LIST OF VIOLINISTS

This is a list of notable violinists.
==Baroque era==


★ Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

★ Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

★ Thomas Baltzar (1631-1663)

★ Heinrich Biber (1644-1704)

★ Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

★ Johann Wilhelm Cramer (1746-1799)

★ Evaristo Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)

★ Matthew Dubourg (1707-1767)

★ Carlo Farina (1600-1640)

★ Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762)

★ Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770)

★ Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)

★ Pietro Locatelli (1684-1762)

★ Francesco Manfredini (1695-1765)

★ Michele Mascitti (1663-1760)

★ Jean-Joseph Mondonville (1711-1772)

★ Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755)

★ Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680)

★ Giovanni Battista Somis (1686-1763)

★ Lorenzo Somis (1688-1775)

★ Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)

★ Carlo Tessarini (1690-1765)

★ Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)

★ Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768)

★ Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

★ Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692)

★ Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745)

★ Johann Jakob Walther (1650-1717)

Contents

Classical era

19th century

Post-19th century

Baroque violinists

Indian violinists (including Carnatic and Hindustani)

Middle Eastern violinists

Jazz violinists

Popular music violinists (including fiddlers)

Electric violinists

Further reading

External links

Classical era

★ Pierre Baillot (1771-1842)

★ Franz Benda (1709-1786)

★ Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827)

★ Christian Cannabich (1731-1798)

★ Franz Clement (1780-1842)

★ Wilhelm Cramer (1746-1799)

★ Pierre Gaviniès (1728-1800)

★ Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771)

★ François-Antoine Habeneck (1781-1849)

★ Joseph Haydn (1732- 1809)

★ Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831)

★ Antonio Lolli (1730-1802)

★ Jean Cassanea de Mondonville (1711-1772)

★ Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)

★ Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791)

★ Johann Daniel Müller (1716-1785)

★ Pietro Nardini (1722- 1793)

★ Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798)

★ Pierre Rode (1774-1830)

★ Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841)

★ Anton Stamitz (1754-1796)

★ Carl Stamitz (1745-1801)

★ Johann Stamitz (1717-1757)

★ Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)

19th century

★ Jean-Delphin Alard (1815-1888)

★ Leopold Auer (von) (1850-1930)

★ Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897)

★ Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802-1870)

★ Franz Berwald (1796-1868)

★ Ole Bull (1810-1880)

★ Mathieu Crickboom (1871-1947)

★ Charles Dancla (1817-1907)

★ Ferdinand David (1810-1873)

★ Jakob Dont (1815-1888)

★ Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944)

★ Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865)

★ Georg Hellmesberger (1800-1873)

★ Victor von Herzfeld (1856-1920)

★ Willy Hess (1859-1939)

★ Jan Hrimalý (1844-1915)

★ Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839-1899)

★ Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)

★ Franjo Krežma

★ Karol Lipinski (1790-1862)

★ Piere Martin Marsick (1847-1924)

★ Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782-1849)

★ Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)

★ François Prume (1816-1849)

★ Oskar Rieding (1840-1918)

★ Franz Ries (1846- 1932)

★ Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)

★ Émile Sauret (1852-1920)

★ Otakar Sevcik (1852-1934)

★ Camillo Sivori (1818-1894)

★ Louis Spohr (1784-1859)

★ Josef Suk (1874-1935)

★ Carl Venth (1860-1938)

★ Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)

★ Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

★ Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)

★ August Wilhelmj (1845-1908)

Post-19th century

★ Salvatore Accardo (b. 1941) ★ Becky Anderson (b. 1991) ★ Gilles Apap (b. 1963) ★ Felix Ayo ★ Marsha Diane Baloff (1959-1995) ★ Joshua Bell (b. 1967) ★ Lola Bobesco (1923-2003) ★ Willi Boskovsky (1909-1991) ★ Linda Brava (b. 1970) ★ Raphael Bronstein (1900-1988) ★ Iona Brown (1941-2004) ★ Anshel Brusilow (b. 1928) ★ Adolf Busch (1891-1952) ★ Sarah Chang (b. 1980) ★ Stephanie Chase ★ Jiafeng Chen (b. 1987) ★ Kyung Wha Chung (b. 1948) ★ Dorothy DeLay (1917-2002) ★ Lindsay Deutsch (b. 1984) ★ Glenn Dicterow (b. 1948) ★ Gregory Docenko (b. 1962) ★ Renate Eggebrecht (b. 1944) ★ James Ehnes (b. 1976) ★ Mischa Elman (1891-1967) ★ George Enescu (1881-1955) ★ Christian Ferras (1933-1982) ★ Julia Fischer (b. 1983) ★ William Fitzpatrick (b. 1949) ★ Carl Flesch (1873-1944) ★ Eugene Fodor (b. 1950) ★ Annar Folleso (b. 1972) ★ Zino Francescatti (1902-1991) ★ Pamela Frank ★ Walter Fried (1877-1925) ★ Joseph Fuchs (1900-1997) ★ Enrico Gatti (b. 1955) ★ Ivan Galamian (1903-1981) ★ Andre Gertler (1907-1998) ★ Ivry Gitlis (b. 1922) ★ Szymon Goldberg (1909-1993) ★ Malcolm Goldstein (b. 1936) ★ Salvatore Greco (b. 1964) ★ Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) ★ Ida Haendel (b. 1928) ★ Viviane Hagner (b. 1977) ★ Hilary Hahn (b. 1979) ★ Hahn-Bin (b. 1987) ★ Chloe Hanslip (b. 1987) ★ Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)

★ Katt Hernandez (b.1974) ★ Willy Hess (1859-1939) ★ Philippe Hirschhorn (1946-1996) ★ Frank Huang (b. 1978) ★ Bronislav Hubermann (1882-1947) ★ Alina Ibragimova (b. 1985) ★ Janine Jansen (b. 1978) ★ Leila Josefowicz (b. 1977) ★ Emil Kamilarov (b. 1928) ★ Suna Kan (b. 1936) ★ Leonidas Kavakos (b. 1967) ★ Nigel Kennedy (b. 1956) ★ Sergey Khachatryan (b. 1985) ★ Rudolf Koelman (b. 1959) ★ Leonid Kogan (1924-1982) ★ Jennifer Koh ★ Rudolf Kolisch (1896-1978) ★ Tosca Kramer (1903-1976) ★ Herman Krebbers (b. 1923) ★ Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) ★ Gidon Kremer (b. 1948) ★ Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) ★ Rainer Kussmaul (b. 1946) ★ Fredell Lack (b. 1922) ★ Susanne Lautenbacher (b. 1932) ★ Lucia Lin (b. 1962) ★ Jessica Linnebach (b. 1983) ★ Robert Lipsett (b. 1947) ★ Tasmin Little (b. 1965) ★ Vanessa Mae (b. 1978) ★ Albert Mancini (1899-1987) ★ Andrew Manze (b. 1965) ★ Alexander Markov ★ Henri Marteau (1874-1934) ★ Isolde Menges (1893-1976) ★ Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) ★ Midori (b. 1971) ★ Shlomo Mintz (b. 1957) ★ Nathan Milstein (1903-1992) ★ Erika Morini (1906-1995) ★ Philip Mortimer (b. 1925) ★ Viktoria Mullova (b. 1959) ★ Anne-Sophie Mutter (b. 1963) ★ Ginette Neveu (1919-1949) ★ Domenico Nordio (b. 1971) ★ David Oistrakh (1908-1974) ★ Igor Oistrakh (b. 1931) ★ Valery Oistrakh (b. 1961) ★ Michaela Paetsch (b. 1961)

★ Kathleen Parlow (1890-1963) ★ Gyorgy Pauk (b. 1936) ★ Itzhak Perlman (b. 1945) ★ Jennifer Pike (b. 1989) ★ Maud Powell (1867-1920) ★ Michael Rabin (1936-1972) ★ Julian Rachlin (b. 1974) ★ Vadim Repin (b. 1971) ★ Ruggiero Ricci (b. 1918) ★ Aaron Rosand (b. 1927) ★ Eric Rosenblith ★ Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (b. 1961) ★ Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (b. 1960) ★ Albert Saparoff (b. 1914) ★ Dina Schneidermann (b. 1931) ★ Lynnette Seah ★ Toscha Seidel (1899-1962) ★ Gil Shaham (b. 1971) ★ Hagai Shaham (b. 1966) ★ Sayaka Shoji ★ Oscar Shumsky (1917-2000) ★ Joseph Silverstein (b. 1932) ★ Alexander Skwortsow (b. 1944) ★ Albert Spalding (1888-1953) ★ Pavel Sporcl (b.1973) ★ Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (b. 1967) ★ Lara St. John (b. 1971) ★ Arabella Steinbacher (b. 1981) ★ Isaac Stern (1920-2001) ★ Petar Stojanović (1877–1957) ★ Josef Suk (b. 1929) ★ Harold Sumberg (1905-1994) ★ Akiko Suwanai (b. 1972) ★ Hidetaro Suzuki (b. 1937) ★ Vilmos Szabadi (b. 1959) ★ Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988) ★ Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) ★ Kyoko Takezawa ★ Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) ★ Viktor Tretiakov (b. 1946) ★ Uto Ughi (b. 1944) ★ Maxim Vengerov (b. 1974) ★ Carl Venth (1860-1938) ★ Emmy Verhey (b. 1949) ★ Zino Vinnikov (b. 1943) ★ Ion Voicu (1923–1997) ★ Daja Yavasharian (b. 1981) ★ Frank Peter Zimmermann (b. 1965) ★ Pinchas Zukerman (b. 1948) ★ Jaap van Zweden (b. 1960)

Baroque violinists

★ Enrico Gatti

★ Reinhard Goebel

★ Jeanne Lamon

★ Sigiswald Kuijken

★ Andrew Manze

★ Rachel Podger

★ Simon Standage

★ Elizabeth Wallfisch

Indian violinists (including Carnatic and Hindustani)

★ Kandadevi Alagirisamy- Carnatic ★ M. S. Anantharaman - Carnatic ★ M. Chandrasekharan- Carnatic ★ Mysore Tirumakoodalu Chowdiah (1895-1967) - Carnatic ★ Arun Dahanukar - Hindustani ★ Anayampatti S. Dandapani - Carnatic violin and jalatharangam ★ Pandit D. K. Datar (1930- ) - Hindustani ★ Anayampatti S. Ganesan - Carnatic vocal, violin and jalatharangam ★ Ganesh and Kumaresh - Carnatic violin duo ★ Kala Ramnath (1967- ) - Hindustani ★ Bombay Gayathri - Carnatic ★ Lalgudi Gopala Iyer - Carnatic ★ M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1931- ) - Carnatic and Hindustani ★ Mayavaram V. R. Govindaraja Pillai - Carnatic ★ V. Govindasami Naicker - Carnatic ★ Parur Sundaram Iyer - Carnatic and Hindustani ★ Lalgudi G. Jayaraman (1930- ) - Carnatic ★ Pandit V. G. Jog - Hindustani ★ A. Kanyakumari - Carnatic ★ L. Athira Krishna - Carnatic ★ Prof. T. N. Krishnan - Carnatic ★ Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath - Carnatic ★ Mysore M. Nagaraj - Carnatic ★ Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1893-1964) - Carnatic ★ V. S. Narasimhan - South Indian Films ★ Chalakudi N S Narayanaswami - Carnatic ★ Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai - Carnatic ★ Dr. N. Rajam - Carnatic and Hindustani ★ Bombay Ranjani - Carnatic ★ V. V. Ravi - Carnatic ★ Sangeetha Shankar - Carnatic and Hindustani ★ L. Shankar - Carnatic ★ Dr. L. Subramaniam - Carnatic ★ Prof. V. V. Subrahmanyam - Carnatic and Hindustani ★ Tiruvalangadu N Sundaresa Iyer - Carnatic ★ Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan - Carnatic ★ L. Vaidhyanathan - Carnatic ★ Papa K. S. Venkatramiah - Carnatic ★ R. K. Venkatarama Sastry - Carnatic

Middle Eastern violinists

★ Aboud Abdel Al - Egyptian

★ Ahmed Hafnawi - Egyptian

★ Rachid Halihal - Moroccan

★ Shajea - Moroccan

Jazz violinists

★ Svend Asmussen (b. 1916)

★ Elek Bacsik (1926-1993)

★ Billy Bang (b. 1947)

★ Polly Bradfield

★ Regina Carter (b. 1966)

★ Gregory Docenko (b. 1962)

★ Mark Feldman

★ Johnny Frigo (b. 1916)

★ Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)

★ Valentin Gregor (b. 1963)

★ Carla Kihlstedt

★ Tim Kliphuis

★ Didier Lockwood (b. 1956)

★ Jean-Luc Ponty (b. 1942)

★ Stuff Smith (1909-1967)

★ Eddie South

★ Robert Thompson (b. 1979)

★ Michał Urbaniak

★ Jelle van Tongeren

★ Joe Venuti

Popular music violinists (including fiddlers)

★ Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")

★ Emilie Autumn (rock, gothic, industrial)

★ Andrew Baloff

★ Katherine Baloff

★ Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)

★ Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)

★ Cameron Berkley (alternative rock)

★ Byron Berline (bluegrass)

★ Andrew Bird (alternative, folk, jazz)

★ Charlie Bisharat (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)

★ Bitch (aka Capital B) of Bitch and Animal (now Capital B and the Exciting Conclusion)

★ Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)

★ Karen Briggs (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)

★ Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)

★ Chris Carmichael (classical, pop. country, folk, jazz, rock)

★ Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)

★ Sharon Corr (of The Corrs, pop, rock, folk)

★ Papa John Creech (blues, rock)

★ David Cross (King Crimson)

★ Charlie Daniels (country, country rock, jazz)

★ D'arcy (of The Smashing Pumpkins)

★ Saul Davies (of James)

★ Gregory Docenko (of The Docenko Brothers, all styles, requests, and strolling)

★ Tymon Dogg (of The Mescaleros)

★ Elyghen (Elvenking)

★ Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)

★ Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)

★ Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)

★ Jerry Goodman, progressive rock, jazz

★ Mitchell Grobb (Canadian fiddler)

★ Petra Haden (alternative rock)

★ Don "Sugarcane" Harris (blues, rock)

★ Katt Hernandez (improvisation, psyche-rock, jazz, balkan)

★ Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)

★ Eileen Ivers (Irish fiddle)

★ Jana Jae (classical, bluegrass, country)

★ Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music, U.K.)

★ Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)

★ Doug Kershaw (Cajun)

★ Mark Knight ("madfiddler") (alternative rock)

★ Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)

★ Alison Krauss (bluegrass)

★ Jim Lea (rock, pop)

★ Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)

★ Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)

★ Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)

★ Sean Mackin (rock, pop punk)

★ Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)

★ Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)

★ Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)

★ Maylaffayza (pop and hip-hop)

★ Mike Molitano (bluegrass)

★ Máiréad Nesbitt (fiddler for Celtic Woman ensemble)

★ Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)

★ Sarah Neufeld (indie rock)

★ Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)

★ Owen Pallett (a.k.a. Final Fantasy, also plays with The Arcade Fire)

★ Enion Pelta-Tiller (of ThaMuseMeant and Taarka)

★ Antonio Pontarelli (rock)

★ David Ragsdale (rock)

★ Bridget Regan (rock, folk)

★ Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)

★ Davide Rossi (pop, rock, classical):

★ Beata Salamon (Hungarian folk)

★ Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)

★ Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)

★ Robby Steinhardt (rock)

★ Dave Swarbrick (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock)

★ Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)

★ April Verch (Canadian)

★ Joan Wasser (The Dambuilders, indie rock)

★ Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)

★ Jenny Wilhelms (folk)

★ Patrick Wolf (experimental, alternative, folk, electronic)

★ Bobby Yang (rock violin)

Electric violinists

★ Zachary Carrettin

★ Eos Chater

★ Jerald Daemyon

★ Gregory Docenko

★ Haylie Ecker

★ Ben Heaney

★ Davide Rossi

★ Mark Wood

Further reading

★ ''The Art of Violin Playing'', Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd.

★ ''Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini'', by F.J. Fétis (c.1880), Schott & Co.

★ ''The Book of the Violin'', edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-2286-8

★ ''The Devil's Box-Masters of Southern Fiddling'' by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. ISBN 0-8265-1324-7

★ ''An Encyclopedia of the Violin'', by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80004-7

★ ''The Great Violinists'', by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-623-0

★ ''Paganini-The Genoese'', by G.I.C. de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press

★ ''Stuff Smith-Pure at Heart'', edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers. ISBN 0-907954-15-4

★ ''Szigeto on the Violin'', by Joseph Szigeti (1969/1979), Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-23763-X

★ ''Tartini-His Life and Times'', by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1968), Paganiniana Publications Inc. ISBN 0-87666-590-3

★ ''Unfinished Journey'', Yehudi Menuhin (1976), Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-04146-0

★ ''The Violin'', by Yehudi Menuhin (1996), Flammarion. ISBN 2-08-013623-2

★ ''The Violin and I'', by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co. Ltd.

★ ''Violin Playing-As I Teach it'', by Leopold Auer (1921/1960), Gerarld Duckworth & Co Ltd.

★ ''Violins & Violinists'', by Franz Farga (1950), Rockliff Publishing Corporation Ltd.

★ ''Ysaÿe'', by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1980), Paganiniana Publications Inc. ISBN 0-87666-620-9

External links

★ Legendary Violinists (a public arts website)

★ Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg

★ Violinists on the Web: An alphabetical listing of web pages on violinists, past and present.