List of classical violinists

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This is a list of notable classical violinists. This list contains the names of great violinist from baroque era till 20th century.

For the list of living classical violinist click List of Living Classical Violinists

Contents 1 Baroque era 2 Classical era 3 19th century 4 20th century 5 Young generation 6 Notable pedagogues 7 Further reading 8 External links

[edit] Baroque era

[edit] Classical era

[edit] 19th century

[edit] 20th century

• Joshua Bell (born 1967)
• Sarah Chang (born 1980)
• Mischa Elman (1891–1967)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Christian Ferras (1933–1982)
• Zino Francescatti (1902–1991)
• Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986)
• Hilary Hahn (born 1979)
• Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
• Leonid Kogan (1924–1982)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Gidon Kremer (born 1948)
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
• Midori Goto (born 1971)
• Nathan Milstein (1903–1992)
• Shlomo Mintz (born 1957)
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963)
• Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
• David Oistrakh (1908–1974)
• Itzhak Perlman (born 1945)
• Michael Rabin (1936–1972)
• Julian Rachlin (born 1974)
• Vadim Repin (born 1971)
• Ruggiero Ricci (born 1918)
• Gil Shaham (born 1971)
• Isaac Stern (1920–2001)
• Akiko Suwanai (born 1972)
• Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988)
• Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973)
• Viktor Tretyakov (born 1946)
• Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
• Maxim Vengerov (born 1974)
• Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
• Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948)
• Florian ZaBach (1918–2006)

[edit] Young generation

• Sergey Khachatryan
• Julia Fischer
• Augustin Hadelich
• Alina Pogostkina
• Alexander Sitkovetsky

[edit] Notable pedagogues

• Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002)
• Carl Flesch (1873–1944)
• Joseph Fuchs (1900–1997)
• Ivan Galamian (1903–1981)
• Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998)

[edit] Further reading

• The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
• Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, by F.J. Fétis (c.1880), Schott & Co.
• The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-2286-8
• The Devil's Box-Masters of Southern Fiddling by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. ISBN 0-8265-1324-7
• An Encyclopedia of the Violin, by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80004-7
• The Great Violinists, by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-623-0
• Paganini-The Genoese, by G.I.C. de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press
• Stuff Smith-Pure at Heart, edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers. ISBN 0-907954-15-4
• 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 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

[edit] External links

• Legendary Violinists (a public arts website)
• Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
• Violinists on the Web: An alphabetical listing of web pages on violinists, past and present.