Lauricella’s father Luigi, a successful tailor with a fashionable clien ...

(1912–2003) *

Arthur Leavins Arthur Leavins (b. 14 July 1917, Leicester, England — d. 7 January 1995) was a British violinist. He was concertmaster of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for most of the 1950s under conductor Sir Thomas Beecham; after which he played with the ...

(1917–1995) *

Everett Lee Everett Astor Lee (August 31, 1916 – January 12, 2022) was an American symphonic conductor, opera music director, violinist and music scholar. He was the first African American to conduct a Broadway musical, the first to "conduct an establishe ...

(1916–2022) * Sylvia Lent (1903–1972) *

Ida Levin Ida Levin (1963 – 19 November 2016) was an American concert violinist. Levin taught at the Sander Vegh International Chamber Music Academy in Prague and was a former faculty member of Harvard University, the Colburn School and the European Mozar ...

(1963–2016) * Walter Levin (1924–2017) *

Nona Liddell Nona Patricia Liddell (9 June 1927 – 13 April 2017) was a British violinist. She was a soloist, leader of chamber music ensembles, and a teacher. For many years she was leader of the London Sinfonietta. Early life She was born in Ealing, Lon ...

(1927–2017) * Maria Lidka (1914–2013) * Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982) *

Lea Luboshutz Lea Luboshutz (February 22, 1885 – March 18, 1965) was a Russian violinist. She had a performing career in Europe and the United States of America, settling in America and becoming a teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia ...

(1885–1965) *

Sergiu Luca Sergiu Luca (4 April 1943, in Bucharest – 6 December 2010, in Houston) was a Romanian-born American violinist, renowned as an early music pioneer; during his career he performed and recorded on both baroque and modern violins. Biography Sergiu ...

(1943–2010) *

Alberto Lysy Alberto Lysy (February 11, 1935 – December 30, 2009) was a prestigious Argentine violinist and conductor of Ukrainian ancestry. The violin gifted to him was a very old Stradivarius. Among his friends were Charlie Chaplin and family whose Swiss ...

(1935–2009) *

Francis MacMillen Francis Rea MacMillen (14 October 1885, in Marietta, Ohio – 14 July 1973, in Lausanne) was an American violinist. At the age of seven, he began studying at Chicago Musical College, where his teacher was . From 1895 to 1899, he studied with (a ...

(1885–1973) * Klaus Maetzl (1941–2016) * Hugh Maguire (1926–2013) * Paul Makanowitzky (1920–1998) *

Juan Manén Juan Manén (or ca, Joan Manén, 14 March 188326 June 1971) was a Spanish violinist and composer, born in Barcelona. As a child, his progress in music was so rapid that his father exhibited him as a piano prodigy. Then, having studied the ...

(1883–1971) * Robert Mann (1920–2018) * Henri Marteau (1874–1934) * Lucien Martin (1908–1950) * Johanna Martzy (1924–1979) * Leonora Jackson McKim (1879–1969) * Ivor McMahon (1924–1972) *

Alfred Eugene Megerlin Alfred Eugene Megerlin (June 30, 1880 – February 22, 1941) was a violinist. He was the concertmaster and first violinist of the New York Philharmonic. Biography Megerlin was born in Antwerp, Belgium and trained at the Royal Conservatory of Brus ...

(1880–1941) *

Wilhelm Melcher Wilhelm Melcher (April 5, 1940 – March 5, 2005) was a German violinist. He is the founder of the Melos Quartet. Biography Melcher was born in Hamburg, and studied there and in Rome. In 1962, he won the International Chamber Music Compet ...

(1940–2005) * Isolde Menges (1893–1976) *

Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi or Jehudi (Hebrew: יהודי, endonym for Jew) is a common Hebrew name: * Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist and conductor ** Yehudi Menuhin School, a music school in Surrey, England ** Who's Yehoodi?, a catchphrase referring to t ...

(1916–1999) * Roberto Michelucci (1922–2010) * Martin Milner (1928–2000) *

Nathan Milstein Nathan Mironovich Milstein ( – December 21, 1992) was a Russian-born American virtuoso violinist. Widely considered one of the finest violinists of the 20th century, Milstein was known for his interpretations of Bach's solo violin works and ...

(1903–1992) *

Mischa Mischakoff Mischa Mischakoff (April 16, 1895 – February 1, 1981) was an outstanding violinist who, as a concertmaster, led many of America's greatest orchestras from the 1920s to the 1960s. Mischakoff was born in Proskuriv (today Khlmelnytskyi), Ukraine a ...

(1895–1981) * Emil Młynarski (1870–1935) *

Cyril Monk Cyril Monk Cyril Farnsworth Monk (9 March 1882 – 7 March 1970) was an Australian violinist and academic. His wife was the pianist and composer Varney Monk. Life Monk was born in Surry Hills, Sydney in 1882, son of James Monk, a grocer, and wi ...

(1882–1970) * Alma Moodie (1898–1943) * Lydia Mordkovitch (1944–2014) * Erika Morini (1904–1995) * Alfonso Mosesti (1924–2018) *

Konstantin Mostras Konstantin (Georgiyevich) Mostras (born Ardzhenka, 16 April 1886; died Moscow, 6 Sept 1965) was a Russian violinist, teacher and composer. He studied at the Moscow Philharmonic School of Music and Drama until 1914, and later was a teacher there ( ...

(1886–1965) *

Peter Mountain Peter Mountain (3 October 1923 – 11 January 2013) was an English violinist. During his career he played in several British orchestras; interested in music education, he was leader of the BBC Training Orchestra, and an academic at the Royal Scott ...

(1923–2013) * David Nadien (1926–2014) * Yfrah Neaman (1923–2003) *

Sheila Nelson Sheila Mary Nelson (5 March 1936 – 16 November 2020) was an English musician, music educator, writer and composer. She had played with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Menuhin Festival Orchestra but ...

(1936–2020) *

Ginette Neveu Ginette Neveu (11 August 191928 October 1949) was a French classical violinist. She was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. Early life Neveu was born on 11 August 1919 in Paris into a musical family. Her brother Jean-Paul became a cla ...

(1919–1949) * Siegmund Nissel (1922–2008) * Ricardo Odnoposoff (1914–2004) *

David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (; – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor. Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin ...

(1908–1974) *

Igor Oistrakh Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (russian: И́горь Дави́дович О́йстрах; uk, Ігор Давидович Ойстрах 27 April 1931 – 14 August 2021) was a Soviet and Russian violinist. He was described by ''Encyclopædia Brita ...

(1931–2021) *

Edgar Ortenberg Edgar Ortenberg (born Eleazar Ortenberg, June 17, 1900 – May 16, 1996) was a violinist in the Budapest String Quartet and taught violin at the Settlement Music School and Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born Eleazar Orte ...

(1900–1996) *

Trond Øyen Trond Øyen (December 26, 1929 – July 12, 1999) was a Norwegian violinist from Vardø. He was recognized as one of Norway's leading violinists of his time. After growing up in Mosjøen, Øyen studied in Oslo under Alf Sjøen and Bjarne Brusta ...

(1929–1999) *

Margaret Pardee Margaret Pardee Butterly (May 10, 1920 – January 26, 2016) was an American violinist and violin teacher. Life and career Pardee was born in 1920 and grew up in Valdosta, Georgia. She graduated from the Juilliard School where she studied with ...

(1920–2016) * Manoug Parikian (1920–1987) *

Kathleen Parlow Kathleen Parlow (September 20, 1890 – August 19, 1963) was a violinist known for her outstanding technique, which earned her the nickname "The lady of the golden bow". Although she left Canada at the age of four and did not permanently return ...

(1890–1963) * Barbara Penny (1929–2007) * Louis Persinger (1887–1966) * Maximilian Pilzer (1890–1958) *

Alfred Pochon Alfred Pochon (30 July 1878 – 26 February 1959) was a Swiss musician. Biography He was born on 30 July 1878 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. It was in his hometown Yverdon that at the age of seven, Pochon first began learning the violi ...

(1878–1959) *

Max Pollikoff Max Pollikoff (1904 - 1984) was an American classical music violinist who created the ''Music in Our Time'' Series at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. The Series commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works. In 1923, when Pollikoff was 19, he ...

(1904–1984) *

Enrico Polo Enrico Polo (18 November 1868 in Parma – 3 December 1953 in Milan) was an Italian violinist, composer and pedagogue. Biography Polo was admitted to the Royal School of Music in Parma (now the Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito) in 1879 s ...

(1868–1953) *

Miron Polyakin Miron Borisovich Polyakin (russian: Мирон Борисович Полякин; (February 12, 1895 in Cherkasy - May 21, 1941 in Moscow) was a Russian Empire and Soviet violinist and pedagogue, one of the best known disciples of the famous Leop ...

(1895–1941) * Katia Popov (1965–2018) * Ruth Posselt (1914–2007) * Jean Pougnet (1907–1968) * Gaston Poulet (1892–1974) * Albert Pratz (1914–1995) *

Mikhail Press Mikhail (Moisej) Isaakovich Press, also known as Michael Press, (russian: Михаил Исаакович Пресс; 29 August 1871, in Vilnius, Lithuania – 22 December 1938, in Lansing, Michigan) was a Russian-American violinist, conductor ...

(1871–1938) * Váša Příhoda (1900–1960) * Simon Pullman (1890–1942) * Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961) *

Michael Rabin Michael Rabin ( ; May 2, 1936January 19, 1972) was an American violinist. He has been described as "one of the most talented and tragic violin virtuosi of his generation". His complete Paganini "24 Caprices" for solo violin are available as a si ...

(1936–1972) *

Rosemary Rapaport Rosemary Rapaport (29 March 1918 in St Albans – 8 June 2011 in Olney) was a violinist and music teacher who founded the Purcell School for musically gifted children. Early years Nancy Rosemary Peace Rapaport was born into a Rabbinic family. ...

(1918–2011) *

Ossy Renardy Ossy Renardy (26 April 19203 December 1953) was an Austrian classical violinist, who made a major impression in Europe before migrating to the United States at age 17. There he made the first complete recording of any version of the 24 Paganini Ca ...

(1920–1953) * Florizel von Reuter (1890–1985) *

Ruggiero Ricci Ruggiero Ricci (24 July 1918 – 5 August 2012) was an American violinist known for performances and recordings of the works of Paganini. Biography He was born in San Bruno, California, the son of Italian immigrants who first named him Woodrow ...

(1918–2012) * Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939) * Aaron Rosand (1927–2019) * Alma Rosé (1906–1944) * Arnold Rosé (1863–1946) * Eric Rosenblith (1920–2010) * Max Rostal (1905–1991) * Olga Rudge (1895–1996) * Albert Sammons (1886–1957) * David Sarser (1921–2013) * Egon Sassmannshaus (1928–2010) * Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926–2019) * Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violinist), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915–2002) * Dina Schneidermann (1931–2016) * Jaap Schröder (1925–2020) * Michel Schwalbé (1919–2012) * Toscha Seidel (1899–1962) * Berl Senofsky (1926–2002) * Samuel Sherman (1871–1948) * Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010) * Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000) * Joseph Silverstein (1932–2015) * Julian Sitkovetsky (1925–1958) * Semyon Snitkovsky (1933–1981) * Marie Soldat-Roeger (1863–1955) * Denise Soriano-Boucherit (1916–2006) * Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985) * Eduard Sõrmus (1878–1940) * Albert Spalding (violinist), Albert Spalding (1883–1953) * Tossy Spivakovsky (1906–1998) * Christian Stadelmann (1959–2019) * Ethel Stark (1910–2012) * Benjamin Steinberg (conductor), Benjamin Steinberg (1915–1974) * Hellmut Stern (1928–2020) * Isaac Stern (1920–2001) * Pyotr Stolyarsky (1871–1944) * Josef Suk (violinist), Josef Suk (1929–2011) * Harold Sumberg (1905–1994) * Suwa Nejiko (1920–2012) * Zoltán Székely (1903–2001) * Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988) * Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973) * Gerhard Taschner (1922–1976) * Henri Temianka (1906–1992) * Jean Ter-Merguerian (1935–2015) * Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953) * Roman Totenberg (1911–2012) * Andor Toth (1925–2006) * Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999) * Masuko Ushioda (1942–2013) * Tibor Varga (violinist), Tibor Varga (1921–2003) * Franz von Vecsey (1893–1935) * Sándor Végh (1912–1997) * Ion Voicu (1923–1997) * William Waterhouse (violinist), William Waterhouse (1917–2003) * Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960) * Camilla Wicks (1928–2020) * Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000) * Maurice Wilk (1922–1963) * Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929–2018) * Harold Wippler (1928–2022) * Endre Wolf (1913–2011) * Josef Wolfsthal (1899–1931) * Rowsby Woof (1883–1943) * Cedric Wright (1889–1959) * Arthur Wynne (1871–1945) * Yuri Yankelevich (1909–1973) * Florian ZaBach (1918–2006) * Zvi Zeitlin (1922–2012) * Grigori Zhislin (1945–2017) * Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985) * Olive Zorian (1916–1965) * Paul Zukofsky (1943–2017)

Comedic

As a supplement to the lists above, the following is a list of violinists who were known for playing the instrument badly in support of comedy routines. * Jack Benny (1894–1974) * Larry Fine (1902–1975) * Henny Youngman (1906–1998)

Contemporary

* See List of contemporary classical violinists

Female

* See List of female violinists

External links

Legendary Violinists
(a public arts website)

by Henry Charles Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
Violinists and Violists on the Web
Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Classical Violinists Classical violinists, Lists of violinists, Classical cs:Seznam houslistů it:Violinisti nl:Lijst van beroemde violisten