List of violinists

This is a list of violinists, i.e. players of the violin.

Baroque Era:

Composer-violinists were common in the Baroque era:

• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 – 1751)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
• Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644 – 1704)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 – 1713)
• Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco (1675 – 1742)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687 – 1762)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695 – 1765)
• Michele Mascitti (1663 – 1760)
• Pietro Nardini
• Heinrich Schmelzer (1623 – 1680)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 – 1770)
• Giuseppe Torelli
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 – 1768)
• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 – 1692)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741)
• Johann Jakob Walther (1650 – 1717)

In the early 19th century, Niccolo Paganini did much to expand the instrument's technique. Other notable 19th century violinists include Pierre Rode, Joseph Joachim (who was friends with Johannes Brahms), Leopold Auer (who taught many famous violinists of following generations), Pablo de Sarasate, Henri Vieuxtemps, Eugene Ysaye and Henryk Wieniawski.

Among significant later players are:

• Salvatore Accardo
• Gilles Apap
• Joshua Bell (1967-
• Vera Beths
• Lola Bobesco (1923 – 2003)
• Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991)
• Iona Brown (1941–2004)
• Adolf Busch
• Sarah Chang (1982-
• Stephanie Chase
• Corey Cerovsek (1972-
• Vassar Clements (Bluegrass, Country, Jazz)
• Augustin Dumay (1949-
• James Ehnes
• Mischa Elman (1891–1967)
• Carl Flesch (1873–1944)
• Eugene Fodor
• Annar Folleso (Folleso/) (1972-
• Zino Francescatti (1902–1991)
• Pamela Frank
• Katya Frazier
• Mayumi Fujikawa
• Enrico Gatti
• Andre Gertler (1907–1998)
• Ivry Gitlis (1922-
• Reinhard Goebel Baroque(1952 –
• Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986)
• Ida Haendel (1928 –
• Hilary Hahn (1980 –
• Chloe Hanslip (1987- )
• Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
• Willy Hess (1859–1939)
• Philippe Hirschhorn (1946–1996)
• Daniel Hope (violinist of the Beaux Arts Trio)
• Bronislav Hubermann (1882–1947)
• Monica Huggett Baroque
• Janine Jansen (1978 –
• Joseph Joachim
• Leila Josefowicz (1978 -
• Suna Kan (1936 -
• Nigel Kennedy (1956
• Isabelle van Keulen
• Leonid Kogan (1924–1982)
• Herman Krebbers
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Gidon Kremer (1948-
• Jan Kubelik (1880–1940)
• Sigiswald Kuijken Baroque
• Rainer Kussmaul (1946 –
• Tasmin Little
• Vanessa Mae (born 1978)
• Henri Marteau (1874–1934)
• Eduard Melkus Baroque
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
• Midori Goto (1971 -
• Shlomo Mintz
• Nathan Milstein (1903–1992)
• Viktoria Mullova (1959-
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963
• Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
• David Oistrakh (1908–1974)
• Igor Oistrakh (1931-
• Theo Olof
• Itzhak Perlman (1945 -
• Jean-Luc Ponty (1942
• Ruggiero Ricci (1918 -
• Andre Rieu (1949 -
• Gil Shaham (1971-
• Hagai Shaham (1966-
• Camillo Sivori (1815–1894)
• Oscar Shumsky(1917–2000)
• Nikos Skalkottas
• Nils-Erik Sparf
• Simon Standage Baroque
• Isaac Stern (1920–2001)
• Josef Suk
• Harold Sumberg
• Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988)
• Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
• Caitlin Tully (1987? -
• Uto Ughi (1946-
• Maxim Vengerov (1974 -
• Emmy Verhey (1949-
• Frank Peter Zimmermann (1965-
• Pinchas Zukerman (1948-
• Jaap van Zweden Baroque(1960-
• Vilmos Szabadi

Popular music violinists, including fiddlers

• Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
• Polly Bradfield (jazz)
• Vassar Clements (Bluegrass, Country, Jazz)
• Mark Feldman (jazz)
• Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
• Stephane Grappelli (jazz)
• Petra Haden (alternative rock)
• Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
• Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
• Carla Kihlstedt (jazz)
• Doug Kershaw (Cajun music)
• Gundula Krause (Bluegrass, Cajun music, folk, folk rock)
• Alison Krauss (Bluegrass)
• madfiddler – Mark Knight (alternative rock)
• Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)
• Didier Lockwood (jazz)
• Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Hugh Marsh (Canadian jazz/popular musician)
• Mark O'Connor (Bluegrass, folk, classical)
• Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
• Stuff Smith, (jazz)
• Jelle van Tongeren (jazz/ hot club)
• Joe Venuti (jazz)
• Jenny Wilhelms (folk)

External links

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