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This is a list of notable contemporary classical violinists. For the names of notable violinists of all classical music eras see
List of classical violinists This is a list of notable classical violinists from the Baroque music, baroque era to the 21st century. For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists, see List of contemporary classical violinists. Baroque era * Christian H ...
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Classical violinists


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* Rochelle Abramson * Irene Abrigo (born 1988) *
Salvatore Accardo Salvatore Accardo (; Knight Grand Cross born 26 September 1941 in Turin, northern Italy) is an Italian violinist and conductor, who is known for his interpretations of the works of Niccolò Paganini. Accardo owns one Stradivarius violin, the "Ha ...
(born 1941) *
Diana Adamyan Diana Hakobi Adamyan (born 7 March 2000) is an Armenian violinist who won the first prize in the Senior Division of the Menuhin International Competition in 2018. In 2020, she also won the Khachaturian Violin Competition which was held online d ...
(born 2000) * Ayke Agus (born 1949) * Ruben Aharonyan (born 1947) * Sanford Allen (born 1939) * Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955) * Pierre Amoyal (born 1949) *
Armen Anassian Armen Anassian holds master's degrees in Instrumental Conducting and Violin Performance, and studied in the United States, Armenia, and Germany. His teachers include Rainer Kussmaul, Sidney Weiss, Dorothy DeLay, and conductor Michael Zearott. Mr. ...
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Božena Angelova Božena Angelova (born 1981 Maribor) is a Slovenian violinist. She has recorded for the Slovenian Broadcasting Company and has performed as a soloist with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Carinthian symphony orchestra, amongst others. ...
(born 1981) *
Adele Anthony Adele Anthony (born 1 October 1970) is an Australian-American violinist. In 1984, at age 13, she was the youngest winner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition; she later won other international competi ...
(born 1970) * Gilles Apap (born 1963) *
Irvine Arditti Irvine Arditti (born 8 February 1953) is a British violinist, as well as the leader and founder of the Arditti Quartet. Biography Arditti attended the Central Foundation Boys' School in London before continuing his studies at the Royal Academy ...
(born 1953) *
Cecylia Arzewski Cecylia Arzewski (born March 31, 1948) is a Polish violinist. Early life and education Cecylia Arzewski was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Kraków, Poland. Both of her parents, Bronislawa and Stanislaw Arzewski, and her brother Michael Arzew ...
(born 1948) * Shmuel Ashkenasi (born 1941) *
Christina Åstrand Christina Åstrand (born 6 June 1969) is a Danish violinist. When she was just 22, she became leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, a position she still holds today. Biography Born on 6 June 1969 in Skanderborg, Åstrand was the dau ...
(born 1969) * Kinga Augustyn * Daniel Austrich (born 1984)


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* Alena Baeva (born 1985) *
Jenny Oaks Baker Jenny Oaks Baker (born Jenny June Oaks; May 27, 1975) is an American violinist. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award, and is a former member of the National Symphony Orchestra. Baker has released eighteen studio albums, several of which have ...
(born 1975) *
Kristine Balanas Kristīne Balanas (born May 8, 1990) is a Latvian violinist who is a laureate of many international violin competitions. Early life and education Balanas received her first violin lessons at the age of seven with Olita Meldere. She later attende ...
(born 1990) *
Volodja Balžalorsky Volodja Balžalorsky (born 1956) is a Slovenian violinist. He is Professor of Violin at the Music Academy at University of Ljubljana. His pupils, including Lana Trotovšek, have won many national and international first prizes and awards. He regul ...
(born 1956) *
Kristóf Baráti Kristóf Baráti (born 1979) is a Hungarian classical violinist. Early life Baráti was born into a musical family in Budapest in 1979. His mother played the violin and his father was a cellist. He received his first violin instruction from ...
(born 1979) *
William Barbini William (Bill) Barbini (born 1947) is an American violinist. He took his diploma from Juilliard School in 1970, studying with Ivan Galamian among others. He thereafter became one of the youngest members selected to the New York Philharmonic violin ...
(born 1947) *
Pedro Barreto Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Archbishop of Huancayo from 2004 to 2024. He has been a cardinal since 2018. Biography Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1 ...
(born 1991) *
Lisa Batiashvili Elisabeth Batiashvili ( ka, ელისაბედ ბათიაშვილი; born 7 March 1979), professionally known as Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York P ...
(born 1979) *
Elise Båtnes Elise Båtnes (born 1971) is a Norwegian violinist. Since 2006, she has been leader of the Oslo Philharmonic orchestra. Biography Born on 24 June 1971 in Trondheim, Båtnes started playing the violin at the age of four. Four years later she a ...
(born 1971) *
Martin Beaver Martin Beaver (born November 10, 1967) is a Canadian violinist. He was the first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet from 2002 until its final season in 2013. As a part of the Tokyo String Quartet, he played the ''Paganini-Comte Cozio di Sala ...
(born 1967) *
Tanja Becker-Bender Tanja Becker-Bender (born 11 February 1978) is a German violinist. She lives in Berlin and Hamburg. Musical career Born in Stuttgart, Becker-Bender has performed since age of eleven as a soloist on international stages under the baton of Kur ...
(born 1978) * Corina Belcea (born 1975) * Boris Belkin (born 1948) *
Joshua Bell Joshua David Bell (born December 9, 1967) is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently music director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Early life and education Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, one of four children of ...
(born 1967) * Noah Bendix-Balgley (born 1984) *
Nicola Benedetti Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti (born 20 July 1987) is a Scottish classical solo violinist and festival director. Her ability was recognised when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16. She works wi ...
(born 1987) * Dmitri Berlinsky (born 1968) *
Pavel Berman Pavel Berman (born January 13, 1970, Moscow) is a violinist and conductor of Russian origin, laureate of international competitions. Biography Pavel Berman was born in Moscow. Father — renowned Russian pianist Lazar Berman, mother — pianist ...
(born 1970) * Andrew Bernardi (born 1965) * Oleg Bezuglov (born 1984) *
Mikhail Bezverkhny Mikhail Lvovich Bezverkhny (; born 27 July 1947 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and later Russian violinist, Viola, violist, composer, and painter. He has been living in Belgium since 1990. Life and career Born in Saint Petersburg in 1947, Bezverkhny c ...
(born 1947) *
Ida Bieler Ida Bieler (born 1950 in Virginia) is an American violinist and professor of Violin. Biography Bieler studied under Ruggiero Ricci at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Oscar Shumsky at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, Max Ros ...
(born 1950) * Lea Birringer (born 1986) * Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962) * Kolja Blacher (born 1963) *
Dejan Bogdanović Dejan Bogdanovic (Originally: Дејан Богдановић or Dejan Bogdanović) (birthdate unknown) is a Serbian and Italian violinist. Early life Bogdanovic comes from an artistic family. His grandfather, a famous sculptor from Belgrade, ...
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Nikita Boriso-Glebsky Nikita Arkadievich Boriso-Glebsky (; born 30 August 1985) is a Russian violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, and winner of international music contests. He represented at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2002. Early life Nikita ...
(born 1985) *
Benjamin Bowman Benjamin Walter Bowman (born September 20, 1979) is an American-Canadian violinist. The Metropolitan Opera and incoming Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin appointed Bowman as concertmaster as of the 2018-19 season, after a successful one-year ...
(born 1979) * Guy Braunstein (born 1971) * Linda Brava (born 1970) *
Vadim Brodski Vadim Adolfovych Brodski (born April 24, 1950) is a Polish-Ukrainian violinist, longtime resident of Rome, Italy. A descendant of Adolf Brodsky, Vadim was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, where he played as the soloist of Kiev Philhar ...
(born 1950) * Zakhar Bron (born 1947) * Bui Cong Duy (born 1981) * Oliver Butterworth


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* Caroline Campbell (born 1979) * Robert Canetti (born 1948) * Stuart Canin (born 1926) * Marie Cantagrill (born 1979) *
Renaud Capuçon Renaud Capuçon (born 27 January 1976) is a French classical violinist. Since late 2016 he has been teaching at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is the older brother of cellist Gautier Capuçon. Biography Capuçon was born in Chamb� ...
(born 1976) * Andrés Cárdenes (born 1957) *
Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in Treviso) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigi ...
(born 1951) * Jonathan Carney (born 1963) *
Zachary Carrettin Zachary Carrettin is an American violinist, violist, conductor, and music educator. Carrettin is currently the Music Director of Boulder Bach Festival. Education Mr. Carrettin holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in violin performance from ...
(born 1972) *
Charles Martin Castleman Charles Martin Castleman (born 22 May 1941) is an American violinist and teacher. Early life and education Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, he began violin lessons at the age of four with Ondricek. When he was six he appeared as a soloist with Art ...
(born 1941) *
David Cerone David Cerone was a co-founder of the ENCORE School for Strings, where he co-directed and served as faculty member since 1985. Mr. Cerone serves as a juror for many prominent national and international violin competitions and presents master class ...
(born 1941) *
Corey Cerovsek Corey Cerovsek (born 24 April 1972) is a Canadian violinist, pianist, and mathematician. At age 12, he was the youngest student to receive a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 1992, Cerovsek was the recipient of the Virginia-Par ...
(born 1972) *
David Chan David Chan is an American violinist, conductor, and a concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation. He is a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the Int ...
(born 1973) *
Lynn Chang Lynn Chang (), born 1953, is a Chinese American, Chinese-American violinist known for his work as both a soloist and a chamber musician. Chang is a founding member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and is a faculty member at MIT, Boston Univer ...
(born 1953) *
Sarah Chang Sarah Chang (; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled ...
(born 1980) * Olivier Charlier (born 1961) * Stephanie Chase (born 1957) * Anastasia Chebotareva (born 1972) * Eddy Chen (born 1993) *
Jiafeng Chen Chen Jiafeng (born April 13, 1987) () is a Chinese violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2003 International Competition for Young Violinists K. Lipinski and H. Wieniawski, the second prize winner of the 2008 International Yehudi Menuh ...
(born 1987) *
Ray Chen Ray Chen (; born 6 March 1989) is a Taiwanese Australians, Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the Quee ...
(born 1989) * Robert Chen (born 1969) * Stella Chen (born 1992) * Jennifer Choi (born 1974) *
Nikki Chooi Nikki Chooi (born January 31, 1989) is a Canadian classical violinist. Chooi is currently concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He previously served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York. He is a prize w ...
(born 1989) *
Timothy Chooi Timothy Chooi is a Canadian violinist and University of Ottawa professor of Chinese- Indonesian- Malaysian ethnic background. He won the First Prize at the 2018 International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition and Second Prize at the 2019 Qu ...
(born 1993) * Chloe Chua (born 2007) *
Ana Chumachenco Ana Chumachenco is an Italian born violinist of Argentinian, Ukrainian, and German descent. Biography Ana Chumachenco was born in Padova, Italy, on 23 June 1945. From the age of four, Chumachenco practiced violin under the guidance of her fathe ...
(born 1945) *
Kyung-wha Chung Kyung Wha Chung (; born 26 March 1948) is a South Korean violinist. Early years and education Kyung Wha Chung was born in Seoul as the middle of the seven children in her family. Her father was an exporter, and her mother ran a restaurant. She ...
(born 1948) * Fanny Clamagirand (born 1984) * Jonathan Crow (born 1977) * Jeremy Cushman (born 1990)


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Alexandre Da Costa Alexandre Da Costa is a Canadian concert violinist and conductor from Montreal, Quebec. He is the artistic director of the ''Orchestre philharmonique du Québec''. Education Da Costa has a bachelor's degree in performance (piano) from the Facu ...
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John Dalley John Dalley (born 3 March 1935) is an American violinist. He was raised in a musical family. His father was an orchestra conductor, violinist, composer, instrumental teacher, and music educator. His mother, from Bloomington, Illinois, was a celli ...
(born 1935) *
Carlos Damas Carlos Damas (born 1973) is a leading Portugal, Portuguese classical violinist and recording artist foDux RecordsRobert Davidovici Robert Davidovici (born 1946) is a Romanian-American violinist. He took First Prize honors in the Naumburg Competition in 1972. In 1983 Davidovici tied, with Maryvonne Le Dizès, for first place in the Carnegie Hall International American Music ...
(born 1946) *
Beverley Davison Beverley Davison is a British violin virtuoso, currently fronting an act she founded called Classical Cabaret: Hot Strings (ensemble) or "Classical Cabaret Duo" (solo with piano).Mowbray, Christopher (1993)With strings, but no hang-ups: Chris ...
* Brett Deubner (born 1968) *
Lindsay Deutsch Lindsay Ann Deutsch (born November 28, 1984) is an American violinist. A native of Houston, Texas, Deutsch moved to Los Angeles at age fifteen to pursue her music career. Deutsch made her solo debut at the age of 11 with the Clear Lake Symphony i ...
(born 1984) *
Alma Deutscher Alma Elizabeth Deutscher (born 19 February 2005) is a British composer, pianist, violinist and conductor. A former child prodigy, Deutscher composed her first piano sonata at the age of five; at seven, she completed the short opera, ''The Sweep ...
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Glenn Dicterow Glenn Dicterow (born December 23, 1948) is an American violinist and former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He is on the faculty of the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music where he holds the Jasch ...
(born 1948) * Philippe Djokic (born 1950) *
Sergei Dogadin Sergei Dogadin (born September 1988) is a Russian violinist. Born in a musical family, Dogadin began studying the violin at the age of six. He made his major debut in 2002 with Vasily Petrenko and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and w ...
(born 1988) *
Angèle Dubeau Angèle Dubeau, (born 24 March 1962) is a retired Canadian classical violinist. She has devoted a large part of her career to making classical music accessible to a wide audience and also frequently played works by contemporary composers. In O ...
(born 1962) * María Dueñas (born 2002) *
Augustin Dumay Augustin Dumay (born 17 January 1949) is a French violinist and conductor from Paris. Biography Dumay was invited as a soloist to appear with Yo-Yo Ma in Paris by Herbert von Karajan. Later on, he performed Béla Bartók's ''Second Concerto'' with ...
(born 1949) * Aaron Dworkin (born 1970)


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* Veronika Eberle (born 1988) *
James Ehnes James Ehnes (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian- American concert violinist and violist. Early life Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey E ...
(born 1976) * Hawijch Elders (born 1998) * Joshua Epstein (born 1940) *
Vesko Eschkenazy Vesko Eschkenazy (born 1970) is a violinist who serves as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's concertmaster. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Biography Born into a Bulgarian-Jewish family in 1970, Vesko Panteleev Eschkenazy became a child prodigy i ...
(born 1970) * Ralph Evans (born 1953)


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Ralph Farris Ralph Farris (born Ralph Howard Farris, Jr., 1970) is an American violist, violinist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor, best known as a founding member and artistic director of the ensemble ETHEL. Farris is an electric string player w ...
(born 1970) * Isabelle Faust (born 1972) * Maxim Fedotov (born 1961) * Liza Ferschtman (born 1979) * Julia Fischer (born 1983) * Annar Follesø (born 1972) * Cyrus Forough * Fayiz Muhammed (born 1997) * Vilde Frang (born 1986) * Pamela Frank (born 1967) *
Jennifer Frautschi Jennifer Frautschi (; born 1973) is an American violinist. A recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, she is currently Artist-in-Residence at Stony Brook University. She plays a 1722 Antonio Stradivari violin known as the " ex-Cadiz," on loan fr ...
(born 1973) *
Miriam Fried Miriam Fried (; born 9 September 1946) is a Romanian-born Israeli classical violinist and pedagogue. Biography Miriam Fried was born in Satu Mare, Romania but moved with her family to Israel when she was aged 2. Her family settled in Herzliya. ...
(born 1946) * Rodney Friend (born 1939) * David Frühwirth (born 1974)


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* Taras Gabora (born 1932) * Xiang Gao *
Ilian Gârnet Ilian Gârnet is a Moldovan violinist. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and grew up in Moldova. His mother is a pianist, and his father is a choreographer. First studying at the Chisinau Academy with B. Dubosarsky, he later relocated to Fin ...
(born 1983) *
David Garrett David Garrett Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist. Early life When Garrett was four years old his father purchased a violin f ...
(born 1980) *
Saschko Gawriloff Saschko Gawriloff (born October 20, 1929) is a German violinist and violin teacher of Bulgarian descent. Life Gawriloff was born in Leipzig and received his first violin lessons from his father Yordan Gavriloff, who was a violinist in the Leipz ...
(born 1929) *
Joseph Genualdi Joseph Genualdi is an American violinist. Early life and education The son of professional musicians, Genualdi was born in Clinton, Iowa, and grew up in Connecticut. His formal training began at age 11 as a private student of Broadus Erle at Yale ...
* Alexander Gilman (born 1982) * Jack Glatzer (born 1939) * Vadim Gluzman (born 1973) *
Ioana Cristina Goicea Ioana Cristina Goicea (born 6 November 1992 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian-born violinist and Violin Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Goicea was born into a family of musicians. Her mother is the Romanian vi ...
(born 1992) *
Malcolm Goldstein Malcolm Goldstein (born March 27, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American-Canadian composer, violinist and improviser who has been active in the presentation of new music and dance since the early 1960s. He received an M.A. in music composi ...
(born 1936) *
Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried Graf von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Early life Born into the ancient Brandenburgish noble von der Goltz family, as the son of Conra ...
(born 1964) *
Karen Gomyo Karen Gomyo (born 12 January 1982) is a classical violinist. Biography Karen Gomyo was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she started violin lessons at 5 years old. At the age of 10, she moved to New York City ...
(born 1982) * Randall Goosby (born 1996) * Midori Gotō (born 1971) * Ryu Goto (born 1988) * Clio Gould (born 1968) *
Philippe Graffin Philippe Graffin (born 1964 in Romilly-sur-Seine) is a French violinist. Pupil of Josef Gingold, Philippe Hirschhorn and Viktor Liberman. He has made several recordings for Hyperion Records as well as "Avie Records" and "Onyx". He was born in R ...
(born 1964) *
Endre Granat Endre Granat (born in Hungary in August 3, 1937) is an American violinist. He is regarded as the most recorded violinist and concertmaster working in the studios today. Early life and education Granat studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Buda ...
(born 1937) * Salvatore Greco (born 1964) * David Grimal (born 1973) * Tatiana Grindenko (born 1946) *
Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts () born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a violinist and educator. Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the Juilliard School, and studied violin w ...
(born 1982) *
Ilya Grubert Ilya Haimovich Grubert (, ; born 13 May 1954 in Riga) is a classical violinist and professor. Biography Ilya Grubert began his violin studies at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School. He later studied at the Moscow Central Music School and the Mo ...
(born 1954) *
Igor Gruppman Igor Gruppman (born July 4, 1956) is a Ukrainian violinist and conductor. He is the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a position he has held since 2003. In May 2009, Igor Gruppman was appointed by Vale ...
(born 1956) * Roberta Guaspari (born 1947) * Vijay Gupta (born 1987)


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Augustin Hadelich Augustin Hadelich (born April 4, 1984) is an Italian-German-American Grammy-winning classical violinist. Early life and education Augustin Hadelich was born in Cecina, Italy, to German parents. His two older brothers were already playing cello ...
(born 1984) * William Hagen * Viviane Hagner (born 1977) *
Hilary Hahn Hilary Hahn (born November 27, 1979) is an American violinist. A three-time Grammy Award winner, she has performed throughout the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors, and as a recitalist. She is an avid supporter of contemp ...
(born 1979) * Kelly Hall-Tompkins * Ben Hancox * Chloë Hanslip (born 1987) * Edward W. Hardy (born 1992) * Maurice Hasson (born 1934) * Joji Hattori (born 1969) * Moné Hattori (born 1999) * Ziyu He (born 1999) *
Daniel Heifetz Daniel Alan Heifetz (born November 20, 1948) is an American concert violinist and pedagogue best known as the Founder of the Heifetz International Music Institute. His career has been focused on education and the art of communication through perf ...
(born 1948) * Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 1990) * Ragnhild Hemsing (born 1988) * Peter Herresthal (born 1970) * Feargus Hetherington (born 1979) *
Ulf Hoelscher Ulf Hoelscher (born 17 January 1942 in Kitzingen) is a German violinist. He has been soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He has recorded numerous concertos by S ...
(born 1942) * Philippe Honoré (born 1967) * Daniel Hope (born 1974) * Bella Hristova (born 1985) *
Hu Kun Hu Kun () (born 1963) is a Chinese violinist and Conducting, conductor. Biography Hu Kun was born in China just before the Cultural Revolution and started playing violin and piano at age of six with his parents. He moved to Beijing in the 1970s t ...
(born 1963) *
Hu Nai-yuan Hu Nai-yuan (, born 1961 at Tainan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 1985 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. Life and career Hu Nai-yuan started to study the violin at the age of 5. By the age of 8, he per ...
(born 1961) *
Frank Huang Frank Xin Huang (born September 5, 1978) is a Chinese-born American violinist and teacher. Since 2015 he has been the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. Previous to his position in New York, Huang was the first violinist of the Ying Qua ...
(born 1978) *
Sirena Huang Sirena Huang (born May 18, 1994) is an American concert violinist. She has received numerous awards, including First Prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, First Prize at the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition ...
(born 1994) *
Václav Hudeček Václav Hudeček (born June 7, 1952 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech violinist. A former student of David Oistrakh, Hudeček's records have sold many copies in the Czech Republic, especially a 1992 recording of Vivaldi's ...
(born 1952) *
Fenella Humphreys Fenella Humphreys is a British classical Lists of violinists, violinist who specialises in classical and contemporary repertoire as both a soloist and chamber musician. Career and education Born , she studied under Sidney Griller, Itzhak Rashkov ...


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Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (; born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Tatar family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at ...
(born 1985) *
Aleksey Igudesman Aleksey Mikhailovich Igudesman (; born 22 February 1973) is a Russian-German violinist and composer. He performs in the comedy-musical duo Igudesman & Joo. Biography Igudesman was born in Leningrad, in what was then the Soviet Union, to a musi ...
(born 1973) *
Petteri Iivonen Petteri Iivonen (born 14 August 1987) is a Finnish violinist. He has studied at the Sibelius Academy, University of Southern California and the Tel Aviv University with Hagai Shaham. In 2005 he won the National Violin Competition in Kuopio, Fin ...
(born 1987) *
Judith Ingolfsson Judith Ingolfsson (born in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an internationally known violinist. She plays a violin made by Lorenzo Guadagnini in 1750. Early life She began to play violin at age three, and debuted as a soloist in Germany already at age ...
(born 1973) * Benjamin Izmajlov (born 1974)


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Stefan Jackiw Stefan Jackiw (; born 1985) is an American classical violinist. Biography Stefan Jackiw was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents are both prominent physics professors, now retired with emeritus status. His mother, So-Young Pi, was the dau ...
(born 1985) * Ignace Jang (born 1969) * Janine Jansen (born 1978) * Nana Jashvili * Dylana Jenson (born 1961) * Leila Josefowicz (born 1977) * Chantal Juillet (born 1960)


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Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler (born June 2, 1963) is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); a ...
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Kam Ning Kam Ning () is a violinist and daughter of the violinist-composer Kam Kee Yong (甘琦勇), and grandchild of Kam Beng Soo and Ooi Kooi Aun. Born in Singapore in 1975, she was given violin lessons at the age of six by the elder Kam, and had her ...
(born 1975) * Mayuko Kamio (born 1986) * Koh Gabriel Kameda (born 1975) * Mayuko Kamio (born 1986) * Clara-Jumi Kang (born 1987) * Dong-Suk Kang (born 1954) * Judy Kang (born 1979) * Juliette Kang (born 1975) * Paul Kantor (born 1955) * Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 1945) * Lewis Kaplan (born 1933) * Mark Kaplan (born 1953) *
Daishin Kashimoto Daishin Kashimoto (樫本 大進; ''Kashimoto Daishin''; born 27 March 1979) is a Japanese classical violinist. Since 2009, he has been the first concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. Kashimoto is fluent in speaking and writing in Japanese, ...
(born 1979) *
Ani Kavafian Ani Kavafian (, born May 10, 1948, Istanbul) is a classical violinist and professor at the Yale School of Music. Early life and education Born in Istanbul of Armenian heritage, Ani Kavafian began piano lessons at the age of three. After immigra ...
(born 1948) * Ida Kavafian (born 1952) *
Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos (; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. He has won several international violin competition prizes, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation sc ...
(born 1967) * Tamaki Kawakubo (born 1979) * Yōsuke Kawasaki (born 1977) *
Gaik Kazazian Gaik Kazazian (born 1982) is an Armenian violinist, laureate of the III prize of the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2001. Awards *"The winner of the first premium of Republican competition of violinists (1994)" *"The owner of the Gold med ...
(born 1982) * Barnabás Kelemen (born 1978) * András Keller (born 1960) *
Nigel Kennedy Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and viola, violist. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and has since expanded into jazz music, jazz, klezmer, and other music genres. Early life and ...
(born 1956) *
Alexander Kerr Alexander John Henry Kerr (2 December 1892 – 4 December 1964) was an English Engineering officer (ship), marine engineer and wholesale newsagent. He is best known for his service in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914–1916, for ...
(born 1970) * Isabelle van Keulen (born 1966) * Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985) * Nadir Khashimov (born 1990) *
Olga Kholodnaya Olga Kholodnaya (Russian: Ольга Холодная) is a Russian violinist, composer, arranger and producer, born in Cheboksary, in the Soviet Union and based in Berlin, Germany. Biography Born in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia ex-So ...
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Benny Kim Benny Kim (born 14 August 1962, Urbana, Illinois, USA) is an American violinist of Korean ancestry. One of three sons of Hei Chu Kim and Hyung Ja Kim, his brother Eric Kim is a cellist. Kim's early teachers included Doris Preucil and Almita Vamos ...
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Bomsori Kim Bomsori Kim (, born December 13, 1989) is a South Korean classical violinist. She performs as a recitalist and as a Solo (music), soloist. As a violinist, Bomsori has won prizes at ten international violin competitions, including the Tchaikov ...
(born 1989) * Kim Chee-yun (born 1970) *
Chin Kim Chin Kim (born 1957) is a Korean-born American classical violinist, largely educated in the United States through the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. Activities Chin Kim has performed extensively throughout North America, Eur ...
(born 1957) * David Kim (born 1963) * Dennis Kim (born 1975) * Fabiola Kim (born 1991) * Kim Kyung-Jun (born 1987) * Roman Kim (born 1991) * Soovin Kim (born 1976) *
Mari Kimura (; born 1962) is a Japanese violinist and composer best known for her use of subharmonics, which, achieved through special bowing techniques, allow pitches below the instrument's normal range. She is credited with "introducing" the use of violin ...
(born 1962) * Rudolf Koelman (born 1959) * Pavel Kogan (born 1952) *
Jennifer Koh Jennifer Koh (born 1976) is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Life and career Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conserva ...
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Katalin Kokas Katalin Kokas (born 22 November 1978 in Pécs) is a Hungarian violinist and violist. Kokas has performed with orchestras including the Israel Chamber Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and Taiwan Philharmonic. She has studied at the Conservat ...
(born 1978) * Rachel Kolly (born 1981) *
Christoph Koncz Christoph Koncz (born September 3, 1987, in Konstanz) is an Austrian- Hungarian conductor, performing internationally with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchester der Wie ...
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja Patricia Kopatchinskaja (born March 1977) is a Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist. Biography Early life Kopatchinskaja was born in Chișinău, in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Moldova). She comes from a family of musicians. H ...
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Mikhail Kopelman Mikhail Kopelman is a Russian-American violinist. He was born in 1947 in Uzhhorod and studied at the Moscow Conservatory with professors Maya Glezarova and Yuri Yankelevich. In 1973, he was awarded 2nd prize in the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Compet ...
(born 1947) * Laurent Korcia (born 1964) * Henning Kraggerud (born 1973) *
Anna Katharina Kränzlein Anna Katharina Kränzlein, also known as Anna Katharina, (born 7 November 1980 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany) is a German violinist. She is most known for her quick and varied technique. She is the youngest founding member of Medieval folk rock/f ...
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Julia Krasko Julia Krasko (Russian language, Russian: ''Юлия Красько''; born 6 April 1971, in Moscow, Russia) is a violinist and a professor. Biography Julia Krasko was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Grigory Krasko, was a concertmast ...
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Gidon Kremer Gidon Kremer (; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica. Life and career Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holocaust. His mother had ...
(born 1948) * Sergei Krylov (born 1970) *
Oleh Krysa Oleg/Oleh Krysa ( ; born June 1, 1942) is an American violinist of Ukrainian Origin, Laureate of International Competitions, Honored Artist of Ukrainian SSR(1970), Laureate of Lenin Komsomol Prize(1970), Merited Artist of Ukraine. Early life ...
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Erzhan Kulibaev Erzhan Kulibaev (; born 21 September 1986) is a Spanish violinist of Kazakhs, Kazakh origin. Education Kulibaev began his formal musical education in 1995 at the Republican Special Music School for Talented Children of Kulyash Baiseitova (in Almat ...
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Konstanty Andrzej Kulka Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (born 5 March 1947) is a Polish violinist, recording artist, and professor of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw since 1994, also heading the Institute of String Instruments there. Kulka graduated with hono ...
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Boris Kuschnir Boris Kuschnir (born 1948) is a Soviet Austrian violinist Background and early life Born in Kiev in 1948, he studied violin with at the Moscow Conservatoire and chamber music with Valentin Berlinsky of the Borodin Quartet. Career His many encou ...
(born 1948) * Yevgeny Kutik (born 1985) *
Pekka Kuusisto Pekka Kuusisto (born 7 October 1976) is a Finnish musician. Biography Kuusisto comes from a musical lineage. His grandfather was the composer and organist Taneli Kuusisto, his father Ilkka Kuusisto, who had many functions in Finnish musical l ...
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Vladimir Landsman Vladimir Landsman (born 21 December 1941 in Dushanbe) is a Soviet Union, Soviet-Canadians, Canadian violinist and teacher. Biography Vladimir Landsman started to play violin at the age of five. At the age 12, following David Oistrakh's advise, he ...
(born 1941) * Théotime Langlois de Swarte (born 1995) *
Jaime Laredo Jaime Laredo (born June 7, 1941) is an American violinist and Conducting, conductor. He was the conductor and music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, and began his musical career when he was five years old. Laredo was born in Cochabamb ...
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Tessa Lark Tessa Lark is an American concert violinist. Early life Lark was born and raised in Richmond, Kentucky. She started violin training at age six through the Suzuki method. Her musical career began performing and recording with her father's Gospe ...
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Anna Lee Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell". Early life Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in Ightham (pronounced 'Item'), Kent, the ...
(born 1995) * Christel Lee (born 1990) *
Shannon Lee Shannon Emery Lee Keasler (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress, businesswoman, singer, and martial artist. She is the only living child of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, and is t ...
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Jozsef Lendvay Jozsef Lendvay (born 1974) is a Hungarian people, Hungarian violinist. Born in Budapest, Hungary, József Lendvay Jr (''son of famed Gypsy style, Gypsy Violinist József "Csócsi" Lendvay'') attended Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, w ...
(born 1974) * Kerson Leong (born 1997) *
Luz Leskowitz Luz Leskowitz (born 7 August 1943) is an Austrian violinist, founder of the Salzburg Soloists music ensemble. He is the owner of the ex-Prihoda Stradivarius violin made in 1707.
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Gabrielle Lester Gabrielle Lester (also known as Gaby Lester) is an English classical violinist and orchestra leader. She maintains an extensive discography of classical, popular and soundtrack recordings. Career Gaby Lester was born in London, and is recog ...
(born 1961) * Christian Li (born 2007) * Li Chuan Yun (born 1980) * Jack Liebeck (born 1980) *
Lim Ji-young Lim Ji-young (, born 1995) is a South Korean violinist, winner of the first prize in the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She studies with Nam-Yun Kim at Korea National University of Arts. Lim was born in Seoul, South Korea. After pl ...
(born 1995) * Cho-liang Lin (born 1960) * Joseph Lin (born 1978) * Richard Lin (born 1991) * Jessica Linnebach (born 1983) *
Robert Lipsett Robert Crawford Lipsett Jr. (born October 23, 1947) is an American violin teacher in Los Angeles, California. He holds the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at the Colburn School. He also serves on the faculty at the Aspen School of Music ...
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Tasmin Little Tasmin Elizabeth Little (born 13 May 1965) is an English classical music, classical violinist. She is a concerto solo (music), soloist and also performs as a Concert#Recital, recitalist and chamber musician. She has released numerous albums, winn ...
(born 1965) * Yang Liu (born 1976) * Daniel Lozakovich (born 2001) * Lü Siqing (born 1969) *
Barbara Luisi Barbara Luisi is a photographer and a musician. After many years in New York City, she now lives and works in Vienna, Austria, and Venice, Italy. Her artist statement: "my work is concerned exclusively with the perception of three elements: darkn ...
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* Cristian Măcelaru (born 1980) * Nikolay Madoyan (born 1973) *
Manoj George Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He performed as the conductor, string arranger, solo violinist and choral arranger of 3 Grammy Award Winning albums : ''Winds of Samsara'', in 2015, ''Divine Tides'' in 2022 for the B ...
(born 1971) * Igor Malinovsky (born 1977) * Sergey Malov (born 1983) * Antonello Manacorda (born 1970) * Catherine Manoukian (born 1981) * Catya Maré (violinist, songwriter and music producer) *
Yannos Margaziotis Yannos Margaziotis (born 1967) is a Greek violinist with a career as a soloist with several major orchestras and ensembles including the Greek National Opera, Greek National Opera Orchestra, the Athens State Orchestra, the Royal Danish Orchestra, an ...
(born 1967) * Albert Markov (born 1933) * Alexander Markov (born 1963) * Edvin Marton (born 1974) * Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977) *
Bohuslav Matoušek Bohuslav Matoušek (born in Havlíčkův Brod, 26 September 1949) is a Czech violinist and violist. At present he is a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Prague and JAMU. He studied in the classes of Jaroslav Pekelský and Václav Snítil at Prag ...
(born 1949) * Robert McDuffie (born 1958) *
Anne Akiko Meyers Anne Akiko Meyers (born May 15, 1970, in San Diego) is an American violinist. She has been called “the Wonder Woman of commissioning” by The Strad. Her album ''Fandango'', was awarded two Latin GRAMMY Latin Grammy's for Best Classical Alb ...
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Franco Mezzena Franco Mezzena born 4 November 1953 in Trento, northern Italy, is an Italian violin virtuoso. He studied ten years with Salvatore Accardo. Activities * Guest soloist at concert halls and festivals in Europe, Japan, Africa, Martinique, South America ...
(born 1953) * Lucia Micarelli (born 1983) * Peter Michalica (born 1945) * Vanya Milanova (born 1954) * Stefan Milenković (born 1977) * Shlomo Mintz (born 1957) *
Madeleine Mitchell Madeleine Louise Mitchell MMus, ARCM, GRSM, FRSA is a British violinist who has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in over forty countries.Leticia Moreno (born 1985) * Amy Schwartz Moretti (born 1975) * Gil Morgenstern * Bijan Mortazavi (born 1957) * Viktoria Mullova (born 1959) * Aubrey Murphy * Tai Murray (born 1982) * Andres Mustonen (born 1953) *
Anne-Sophie Mutter Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist. Born and raised in Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Mutter started playing the violin at age five and continued studies in Germany and Switzerland. She was supported early in her car ...
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Florin Niculescu Florin Niculescu (born 8 February 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian violinist of Romani (Gypsy) ethnicity. Family background and education Niculescu was born into a family of educated ''lăutari''. Everybody in his family was involved in music: h ...
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Gordan Nikolitch Gordan Nikolitch, also spelled Gordan Nikolić, (; born 1968) is a Franco-Serbian violinist. He was the first concertmaster of the London Symphony Orchestra for nearly 20 years, having stepped down in October 2017 to concentrate on directing and ...
(born 1968) * Ning Feng (born 1982) *
Ayano Ninomiya Ayano Ninomiya is a Japanese-American violinist and a winner of both the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, Naumburg International Violin Competition and Tibor Varga International Competitions. Early life Ninomiya was born in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Takama ...
(born 1979) * Bartłomiej Nizioł (born 1974) *
Domenico Nordio Domenico Nordio (born 21 March 1971) is an Italian violinist. Biography Nordio was born in Piove di Sacco on 21 March 1971. He is a member of the Nordio family. Nordio studied violin with Corrado Romano and Michèle Auclair. He began his concert ...
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Elmar Oliveira Elmar Oliveira (born June 28, 1950) is an American violinist. Early life The son of Portuguese immigrants, Elmar Oliveira was born in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Oliveira was nine when he began studying the violin with his brother John. At age 16 h ...
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Peter Oundjian Peter Haig Oundjian (born 21 December 1955) is a Canadian-American violinist and conductor. Early life Peter Oundjian was born in Toronto, Ontario, the third of five children of Haig Aram Oundjian and his wife Joan Bertrand (Sanderson) Oundjian. ...
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* Ji-hae Park (born 1985) * Mi-Young Park (born 1948) *
Régis Pasquier Régis Pasquier (born 12 October 1945) is a French violinist from a family of musicians. His father Pierre Pasquier (1902–1986), a violist and his uncles Jean (1903), a violinist, and Étienne (1905–1997), a cellist, had founded a string trio, ...
(born 1945) * Mariusz Patyra (born 1977) *
Adela Peña Adela Peña is an American violinist best known as a founding member of the Eroica Trio. She was born in New York City and began playing the violin at age 4. In New York, she studied at the Henry Street Music School with violin/viola teacher Roch ...
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Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the First ina ...
(born 1945) * Mark Peskanov (born 1958) *
Ioana Petcu-Colan Ioana Petcu-Colan is an Irish violinist of Romanian origin, currently living in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography Ioana Petcu-Colan, born in January 1978 in Cork, Ireland is the daughter of Adrian Petcu and of Ruxandra Colan-Pe ...
(born 1978) * Anastasiya Petryshak (born 1994) * Günter Pichler (born 1940) *
Igor Pikayzen Igor Pikayzen (Russian language, Russian: Игорь Леонидович Пикайзен; born November 16, 1987) is a Russian-American violinist. Early life Pikayzen was born in Moscow, Russia to a highly musical family. He began his violin le ...
(born 1987) * Jennifer Pike (born 1989) * Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) * Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973) * Ivan Pochekin (born 1987) * Alina Pogostkina (born 1983) *
Kermit Poling Kermit Poling (born 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American conductor, violinist, and composer. Kermit Poling is Music Director of both the South Arkansas Symphony and the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet. He has performed extensivel ...
(born 1960) * Blake Pouliot (born 1994) * William Preucil (born 1958) *
Rachel Lee Priday Rachel Lee Priday is a Korean-American violinist. Beginning in 1996, Priday studied with Dorothy DeLay and later Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School Pre-college Division. She attended a dual degree program with Harvard University and New Engla ...
(born 1988) * Liviu Prunaru (born 1969) * Edward Pulgar (born 1974)


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Julian Rachlin Julian Rachlin (born 8 December 1974) is a Lithuanian-born violinist, violist and conductor. Biography Born in Vilnius to a Jewish family, he emigrated in 1978 with his musician parents to Austria. In 1983, he entered the Konservatorium Wien an ...
(born 1974) * Nemanja Radulović (born 1985) *
Itzhak Rashkovsky Itzhak Rashkovsky (; born 1955) is a Ukrainian-Israeli violinist and pedagogue who obtained master's degree from the Israeli Academy of Music where he was under guidance from Yair Kless. He is a music director and one of the founders of the Keshet ...
(born 1955) * Henry Raudales *
Kenneth Renshaw Kenneth Renshaw is an American concert violinist. Renshaw was born in San Francisco to Kerrilyn, a concert pianist and piano teacher, and Curtis Renshaw, a concert guitarist, in October 1993. When he was four, Kenneth started taking violin lessons ...
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Vadim Repin Vadim Viktorovich Repin (, ; born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna.A ...
(born 1971) * Yury Revich (born 1991) *
Gerardo Ribeiro Gerardo Ribeiro (born 1950, Oporto, Portugal) is a violinist who serves on the faculty of the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music under Ivan Galamian. He previously taught at Central Michi ...
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André Rieu André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (, ; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known as the founder of the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra. Rieu and his orchestra tour worldwide, often playing in stadiums. He resides ...
(born 1949) * Guido Rimonda (born 1969) * Stanley Ritchie (born 1935) *
Shahrdad Rohani Shahrdad Rohani, also known as Shardad Rohani (; born 27 May 1954), is an Iranian-American composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. His style is contemporary and he is well known for composing and conducting classical, instrumental, adult cont ...
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Svetlin Roussev Svetlin Roussev is a Bulgarian-born violinist. Education He was accepted to the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatory at the age of 15, where he studied with Devy Erlih and Jean-Jacques Kantorow. Competition He was the winner of the first ...
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Mary Rowell Mary Rowell is an American violinist based in New York City. In 1998 Rowell co-founded the string quartet ETHEL. She retired from the group in 2011 but continues to be very active in the downtown New York music community, where she is known as an ...
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Yaakov Rubinstein Ya’akov Rubinstein (Hebrew: יעקב רובינשטיין) is an Israeli violinist. He has performed concerts in Europe, Israel, Japan, China and in the United States since he was seven years of age. As a student of the Jerusalem Music Center, ...
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Jorge Saade Jorge Saade (born in Guayaquil, Ecuador; full name: Jorge Saade-Scaff) is a violinist. Background Saade is a "Gold Medal" graduate of the "Antonio Neumane" National Conservatory of Music. He is a "Cum Laude" graduate from the University of Miam ...
(born 1964) * Kaija Saarikettu (born 1957) *
Nikolai Sachenko Nikolai Sachenko (; born 1977) is a Russian violinist. He was awarded the top prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998. Since 2008 he has been a member of the Brahms Trio, with pianist Natalia Rubinstein and cellist Kirill Rodi ...
(born 1977) * Dilshad Said (born 1958) * Lara St. John (born 1971) * Scott St. John (born 1969) *
Julia Sakharova Julia Sakharova () is a professional violinist. A native of Zheleznovodsk, Russia, she debuted at the age of eight with the Moldavian Symphony Orchestra. Her mother is also a musician. By the age of 11, she was already internationally known as a ...
(born 1979) * Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961) *
Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (born July 15, 1960) is an American violinist. She was professor of violin and viola at the University of Nevada, Reno and served as concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony from 1994 until 2007, during which time she appea ...
(born 1960) * Guido Sant'Anna (born 2005) * Shunsuke Sato (born 1984) *
Giora Schmidt Giora Schmidt () is an American/Israeli violinist. Biography Giora Schmidt was born into a family of musicians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents emigrated from Israel in 1978 and played with the Philadelphia Opera Company Orchestra. His ...
(born 1983) * Rainer Schmidt (born 1964) * Eduard Schmieder (born 1948) * Ani Schnarch (born 1957) * Lynnette Seah (born 1957) * Ilja Sekler (born 1971) * Aleksey Semenenko (born 1988) * Gil Shaham (born 1971) * Hagai Shaham (born 1966) * Lisa Shihoten (born 1976) * Hyun Su Shin (born 1987) * Sayaka Shoji (born 1983) *
Charlie Siem Charles Maximilian Siem (born 14 January 1986) is an English contemporary classical violinist. Life and career Charlie Siem was born in London, England, to Kristian Siem, a Norwegian billionaire, and his South African-born wife. He has three ...
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Siow Lee Chin Siow Lee Chin (; born 1966) is a Singaporean violinist. Featured in the ''American Record Guide'' as "a distinguished cultural asset of international stature", and '' The Strad'' as a "trailblazing role model for string players", Siow's Gold M ...
(born 1966) * Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983) *
Dmitry Sitkovetsky Dmitry Yulianovich Sitkovetsky (; born September 27, 1954) is a Soviet and American violinist, conductor, and arranger. Early life Dmitry Sitkovetsky was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, to violinist Julian Sitkovetsky and pianist Bella Davidovich. ...
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Baiba Skride Baiba Skride (born 19 February 1981) is a Latvian classical violinist. She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001. Background and studies Baiba Skride comes from a very musical Latvian family: her love of music comes from h ...
(born 1981) * Alicja Smietana (born 1983) * Valeriy Sokolov (born 1986) * Sue Son (born 1985) *
Josef Špaček Josef Špaček may refer to: * Josef Špaček (politician) * Josef Špaček (violinist) {{hndis, Spacek, Josef ...
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Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (; born 12 September 1944) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra. Spivakov was born in Ufa. He was taught by Yuri Yankelevic ...
(born 1944) * Daniel Stabrawa (born 1955) *
Sergei Stadler Sergei Stadler (Russian: Сергей Стадлер) is a Russian violinist and conductor. He is currently Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Biography Laureate of the international music compet ...
(born 1962) * Judith Stapf (born 1997) * Steven Staryk (born 1932) * Anton Steck (born 1965) * Vesna Stefanovich-Gruppman * Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981) *
Arnold Steinhardt Arnold Steinhardt (born April 1, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet. Steinhardt made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 14 ...
(born 1937) * Curtis Stewart *
John Storgårds John Gunnar Rafael Storgårds (born 20 October 1963) is a Finnish conductor and violinist. Biography John Storgårds was born in Helsinki, the son of economist Gunnar Storgårds and his wife Marjatta (Ikonen) Storgårds. He studied violin with E ...
(born 1963) * Axel Strauss (born 1974) * Marius Stravinsky (born 1979) * Paula Šūmane (born 1989) *
Janet Sung Janet Sung is an American classical violinist. Born in New York City, she began studying the violin at age 7 and debuted at the age of nine with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She then studied privately with Josef Gingold for ten years. She r ...
* Gernot Süßmuth (born 1963) * Akiko Suwanai (born 1972) *
Airi Suzuki is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as the lead vocalist of the Japanese idol girl group Cute (Japan ...
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Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (born 1967) is a Lithuanian violinist and musical educator. Life Švėgžda von Bekker started taking violin classes at the age of five from his grandmother E. Strazdas-Bekerienė, student of Leopold von Auer, Ja ...
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Kyoko Takezawa is a prominent Japanese-born violinist. She has recorded for the RCA Victor Red Seal label. Born in Ōbu, Aichi, she started her training in Japan as a part of the Suzuki Method program and was part of a tour of the United States. She is a grad ...
(born 1966) * Ilkka Talvi (born 1948) *
Peter Tanfield Peter Tanfield (born 1961) is a British violinist. Career Tanfield's high school education was at Clifton College, Bristol , He studied under Igor Ozim, Felix Andrievski, Alberto Lysy, Herman Krebbers and Yehudi Menuhin. As soloist and chamb ...
(born 1961) * Veriko Tchumburidze (born 1996) *
Arve Tellefsen Arve Tellefsen () (born 14 December 1936) is a Norwegian violinist who has worked with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Arvid Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Gary Bertini, Evgeny Svetlanov, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, ...
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Ryo Terakado is a Japanese violinist and conductor who specializes in historically informed performance. He also plays the viola, viola d'amore and violoncello da spalla. He has been teaching at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Toho Gakuen School ...
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Christian Tetzlaff Christian Tetzlaff (born 29 April 1966) is a German violinist who has performed internationally, with a focus on chamber music. Biography Tetzlaff was born in Hamburg. His parents were amateur musicians and met in a church choir. He began playi ...
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Gwen Thompson Gwendoline Linda Louise Thompson (born 30 March 1947) is a Canadian violinist and music educator. She has been a member of two notable chamber music ensembles with whom she has made several commercial recordings: the Masterpiece Trio (1977–1988 ...
(born 1947) * Olivier Thouin *
Hugo Ticciati Hugo Ticciati (born 1980) is a British-born violinist and Conductor (music), conductor of Italian origin, living in Sweden. He has performed in several worldwide events such as the Gotland Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), the Saint-Denis Festiva ...
(born 1980) * Anna Tifu (born 1986) * Diana Tishchenko (born 1990) * Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (born 1995) *
Richard Tognetti Richard Leo Tognetti AO (born 4 August 1965) is a leading Australian musician recognised internationally as a violin soloist, ensemble player, leader, composer and arranger, conductor and artistic director. He is currently artistic direct ...
(born 1965) * Alexandru Tomescu (born 1976) *
Viktor Tretiakov Viktor Viktorovich Tretiakov (; born 17 October 1946) is a Russian violinist and conductor. Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov. Biography The son of a musician who played in the military band in Siberian city of Krasn ...
(born 1946) * Lana Trotovšek (born 1983) * Kirill Troussov (born 1982) * Yu-Chien Tseng (born 1994) * Vera Tsu Weiling (born 1960)


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* Dmytro Udovychenko (born 1990) *
Uto Ughi Bruto Diodato "Uto" Ughi (; born 21 January 1944) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He was the music director of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia between 1987 and 1992. He is considered one of Italy's greatest living ...
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Elina Vähälä Elina Vähälä (born 15 October 1975, Iowa City, Iowa) is a Finnish classical violinist. Biography Born in the United States in Iowa City, Iowa, Vähälä began violin studies at the age of three, following her family's return to Finland, at t ...
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Almita Vamos Roland and Almita Vamos are a husband and wife who are violin and viola instructors. The Vamoses have been recognized at the White House seven times and were named Distinguished Teachers by the National Endowment for the Arts. They have been hono ...
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Roland Vamos Roland and Almita Vamos are a husband and wife who are violin and viola instructors. The Vamoses have been recognized at the White House seven times and were named Distinguished Teachers by the National Endowment for the Arts. They have been hono ...
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Vanessa-Mae Vanessa-Mae ( zh, s=陈美, p=Chén Měi; born 27 October 1978), also called Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, is a British violinist with album sales reaching several million, having made her the wealthiest entertainer under 30 in the United Ki ...
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Satu Vänskä Satu Vänskä (born 1979) is a Finnish Australian violinist. Early life Vänskä was born to a Finnish family in the Kinki region of Japan, where she took her first violin lessons at the age of three. Her family moved back to Finland in 1989 an ...
(born 1979) * Vasko Vassilev (born 1970) *
Maxim Vengerov Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (; born 20 August 1974) is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest violinists in the world". Vengerov was born in Novosibirsk, the only child of Al ...
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Emmy Verhey Emmy Verhey (born 13 March 1949, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist. Biography Verhey received her first violin lesson from her father when she was seven. Within a year, she played the Violin Concerto in A minor and the Concerto for Two Vi ...
(born 1949) * Pavel Vernikov (born 1953) * Zino Vinnikov (born 1943) * Milan Vitek (born 1938)


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* Stephen Waarts (born 1996) * Elisabeth Waldo (born 1918) * Gregory T.S. Walker (born 1961) * Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 1939) *
Donald Weilerstein Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue. Early life and education Weilerstein was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Berkeley, California. He began playing the violin at the age of four and earned a Bachelor ...
(born 1940) *
Antje Weithaas Antje Weithaas (born 1966) is a German classical violinist. Apart from solo recitals and chamber music performances, she has played with leading orchestras in Europe, Asia and the United States. Career Born in Guben, Weithaas studied at the ...
(born 1966) * Rudolf Werthen (born 1946) * Noa Wildschut (born 2001) * Ross Monroe Winter (born 1981) * Jasper Wood (born 1974) * Bartosz Woroch (born 1984) * Christine Wu


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* Brett Yang (born 1992) * Charles Yang (born 1988) * In Mo Yang (born 1995) * Tianwa Yang (born 1987) * Yuval Yaron (born 1953) *
Esther Yoo Esther Yoo (born 11 June 1994) is an American violinist. Early life and education Born in the United States and raised in Europe, Yoo began playing the violin at the age of 4 and made her concert debut aged 8. She attended the International Schoo ...
(born 1994) * Scott Yoo (born 1971) * Soyoung Yoon (born 1984) *
Diana Yukawa is a Japanese and British violinist and composer. She has released four solo albums and one digital EP. Personal life Yukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Japanese banker Akihisa Yukawa and English ballet dancer Susanne Bayly. Her father died o ...
(born 1985)


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* Antal Zalai (born 1981) *
Thomas Zehetmair Thomas Zehetmair (born 23 November 1961) is an Austrian violinist and conductor. Biography Zehetmair was born in Salzburg, and studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum, where both of his parents taught. His festival debut was at age 16. He was in ...
(born 1961) * Ivan Ženatý (born 1962) * Simone Zgraggen (born 1975) * Jay Zhong (born 1973) * Nancy Zhou (born 1993) * Kevin Zhu (born 2000) *
Leia Zhu Leia Zhengying Zhu (, born in October 2006) is a British-Chinese violinist. Early life and education Leia Zhengying Zhu was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to Yanhong Bi and a Chinese father. She has a younger brother, Leo. Zhu's grand ...
(born 2006) * Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965) *
Nikolaj Znaider Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (born 5 July 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish violinist and conductor. Biography Szeps-Znaider was born in Copenhagen to Polish-Jewish parents. His father had originally emigrated from Poland to Israel, and his mo ...
(born 1975) * Itamar Zorman (born 1985) *
Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman (; born 16 July 1948) is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor. Life and career Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, to Jewish parents and Holocaust survivors Yehuda and Miriam Lieberman Zukerman. He began his musica ...
(born 1948) * Jaap van Zweden (born 1960)


Baroque violinists

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Chiara Banchini Chiara Banchini is a Switzerland, Swiss violinist, involved in the historical performance practice movement. She specializes in the music of the Baroque music, Baroque. Banchini was born in 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland. She graduated from the Gen ...
(born 1946) (also conducts) *
Fabio Biondi Fabio Biondi (born 15 March 1961) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He is a specialist in Baroque and early music. Biography Born in Palermo, Sicily, Biondi had a late start, having never even held a violin till age 11, but by the followin ...
(born 1961) (also conducts) * Alison Bury (born 1954) *
Giuliano Carmignola Giuliano Carmignola (born 7 July 1951, in Treviso) is an Italian violinist. Born in Treviso, he studied with his father, then with Luigi Ferro at the Venice Conservatory and afterwards with Nathan Milstein and Franco Gulli at the Accademia Chigi ...
(born 1951) * Lucy van Dael (born 1946) * Isabelle Faust (born 1972) (performs principally on the modern violin) *
Enrico Gatti Enrico Gatti (born 1955) is an Italian violinist, known for playing baroque violin, Baroque music. Gatti was born in Perugia, Italy. He graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Geneva Conservatory as a student of :en:Chiara Banchi ...
(born 1955) * Reinhard Goebel (born 1952) (also conducts) *
Gottfried von der Goltz Gottfried Graf von der Goltz (born 1 June 1964 in Würzburg, Germany) is a German violinist and conductor, specialising in the baroque repertoire. Early life Born into the ancient Brandenburgish noble von der Goltz family, as the son of Conra ...
(born 1964) (also conducts) *
Ilya Gringolts Ilya Gringolts () born 2 July 1982 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) is a violinist and educator. Gringolts studied violin in St. Petersburg with Tatiana Liberova and Jeanna Metallidi. He then attended the Juilliard School, and studied violin w ...
(born 1982) (performs principally on the modern violin) *
Thomas Hengelbrock Hans Thomas Hengelbrock (born 9 June 1958) is a German violinist, musicologist, stage director and conductor. Biography Hengelbrock was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of teachers Günther and Dorothea Elisabeth (Schliefert) Hengelbrock. He stud ...
(born 1958) (primarily known for conducting) * John Holloway (born 1948) *
Monica Huggett Monica Huggett (born 16 May 1953 in London, England) is a British conductor and leading baroque violinist. Biography At the age of 16, Huggett started studying at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Manoug Parikian and Kato Havas, baroque ...
(born 1953) (also conducts) *
Alina Ibragimova Alina Rinatovna Ibragimova (; born 28 September 1985) is a Russian-British violinist. Early life and education Ibragimova was born in Polevskoy, Russian SSR, to a Tatar family. Her family was musical, and she began playing the violin at ...
(performs principally on the modern violin) *
Sigiswald Kuijken Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments. Biography Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble o ...
(born 1944) (also conducts) *
Andrew Manze Andrew Manze (born 14 January 1965) is a British conductor and violinist, noted for his interpretation of Baroque violin music. Biography Born in Beckenham in Kent, England, Manze read Classics at Clare College, Cambridge. He studied violin ...
(born 1965) (also conducts) * Eduard Melkus (born 1928) * Viktoria Mullova (born 1959) (performs principally on the modern violin) * Petra Müllejans (born 1959) * Enrico Onofri (born 1967) (first violinist with
Il Giardino Armonico Il Giardino Armonico ("The Garden of Harmony") is an Italian ensemble well noted for its practice of Historically informed performance, Historically Informed Performance and founded in Milan in 1985 by Luca Pianca and Giovanni Antonini, primarily ...
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Ioana Petcu-Colan Ioana Petcu-Colan is an Irish violinist of Romanian origin, currently living in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography Ioana Petcu-Colan, born in January 1978 in Cork, Ireland is the daughter of Adrian Petcu and of Ruxandra Colan-Pe ...
(born 1978) * Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) (performs principally on the modern violin, also plays
viola d'amore The viola d'amore (; ) is a 7- or 6- stringed musical instrument with additional sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin. Structure and sound The viola d'amore shar ...
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Rachel Podger Rachel Podger (born 30 May 1968) is a British violinist and conductor specialising in the performance of Baroque music. Career Podger was born in England to a British father and a German mother. She was educated at a German Rudolf Steiner scho ...
(born 1968) * Hélène Schmitt * Dmitry Sinkovsky (born 1980) (also countertenor and conductor) * Simon Standage (born 1941) * Elizabeth Wallfisch (born 1952) (also conducts)


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