List of classical violinists
This is a list of notable classical violinists from the baroque era to the 20th century.
For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists, see List of contemporary classical violinists.
Baroque era
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
- Evaristo Felice 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 (1695–1764)
- Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
- Nicola Matteis (1670 – 1714)
- Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
- Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680)
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
- Carlo Tessarini (1690–1765)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Classical era
- Leopold August Abel (1717–1794)
- Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
- Franz Benda (1709–1786)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
- Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
- Franz Clement (1780–1842)
- Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833)
- Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
- François Habeneck (1781–1849)
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
- Ivan Mane Jarnović (1747–1804)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
- Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
- Antonio Lolli (1730–1802)
- Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
- Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
- Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
- Thomas Pinto (c. 1710–1773)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
- Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
- Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
- Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
- Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776–1830)
- Anton Stamitz (1754–1796)
- Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
- Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)
- Regina Strinasacchi (c. 1761–1839)
- Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
- Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
Romantic era
- Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
- Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
- Stanisław Barcewicz (1858–1929)
- Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
- Antonín Bennewitz (1833–1926)
- Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870)
- Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
- Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856)
- Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861)
- George Bridgetower (1778–1860)
- Adolph Brodsky (1851–1929)
- Ole Bull (1810–1880)
- Mathieu Crickboom (1871–1947)
- Alfredo D'Ambrosio (1871-1914)
- Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
- Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
- Jakob Dont (1815–1888)
- František Drdla (1868–1944)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865)
- Nahan Franko (1861–1930)
- Sam Franko (1857–1937)
- Jules Garcin (1830–1896)
- Karel Halíř (1859–1909)
- Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr. (1855–1907)
- Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr. (1828–1893)
- Philip A. Herfort (1851–1921)
- Willy Hess (1859–1939)
- Jenő Hubay (1858–1937)
- Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
- Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
- Franz Kneisel (1865–1926)
- Jan Koert (1853-1911)
- Apollinaire de Kontski (1825-1879)
- Franjo Krežma (1862–1881)
- José White Lafitte (1835–1918)
- Walborg Lagerwall (1851–1940)
- Karol Lipiński (1790–1862)
- David Mannes (1866-1959)
- Martin Pierre Marsick (1847–1924)
- Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
- Maria Milanollo (1832–1848)
- Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
- Wilma Neruda (1839–1911)
- Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
- Maud Powell (1867–1920)
- François Prume (1816–1849)
- Oskar Rieding (1840–1918)
- Franz Ries (1846–1932)
- Achille Rivarde (1865–1940)
- Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
- Émile Sauret (1852–1920)
- Eugène Sauzay (1809-1901)
- Marianne Stresow Scharwenka (1856–1918)
- François Schubert (1808–1878)
- Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (1848–1918)
- Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934)
- Camillo Sivori (1818–1894)
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
- Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
- Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
- Josef Suk (1874–1935)
- Carl Venth (1860–1938)
- Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
- Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
- August Wilhelmj (1845–1908)
- Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
20th century
Note: This does not include living violinists, who are listed at List of contemporary classical violinists.
- Helen Armstrong (1943–2006)
- Ik-Hwan Bae (1956–2014)
- Israel Baker (1919–2011)
- Hugh Bean (1929–2003)
- Petrowitsch Bissing (1871–1961)
- Naoum Blinder (1889–1965)
- Harry Bluestone (1907–1992)
- Lola Bobesco (1921–2003)
- Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991)
- Robert Brink (1924–2014)
- Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997)
- Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990), Danish violinist and educator
- Grace Burrows (1893–1980)
- Adolf Busch (1891–1952)
- Guila Bustabo (1916–2002)
- Alfredo Campoli (1906–1991)
- Mary Canberg (1918–2004)
- Lucien Capet (1873–1928)
- Stephen Clapp (1939–2014)
- Isidore Cohen (1922–2005)
- Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002)
- Gioconda de Vito (1907–1994)
- Samuel Dushkin (1891–1976)
- Arnold Eidus (1922–2013)
- Mischa Elman (1891–1967)
- George Enescu (1881–1955)
- Broadus Erle (1918–1977)
- Toshiya Eto (1927–2008)
- Ilona Fehér (1901–1988)
- Christian Ferras (1933–1982)
- Joan Field (1915–1988)
- Eugene Fodor (1950–2011)
- Zino Francescatti (1902–1991)
- Walter Fried (1877–1925)
- Erick Friedman (1939–2004)
- Joseph Fuchs (1899–1997)
- Marjorie Fulton (1909–1962)
- Ivan Galamian (1903–1981)
- Felix Galimir (1910–1999)
- André Gertler (1907–1998)
- Elizabeth Gilels (1919–2008)
- Bronislav Gimpel (1911–1979)
- Paul Godwin (1902–1982)
- Szymon Goldberg (1909–1993)
- Boris Goldstein (1922–1987)
- Alexei Gorokhov (1927–1999)
- Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986)
- Daniel Guilet (1899–1990)
- Boris Gutnikov (1931–1986)
- Sandor Harmati (1892–1936)
- Sidney Harth (1925–2011)
- Josef Hassid (1923–1950)
- Julius Hegyi (1923–2007)
- Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
- Philippe Hirschhorn (1946–1996)
- Bronisław Huberman (1882–1947)
- Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006)
- Jacques Israelievitch (1948–2015)
- Sascha Jacobsen (1895–1972)
- Piotr Janowski (1951–2008)
- Oleg Kagan (1946–1990)
- Kaoru Kakudo (1947–2004)
- Louis Kaufman (1905–1994)
- Eda Kersey (1904–1944)
- Leonid Kogan (1924–1982)
- Rudolf Kolisch (1896–1978)
- Hugo Kortschak (1884–1957)
- Boris Koutzen (1901–1966)
- Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
- Jan Kubelík (1880–1940)
- Georg Kulenkampff (1898–1948)
- Isidor Lateiner (1930–2005)
- Sergiu Luca (1943–2010)
- Hugh Maguire (1926–2013)
- Paul Makanowitzky (1920–1998)
- Leonora Jackson McKim (1879–1969)
- Ivor McMahon (1924–1972)
- Wilhelm Melcher (1940–2005)
- Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
- Roberto Michelucci (1922–2010)
- Nathan Milstein (1903–1992)
- Mischa Mischakoff (1895–1981)
- Alma Moodie (1898–1943)
- Lydia Mordkovitch (1944–2014)
- Erika Morini (1904–1995)
- Konstantin Mostras (1886–1965)
- Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
- David Oistrakh (1908–1974)
- Margaret Pardee (1920–2016)
- Manoug Parikian (1920–1987)
- Kathleen Parlow (1890–1963)
- Louis Persinger (1887–1966)
- Max Pollikoff (1904–1984)
- Enrico Polo (1868–1953)
- Ruth Posselt (1914–2007)
- Mikhail Press (1871–1938)
- Váša Příhoda (1900–1960)
- Simon Pullman (1890–1942)
- Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961)
- Michael Rabin (1936–1972)
- Florizel von Reuter (1890–1985)
- Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012)
- Eric Rosenblith (1920–2010)
- Albert Sammons (1886–1957)
- Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915–2002)
- Toscha Seidel (1899–1962)
- Berl Senofsky (1926–2002)
- Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000)
- Joseph Silverstein (1932–2015)
- Julian Sitkovetsky (1925–1958)
- Václav Snítil (1928-2015)
- Semyon Snitkovsky (1933–1981)
- Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985)
- Eduard Sõrmus (1878–1940)
- Albert Spalding (1883–1953)
- Tossy Spivakovsky (1906–1998)
- Isaac Stern (1920–2001)
- Josef Suk (1929–2011)
- Zoltán Székely (1903–2001)
- Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988)
- Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973)
- Gerhard Taschner (1922–1976)
- Henri Temianka (1906–1992)
- Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
- Roman Totenberg (1911–2012)
- Andor Toth (1925–2006)
- Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999)
- Tibor Varga (1921–2003)
- Sándor Végh (1912–1997)
- Ion Voicu (1923-1997)
- Endre Wolf (1913–2011)
- Cedric Wright (1889–1959)
- Florian ZaBach (1918–2006)
- Zvi Zeitlin (1922–2012)
- Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
- Olive Zorian (1916–1965)
Contemporary
Female
Further reading
- The Art of Violin Playing Books 1 & 2, Carl Flesch. Edited by Eric Rosenblith. Carl Fischer Music ISBN 0-8258-2822-8 and ISBN 0-8258-6590-5
- The Armenian Bowing Art, Anahit Tsitsikian,Published by “Edit Print” print house Yerevan, 2004.(in Russian)
- 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
- Szigeti 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: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument by Schoenbaum, David (2012). New York, New York : W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393084405
- 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 Charles Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
- Violinists and Violists on the Web Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present.
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