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A violin concerto is a

concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typ ...

for solo

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

(occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily

orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

). Such works have been written since the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up through the present day. Many major composers have contributed to the violin concerto repertoire, with the best known works including those by

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 wor ...

, Bartók,

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped with ...

, Bruch, Dvořák, Khachaturian,

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sym ...

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 ...

, Paganini,

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...

, Sarasate, Shostakovich,

Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

, and

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 widesprea ...

. Traditionally a three-movement work, the violin concerto has been structured in four movements by a number of modern composers, including

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century clas ...

, and

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sm ...

. In some violin concertos, especially from the Baroque and modern eras, the violin (or group of violins) is accompanied by a

chamber ensemble Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

rather than an orchestra—for instance, in Vivaldi's '' L'estro armonico'', originally scored for four violins, two violas, cello, and continuo, and in

Allan Pettersson Gustaf Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers, he was described as one of the last great symphonists, ...

's first concerto, for violin and string quartet.

List of violin concertos

The following concertos are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. *

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

** Violin Concerto (1993) * Malcolm Arnold ** Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra (1969) *

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 ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1717–1723) ** Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1717–1723) ** Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (1723) *

Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Probab ...

** Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1939) *

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hu ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806) *

** Violin Concerto (1935) *

Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

** Violin Concerto (1938) *

Nimrod Borenstein Nimrod Borenstein ( he, נמרוד בורנשטיין; born in 1969) is a British-French-Israeli composer whose music is widely performed throughout Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Japan. His works are becoming part of the repertoire of ma ...

**Concerto for violin and orchestra opus 60 (2013) *

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (1878) *

Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...

** Violin Concerto (1939) *

Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (1867) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 44 (1878) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 58 (1891) *

Frederick Delius Delius, photographed in 1907 Frederick Theodore Albert Delius ( 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934), originally Fritz Delius, was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he resisted atte ...

** Violin Concerto * Henri Dutilleux **''

L'Arbre des songes ''L'arbre des songes'' (''The Tree of Dreams'') is a violin concerto written by Henri Dutilleux between 1983 and 1985. It is dedicated to Isaac Stern. This concerto is the result of the composer's efforts in unifying large-scale works. The process ...

'' (1985) *

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 (1879–1880) *

Danny Elfman Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American film composer, singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the singer-songwriter for the new wave band Oingo Boingo in the early 1980s. Since the 1990s, Elfman has garnered internation ...

** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven" (2017) *

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

** Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1910) *

Eduard Franck Eduard Franck (5 October 1817 – 1 December 1893) was a German composer, pianist and music pedagogue. Life Franck was born in Breslau, the capital of the Prussian province of Silesia. He was the fourth child of a wealthy banker who exposed h ...

** Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 30 (1855/1861) ** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 57 (1875) *

Richard Franck Richard Franck (3 January 1858 – 22 January 1938) was a German pianist, composer and teacher. Life He was born in Cologne and was the son of the German composer, pianist and teacher Eduard Franck. His father, who had studied with Felix Mend ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 43 (1906) * Hans Gal ** Violin Concerto Op. 39 (1932) ** Concertino for Violin and Orchestra Op. 52 (1939) *

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive ...

** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 1 (1987) ** Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No. 2, "The American Four Seasons" (2009) *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov; ger, Glasunow (, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 190 ...

** Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 (1904) *

Karl Goldmark Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, 18 May 1830 – Vienna, 2 January 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer.Peter Revers, Michael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, Richard L. Rudolph The Great Tradition and Its Legacy 2004; , p. ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 28 (1877) *

Georg Friedrich Händel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel received his training i ...

**Violin Concerto in B flat major, HWV 288 (c. 1707) *

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 ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1 (ca. 1765) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIa:2 (1765, lost) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Hob. VIIa:3 "Melker Konzert" (ca. 1770) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in G major, Hob. VIIa:4 (1769) *

Jennifer Higdon Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin Concerto and three Grammy Award for Best Contemp ...

** Violin Concerto (2008) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ' ...

** Violin Concerto (1939) *

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

**Violin Concerto Op. 70 (1990) *

Akira Ifukube was a Japanese classical and film music composer, best known for his works on the ''Godzilla'' franchise. Biography Early years in Hokkaido Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimi ...

**Rhapsodia Concertante for Violin and Orchestra (1948) **Violin Concerto No. 2 (1978) * Shin'ichiro Ikebe **Violin Concerto, (1981) *

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 t ...

** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor *

Mieczysław Karłowicz Mieczysław Karłowicz (, 11 December 18768 February 1909) was a Polish composer and conductor. Life Mieczysław Karłowicz was born in Vishneva, in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (now in Belarus) into a noble family belonging to ...

** Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8 (1902) *

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenia ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 46 (1940) *

Ståle Kleiberg Ståle Kleiberg (born 8 March 1958) is a contemporary classical composer and musicologist from Norway. Biography Kleiberg was born in Stavanger in 1958. He graduated from the University of Oslo with a degree in musicology and later from the ...

**Violin Concerto no. 1 (2005) **Violin Concerto no. 2 (2017) *

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897November 29, 1957) was an Austrian-born American composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and compo ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1945) *

Édouard Lalo Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo (27 January 182322 April 1892) was a French composer. His most celebrated piece is the '' Symphonie espagnole'', a five-movement concerto for violin and orchestra, which remains a popular work in the standard repe ...

**Violin Concerto in F major, Op. 20 (1874) **'' Symphonie Espagnole'' (1874) * Lowell Liebermann **Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 74 (2001) * Avrohom Leichtling **Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 95 (1988–1991) *

György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti (; ; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century ...

** Violin Concerto (1992) * Karol Lipiński **Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 14 in F minor (1822) **Violin Concerto No. 2 "Militaire" Op. 21 in D major (1826) **Violin Concerto No. 3 Op. 24 in E minor (1830–33) **Violin Concerto No. 4 Op. 32 in A major (1844) *

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...

**Violin Concerto (2019) *

Henri Marteau Henri Marteau (31 March 1874 – 3 October 1934) was a French violinist and composer, who obtained Swedish citizenship in 1915. Life and career Marteau was born in Reims. He was of German and French ancestry. His father, a Frenchman, was a well k ...

** Violin Concerto in C Major, Op. 18 (1916) *

Bohuslav Martinů Bohuslav Jan Martinů (; December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music. He wrote 6 symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. He bec ...

** Violin Concerto No 1 H 232b (1933) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 H 293 (1943) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sym ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) ** Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1844) *

Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times. Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegras ...

**Violin Concerto (2000) *

Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky (russian: Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; pl, Mikołaj Miąskowski, syn Jakóbowy; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is som ...

**Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 44 (1938) *

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 ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in B major, K. 207 (1773), with alternative Rondo in B, K. 269/261a (added 1775–1777) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, ''Strassburg'' (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, ''Turkish'' (1775), with alternative Adagio in E, K. 261 (added 1776) ** Violin Concerto No. 6 in E-flat major, K. 268 (Attributed to Johann Friedrich Eck, 1780–81) ** Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, K. 271a, ''Kolb'' (Doubtful, 1777) **

Adélaïde Concerto The Adélaïde Concerto is the nickname of a violin concerto in D major attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and given the catalogue number Koechel catalogue, K. Anh. 294a in the third edition of the standard Köchel catalogue of Mozart's works. ...

(Forgery by Marius Casadesus, 1933) *

Marjan Mozetich Marjan Mozetich (born 1948) is a Canadian composer who has written music for theatre, film and dance, as well as many symphonic works, chamber music, and solo pieces. He has written compulsory competition pieces for the 1992 Banff String Quarte ...

** Affairs of the Heart: Violin Concerto (1998) *

Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he ...

** Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (1911) *

Michael Nyman Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE (born 23 March 1944) is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores (many written during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Gre ...

**Violin Concerto (2003) *

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 fo ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, MS 21 (ca. 1811–17) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7, MS 48, ''La Campanella'' (1826) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (ca. 1826–30) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (ca. 1829–30) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830) ** Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor, Op. posth., MS 75—probably the first to be written; only the solo part survives *

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera '' ...

**Violin Concerto in B flat major * Manuel M. Ponce ** Violin Concerto (1943) *

Gerhard Präsent Gerhard Präsent (born 21 June 1957) is an Austrian composer, conductor and academic teacher. Professional career Born in Graz, Präsent studied from 1976 at the Musikhochschule Graz, composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horva ...

**Violin Concerto Op. 73 (2015) *

André Previn André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved ...

** Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie" (2001) *

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 (1917) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (1935) *

Behzad Ranjbaran Behzad Ranjbaran ( fa, بهزاد رنجبران; born 1955, in Tehran, Iran) is a Persian composer, known for his virtuosic concertos and colorful orchestral music. Ranjbaran's music draws from his cultural roots, incorporating Persian musical mo ...

** Violin Concerto (2002) *

Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Leipzig University Church, as a professor a ...

** Violin Concerto in A major Op. 101 (1907–1908) *

Miklós Rózsa Miklós Rózsa (; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensi ...

** Violin Concerto, Op. 24 (1953) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 (1859) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 58 (1858) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 (1880) *

Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is principal conductor and artistic advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and music di ...

** Violin Concerto (2009) *

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

**Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra (1957, revised 1963) **Concerto No. 2 for violin and chamber orchestra (1966) **Concerto No. 3 for violin and chamber orchestra (1978) ** Concerto No. 4 for violin and orchestra (1984) *

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

** Violin Concerto (1936) *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

** Violin Concerto, WoO 23 (1853) *

Laura Schwendinger Laura Elise Schwendinger (born January 26, 1962) was the first composer to win the American Academy in Berlin's Berlin Prize. Biography Schwendinger was the first composer to win the American Academy in Berlin Prize, and her opera Artemisia, is ...

**Violin Concerto "Chiaroscuro Azzurro" * Vache Sharafyan **Concerto-Serenata for violin and strings **Con-Cor-Dance Violin Concerto #2 *

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (1948, rev. 1955 as Op. 99) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 129 (1967) * Aleksandr Shymko **Violin Concerto (2012) *

Peter Seabourne Peter Seabourne (born 1960) is an English contemporary classical composer based in Lincolnshire, England. Biography Seabourne studied at Clare College, Cambridge with Robin Holloway, and University of York with David Blake. In 1984 he was joi ...

**Violin Concerto (with string orchestra) (2018) *

Jean Sibelius Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

** Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (1904) * Maddalena Laura Sirmen ** Six Violin Concerti *

** Violin Concerto (1931) *

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 6 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early works show the in ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1916) ** Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1932–1933) *

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**Far calls. Coming, far! for Violin and Orchestra (1980) *

Boris Tchaikovsky Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (russian: Бори́с Алекса́ндрович Чайко́вский; 10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, cha ...

**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1969) *

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

** Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878) * Daniel Theaker **Violin Concerto *

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 ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 10 (1840) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 19 (ca. 1835–36) ** Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, Op. 25 (1844) ** Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31 (ca. 1850) ** Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37, ''Grétry'' (1861) ** Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, Op. 47/Op. posth. 1 (1865–1870) ** Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, Op. 49/Op. posth. 3 *

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 ...

— many, particularly: **'' L'estro Armonico'', Op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos **'' La stravaganza'', Op. 4 (ca. 1714) ** ''The Four Seasons'' (ca. 1725)—four concertos, the first four numbers of ''Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione'', Op. 8 *

Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Battista Viotti (12 May 1755 – 3 March 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italia ...

** Violin Concerto No. 22 in A Minor *

William Walton Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...

** Violin Concerto (1939) *

Henryk Wieniawski Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were a ...

** Violin Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 14 (1853) ** Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22 (1862) *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review '' WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who w ...

**Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1976) **TreeSong: for Violin and Orchestra (2000) *

Malcolm Williamson Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson, (21 November 19312 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen's Music from 1975 until his death. Biography Williamson was born in Sydney in 1931; his father was an A ...

**Violin Concerto (1963–1964) *

Felix Woyrsch Felix Woyrsch (8 October 1860, Opava – 20 March 1944, Altona) was a German composer and choir director. Life Woyrsch was born in Troppau, just over the Prussian border in Austrian Silesia (now Opava in the Czech Republic). He was raised in Dre ...

** Skaldische Rhapsodie in D minor, Op. 50 (1904) *

Pēteris Vasks Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer. Biography Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, into the family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player wi ...

** Tālā Gaisma ("Distant Light") (1996-7) *

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and Chen Gang **

Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto ''The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto'' (), along with the Yellow River Piano Concerto, is one of the most famous Chinese works of orchestral music. It is an adaptation of an ancient legend, the ''Butterfly Lovers''. Written for a Western-style ...

(1959)

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** Violin Rhapsody No. 1 (1929) ** Violin Rhapsody No. 2 (1928) *

** Romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40 (1798–1802) ** Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50 (1798–1802) *

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**''Rêverie et Caprice'', Op. 8 (1841; 1842) *

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

**'' Serenade, after Plato: Symposium'' (1954) *

**''Baal Shem'' (1939) *

** Romance in A minor, op. 42 (1874) **''

Scottish Fantasy The ''Scottish Fantasy'' in E-flat major (german: Fantasie für die Violine mit Orchester und Harfe unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien), Op. 46, is a composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. Completed in 1880, it was de ...

'', op. 46 (1880) **Adagio Appassionato in C minor, op. 57 (1890) **''In memoriam'', op. 65 (1893) ** Serenade in A minor, op. 75 (1899–1900) **Konzertstück in F minor, op. 84 (ca. 1911) * Ernest Chausson ** ''Poème'', op. 25 (1896) *

John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano Jr. (born February 16, 1938) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, an ...

Chaconne A chaconne (; ; es, chacona, links=no; it, ciaccona, links=no, ; earlier English: ''chacony'') is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short rep ...

from '' The Red Violin'' *

** Romance in F minor, op. 11 (1877) *

** Serenade in A major, op. 25 (1896) *

Takekuni Hirayoshi was a Japanese classical composer. Biography Takekuni Hirayoshi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Music in 1961 and completed his graduate work there in 1967. He studied with Yoshio Hasegawa (長谷川良夫) and Yoshi ...

**Requiem for violin and orchestra *

Joe Hisaishi , known professionally as , is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. He is also known for his piano scores. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore ...

**Interior Symphony for Electric Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2015) *

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and '' Werther ...

**" Méditation" from ''

Thaïs Thaïs or Thais ( el, Θαΐς; flourished 4th century BC) was a famous Greek ''hetaira'' who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for instigating the burning of Persepolis. At the time, Thaï ...

'' (1894) *

** Concertone in C major, for two violins and orchestra, K. 190 (1774) ** Rondo in B major, K. 269/261a (1775-1777) ** Adagio in E major, K. 261 (1776) ** Rondo in C major, K. 373 (1781) *

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

**''

Fratres ' (meaning "brothers" in Latin) is a musical work by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt exemplifying his tintinnabuli style of composition. It is three-part music, written in 1977, ''without fixed instrumentation'' and has been described as a “ ...

'' for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992) **''Darf ich...'' for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999) *

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

**''

Tzigane ''Tzigane'' is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the influential violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The original instrumentati ...

'' (1924) *

Laurence Rosenthal Laurence Rosenthal (born November 4, 1926) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, film, and the concert hall. Biography Born in Detroit, Michigan, Rosenthal attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N ...

**''Prophetic Voices'' for violin, percussion and orchestra *

** Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, op. 28 (1863) **Romance in C major, op. 48 (1874) **''Morceau de concert'' in G major, op. 62 (1880) ** ''Havanaise'' in E major, op. 83 (1887) **''Caprice andalous'' in G major, op. 122 (1904) *

Pablo de Sarasate Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués (; 10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908), commonly known as Pablo de Sarasate, was a Spanish (Navarrese) violin virtuoso, composer and conductor of the Romantic period. His best known works includ ...

**''

Zigeunerweisen ''Zigeunerweisen'' (''Gypsy Airs'', es, Aires gitanos, link=no), Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer Pablo de Sarasate. It was premiered the same year in Leipzig, Germany. Like hi ...

'', op. 20 (1878) ** ''Carmen Fantasy'', op. 25 (1883) **''Miramar-Zortzico'', op. 42 (1899) **Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899) *

Akira Senju is a Japanese composer, arranger and conductor. Biography Senju studied composition at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and received his master's degree with honors. Between 1994 and 2003, he produced series of cover albums ...

**''Sai Fog'' for violin and string orchestra (1994) **''Four Seasons'' for violin and string orchestra (2004) *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

**Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816) ** Rondo in A major, D. 438 (1816) **Polonaise in B major, D. 580 (1817) *

**Fantasy in C major, Op. 131 (1853) * Josef Suk ** Fantasy in G minor, Op. 24 *

**Nostalghia—In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky for violin and string orchestra (1987) *

**''

Sérénade mélancolique The ''Sérénade mélancolique'' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (Russian: ''Меланхолическая серенада''), was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orc ...

'', Op. 26 (1875) **''

Souvenir d'un lieu cher ''Souvenir d'un lieu cher'' (''Memory of a Dear Place'' or ''Memory of a Beloved Place'', sometimes ''Souvenir of a Beloved Place''; Russian: ''Воспоминание о дорогом месте''), Op. 42, is a set of three pieces for violin ...

'', Op. 42 (written for violin and piano in 1878; arranged for violin and orchestra by

in 1896) **'' Valse-Scherzo'', Op. 34 (1877) * Andrew Thomas **''

Premonitions Precognition (from the Latin 'before', and 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly aware of, events in the future. There is no accepted scientific evidence that precognition is a ...

'' (2017, written for violinist Claudia Schaer and North/South Ensemble) *

**Markings for solo violin, strings and harp (2017) *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

**'' The Lark Ascending'' (1914) *

** Polonaise de Concert No. 1, Op. 4 (sometimes known as Polonaise Brillante; 1853) ** Légende in G minor, op. 17 (1859) ** Fantasy brillante on Gounod's "Faust", op.20

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