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This article is part of the Fiddle & Violin series.

Violin construction

Playing the violin

Making and maintenance

History of the violin

Musical styles

Violinists

Fiddlers

Luthiers

This is a list of notable violinists.

Contents 1 Baroque Era 2 Classical Era 3 19th century 4 Post-19th century 5 Baroque violinists 6 Indian violinists (including Carnatic and Hindustani) 7 Jazz violinists 8 Popular music violinists (including fiddlers) 9 Electric violinists 10 Further reading 11 External links

Composer-violinists were common in the 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)
• 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)

• 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 - 1796)
• 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)

• Jean-Delphin Alard (1815 - 1888)
• Leopold Auer (von) (1850 - 1930)
• 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)

Salvatore Accardo (1941- ) Gilles Apap (1963- ) Felix Ayo Marsha Diane Baloff (1959-1995) Joshua Bell (1967- ) Lola Bobesco (1923-2003) Willi Boskovsky (1909-1991) Linda Brava (1970- ) Raphael Bronstein (1900-1988) Iona Brown (1941-2004) Adolf Busch (1891-1952) Sarah Chang (1980- ) Stephanie Chase Jiafeng Chen (1987- ) Kyung Wha Chung (1948- ) Dorothy DeLay (1917-2002) Glenn Dicterow (1948- ) Renate Eggebrecht (1944- ) James Ehnes (1976- ) Mischa Elman (1891-1967) Christian Ferras (1933-1982) Julia Fischer {1983- ) William Fitzpatrick (1949- ) Carl Flesch (1873-1944) Eugene Fodor (1950- ) Annar Folleso (1972- ) Zino Francescatti (1902-1991) Pamela Frank Joseph Fuchs (1900-1997) Enrico Gatti (1955- ) Ivan Galamian (1903-1981) Andre Gertler (1907-1998) Ivry Gitlis (1922- ) Malcolm Goldstein (1936- ) Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) Ida Haendel (1928- ) Hilary Hahn (1979- ) Hahn-Bin (1987- ) Chloe Hanslip (1987- ) Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) Willy Hess (1859-1939) Philippe Hirschhorn (1946-1996) Bronislav Hubermann (1882-1947) Janine Jansen (1978- ) Leila Josefowicz (1977- ) Emil Kamilarov (1928- ) Suna Kan (1936- ) Leonidas Kavakos (1967- ) Nigel Kennedy (1956- ) Sergey Khachatryan (1985- ) Leonid Kogan (1924-1982) Rudolf Kolisch (1896-1978) Tosca Kramer (1903-1976) Herman Krebbers (1923- ) Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Gidon Kremer (1948- ) Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) Rainer Kussmaul (1946- ) Fredell Lack (1922– ) Susanne Lautenbacher (1932- )

Tasmin Little (1965- ) Vanessa Mae (1978- ) Albert Mancini (1899-1987) Andrew Manze (1965- ) Alexander Markov Henri Marteau (1874-1934) Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999) Midori (1971- ) Shlomo Mintz (1957- ) Nathan Milstein (1903-1992) Philip Mortimer (1925- ) Viktoria Mullova (1959- ) Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963- ) Ginette Neveu (1919-1949) Domenico Nordio (1971- ) David Oistrakh (1908-1974) Igor Oistrakh (1931- ) Valery Oistrakh (1961- ) Theo Olof[citation needed] Michaela Paetsch (1961- ) Gyorgy Pauk (1936- ) Itzhak Perlman (1945- ) Jennifer Pike (1989- ) Julian Rachlin (1974- ) Vadim Repin (1971- ) Ruggiero Ricci (1918- ) Andre Rieu (1949- ) Aaron Rosand (1927- ) Eric Rosenblith Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (1961- ) Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (1960- ) Albert Saparoff (1914- ) Dina Schneidermann (1931- ) Lynnette Seah Gil Shaham (1971- ) Hagai Shaham (1966- ) Oscar Shumsky (1917-2000) Joseph Silverstein (1932- ) Alexander Skwortsow (1944- ) Lara St. John (1971- ) Arabella Steinbacher (*1981- ) Isaac Stern (1920-2001) Petar Stojanović (1877–1957) Josef Suk (1929- ) Harold Sumberg (1905-1994) Vilmos Szabadi (1959- ) Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988) Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) Kyoko Takezawa Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) Viktor Tretiakov (1946- ) Uto Ughi (1946- ) Maxim Vengerov (1974- ) Emmy Verhey (1949- ) Zino Vinnikov (1943- ) Ion Voicu (1923–1997) Daja Yavasharian (1981- ) Frank Peter Zimmermann (1965- ) Pinchas Zukerman (1948- ) Jaap van Zweden (1960- )

• Giuliano Carmignola^{[citation needed]}
• Enrico Gatti
• Reinhard Goebel
• Jeanne Lamon
• Sigiswald Kuijken
• Andrew Manze
• Eduard Melkus^{[citation needed]}
• Rachel Podger
• Simon Standage
• Ryo Terakado^{[citation needed]}
• Elizabeth Wallfisch

Shadmehr Aghili Kandadevi Alagirisamy - 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 duo Lalgudi Gopala Iyer - Carnatic M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1931- ) - Carnatic and Hindustani Parur Sundaram Iyer - Carnatic and Hindustani Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930- ) - Carnatic V. G. Jog - Hindustani Kanyakumari - Carnatic L. Athira Krishna - Carnatic T. N. Krishnan - Carnatic Azadeh Maghsudi Asadollah Malek Dr. Mysore Manjunath- Carnatic Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1893-1964) - Carnatic V. S. Narasimhan - Carnatic Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai - Carnatic N. Rajam - Carnatic and Hindustani Sangeetha Shankar - Carnatic and Hindustani Kala Ramnath (1967- ) - Hindustani Ranjani-Gayathri - Carnatic violin duo Abolhasan Saba L. Shankar - Carnatic L Subramaniam V. V. Subramanian - Carnatic and Hindustani Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (1935- ) - Carnatic L. Vaidhyanathan - Carnatic Papa Venkatramiah - Carnatic Ali Yajvidi

• Svend Asmussen (1916- )
• Elek Bacsik (1926-1993)
• Billy Bang (1947- )
• Polly Bradfield
• Regina Carter (1966- )
• Mark Feldman
• Johnny Frigo (1916- )
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
• Carla Kihlstedt
• Tim Kliphuis
• Didier Lockwood (1956- )
• Jean-Luc Ponty (1942- )
• Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
• Eddie South
• Robert Thompson (1979- )
• Michał Urbaniak
• Jelle van Tongeren
• Joe Venuti

• 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)^{[citation needed]}
• Byron Berline (bluegrass)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 of Yellowcard (rock, pop punk)
• Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)
• Mike Molitano (bluegrass)
• 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 violin)
• David Ragsdale (rock)
• Bridget Regan (rock, folk)
• Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
• Beata Salamon (Hungarian folk)
• Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
• Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)
• Robby Steinhardt (rock)
• Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)
• April Verch (Canadian)
• Joan Wasser (The Dambuilders, indie rock)
• Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
• Maylaffayza Wiguna (Pop and Hip-Hop)
• Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
• Patrick Wolf (experimental, alternative, folk, electronic)
• Bobby Yang (rock violin)^{[citation needed]}

• Zachary Carrettin
• Ben Heaney
• Mark Wood

• 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

• 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.