List of contemporary classical violinists
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.
Classical violinists
A
- Salvatore Accardo (born 1941)
- Ruben Aharonyan (born 1947)
- Pierre Amoyal (born 1949)
- Gilles Apap (born 1963)
- Shmuel Ashkenasi (born 1941)
B
- Alena Baeva (born 1985)
- Jenny Oaks Baker (born 1975)
- Volodja Balžalorsky (born 1956)
- Kristóf Baráti (born 1979)
- William Barbini (born 1947)
- Pedro Barreto (born 1991)
- Lisa Batiashvili (born 1979)
- Martin Beaver (born 1967)
- Joshua Bell (born 1967)
- Nicola Benedetti (born 1987)
- Yehonatan Berick (born 1968)
- Klara Berkovich (born 1928)
- Dmitri Berlinsky (born 1968)
- Mikhail Bezverkhny (born 1947)
- Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962)
- Emanuel Borok (born 1944)
- Guy Braunstein (born 1971)
- Linda Brava (born 1970)
- Robert Brink (born 1924)
- Zakhar Bron (born 1947)
- Anshel Brusilow (born 1928)
- Oliver Butterworth
C
- Akim Camara (born 2000)
- Caroline Campbell (born 1979)
- Andrés Cárdenes (born 1957)
- Jonathan Carney (born 1963)
- Charles Castleman (born 1941)
- David Cerone (born 1941)
- Corey Cerovsek (born 1972)
- Lynn Chang (born 1953)
- Sarah Chang (born 1980)
- Corinne Chapelle (born 1976)
- Stephanie Chase (born 1957)
- Anastasia Chebotareva (born 1972)
- Jiafeng Chen (born 1987)
- Ray Chen (born 1989)
- Jennifer Choi (born 1974)
- Kyung-wha Chung (born 1948)
- Fanny Clamagirand (born 1984)
- Jeremy Cushman (born 1990)
D
- Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981)
- Lindsay Deutsch (born 1984)
- Glenn Dicterow (born 1948)
- Augustin Dumay (born 1949)
- Carlos Damas (born 1973)
E
- Renate Eggebrecht (born 1944)
- James Ehnes (born 1976)
- Vesko Eschkenazy (born 1970)
- Ralph Evans (born 1953)
F
- Ralph Farris (born 1970)
- Isabelle Faust (born 1972)
- Julia Fischer (born 1983)
- Annar Folleso (born 1972)
- Pamela Frank (born 1967)
- Jennifer Frautschi (born 1973)
- Rodney Friend (born 1940)
G
- Ilian Garnet (born 1983)
- David Garrett (born 1980)
- Lorenzo Gatto (born 1986)
- Ivry Gitlis (born 1922)
- Jack Glatzer (born 1939)
- Vadim Gluzman (born 1973)
- Malcolm Goldstein (born 1936)
- Midori Gotō (born 1971)
- Ryu Goto (born 1988)
- Philippe Graffin (born 1964)
- Endre Granat (born 1937)
- Salvatore Greco (born 1964)
- Ilya Gringolts (born 1982)
- Ilya Grubert (born 1954)
- Erich Gruenberg (born 1924)
H
- Augustin Hadelich (born 1984)
- Ida Haendel (born 1928)
- Viviane Hagner (born 1977)
- Hilary Hahn (born 1979)
- Ben Hancox
- Chloë Hanslip (born 1987)
- Maurice Hasson (born 1934)
- Daniel Heifetz (born 1948)
- Katt Hernandez (born 1974)
- Philippe Honoré (born 1967)
- Daniel Hope (born 1974)
- Hu Nai-yuan
- Frank Huang (born 1978)
- Rachel Vetter Huang (born 1958)
- Sirena Huang (born 1994)
- Václav Hudeček (born 1952)
I
- Alina Ibragimova (born 1985)
- Aleksey Igudesman (born 1973)
- Petteri Iivonen (born 1987)
- Judith Ingolfsson (born 1973)
- Jacques Israelievitch (born 1948)
J
- Stefan Jackiw (born 1985)
- Janine Jansen (born 1978)
- Dylana Jenson (born 1961)
- Karen Johnson
- Leila Josefowicz (born 1977)
K
- Ilya Kaler (born 1963)
- Kam Ning
- Mayuko Kamio (born 1986)
- Koh Gabriel Kameda (born 1975)
- Mayuko Kamio (born 1986)
- Suna Kan (born 1936)
- Clara-Jumi Kang (born 1987)
- Dong-Suk Kang (born 1954)
- Hyo Kang
- Judy Kang
- Paul Kantor
- Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 1945)
- Lewis Kaplan
- Daishin Kashimoto (born 1979)
- Ani Kavafian (born 1948)
- Ida Kavafian (born 1952)
- Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967)
- Tamaki Kawakubo (born 1979)
- Yōsuke Kawasaki (born 1977)
- Gaik Kazazian (born 1982)
- Barnabás Kelemen (born 1978)
- Nigel Kennedy (born 1956)
- Misha Keylin (born 1970)
- Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985)
- Benny Kim
- Kim Chee-yun (born 1970)
- Chin Kim (born 1957)
- David Kim (born 1963)
- Kim Kyung-Jun (born 1987)
- Soovin Kim (born 1976)
- Mari Kimura (born 1962)
- Valery Klimov (born 1931)
- Rudolf Koelman (born 1959)
- Pavel Kogan (born 1952)
- Jennifer Koh (born 1976)
- Henning Kraggerud (born 1973)
- Anna Katharina Kränzlein (born 1980)
- Herman Krebbers (born 1923)
- Gidon Kremer (born 1948)
- Sergei Krylov (born 1970)
- Oleh Krysa (born 1942)
- Yevgeny Kutik (born 1985)
- Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976)
- Helen Kwalwasser (born 1927)
L
- Fredell Lack (born 1922)
- Jaime Laredo (born 1941)
- Susanne Lautenbacher (born 1932)
- Ga-Yeon Lee (born 1992)
- Rachel Lee (born 1988)
- Shannon Lee (born in Canada, 1993)[1]
- Gabrielle Lester
- Ida Levin
- Jack Liebeck (born 1980)
- Cho-liang Lin (born 1960)
- Joseph Lin (born 1978)
- Jessica Linnebach (born 1983)
- Robert Lipsett (born 1947)
- Tasmin Little (born 1965)
- Yang Liu (born 1976)
- Daniel Lozakovitj (born 2001)
M
- Nikolay Madoyan (born 1973)
- Igor Malinovsky (born 1977)
- Robert Mann (born 1920)
- Catherine Manoukian (born 1981)
- Catya Maré (violinist, songwriter and music producer)
- Yannos Margaziotis (born 1967)
- Alexander Markov (born 1963)
- Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977)
- Bohuslav Matoušek (born 1949, Czech Republic)
- Robert McDuffie (born 1958 estimated,[2] USA)
- Anne Akiko Meyers (born 1970)
- Lucia Micarelli (born 1983)
- Stefan Milenković (born 1977)
- Shlomo Mintz (born 1957)
- Madeleine Mitchell
- Viktoria Mullova (born 1959)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963)
N
- Stephen Nachmanovitch (born 1950)
- Florin Niculescu (born 1967)
- Domenico Nordio (born 1971)
O
- Igor Oistrakh (born 1931)
- Elmar Oliveira (born 1950)
P
- Michaela Paetsch (born 1961)
- Tedi Papavrami (born 1971)
- Margaret Pardee (born 1920)
- György Pauk (born 1936)
- Adela Peña
- Itzhak Perlman (born 1945)
- Ioana Petcu-Colan (born 1978)
- Jennifer Pike (born 1989)
- Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974)
- Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973)
- Liviu Prunaru (born 1969)
Q
- Philippe Quint (born 1974)
R
- Julian Rachlin (born 1974)
- Henry Raudales
- Vadim Repin (born 1971)
- André Rieu (born 1949)
- Guido Rimonda (born 1969)
- Shahrdad Rohani
- Aaron Rosand (born 1927)
- Yaakov Rubinstein (born 1968)
S
- Jorge Saade (born 1964)
- Dilshad Said (born 1958)
- Lara St. John (born 1971)
- Julia Sakharova
- Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961)
- Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (born 1960)
- Eduard Schmieder (born 1948)
- Dina Schneidermann (born 1931)
- Lynnette Seah (born 1957)
- Gil Shaham (born 1971)
- Hagai Shaham (born 1966)
- Hyun Su Shin (born 1987)
- Sayaka Shoji (born 1983)
- Charlie Siem (born 1986)
- Joseph Silverstein (born 1932)
- Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983)
- Dmitry Sitkovetsky (born 1954)
- Baiba Skride (born 1981)
- Alicja Smietana (born 1983)
- Valeriy Sokolov (born 1986)
- Sue Son (born 1985)
- Vladimir Spivakov (born 1944)
- Sergei Stadler (born 1962)
- Steven Staryk (born 1932)
- Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981)
- Arnold Steinhardt (born 1937)
- Akiko Suwanai (born 1972)
- Airi Suzuki (born 1989)
- Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (born 1967)
- Vilmos Szabadi (born 1959)
- Antal Szalai (born 1981)
- Agata Szymczewska (born 1985)
T
- Kyoko Takezawa (born 1970)
- Ilkka Talvi (born 1948)
- Arve Tellefsen (born 1936)
- Christian Tetzlaff (born 1966)
- Gwen Thompson (born 1947)
- Richard Tognetti (born 1965)
- Viktor Tretyakov (born 1946)
- Lana Trotovsek (born 1983)
U
- Uto Ughi (born 1944)
- Jourdan Urbach (born 1991)
V
- Elina Vähälä (born 1975)
- Almita Vamos (born 1938)
- Roland Vamos (born 1930)
- Vanessa-Mae (born 1978)
- Jaap van Zweden (born 1960)
- Maxim Vengerov (born 1974)
- Emmy Verhey (born 1949)
- Zino Vinnikov (born 1943)
- Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1964)
W
- Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 1939)
- Donald Weilerstein (born 1940)
- Walter Weller (born 1930)
- Rudolf Werthen
- David Whiston (born 1941)
- Camilla Wicks (born 1928)
- Wanda Wiłkomirska (born 1929)
- Ross Monroe Winter (born 1981)
- Jasper Wood (born 1974)
Y
- Esther Yoo (born 1994)
- Diana Yukawa (born 1985)
Z
- Nancy Zhou (born 1993)
- Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965)
- Nikolaj Znaider (born 1975)
- Fabrizio Zoffoli (born 1987)
- Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948)
Baroque violinists
- Chiara Banchini (born 1946) (also conducts)
- Fabio Biondi (born 1961) (also conducts)
- Giuliano Carmignola (born 1951)
- Lucy van Dael (born 1946)
- Isabelle Faust (born 1972) (performs principally on the modern violin)
- Enrico Gatti (born 1955)
- Reinhard Goebel (born 1952) (also a conductor)
- Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1964) (also a conductor)
- Ilya Gringolts (born 1982) (performs principally on the modern violin)
- Alice Harnoncourt (born 1930)
- Thomas Hengelbrock (born 1958) (primarily known for conducting)
- John Holloway (born 1948)
- Monica Huggett (born 1953) (also a conductor)
- Alina Ibragimova (performs principally on the modern violin)
- Sigiswald Kuijken (born 1944) (also a conductor)
- Jeanne Lamon (born 1949) (also a conductor)
- Andrew Manze (born 1965) (also a conductor)
- Eduard Melkus (born 1928)
- Viktoria Mullova (born 1959) (performs principally on the modern violin)
- Petra Müllejans (born 1959)
- Ioana Petcu-Colan (born 1978)
- Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) (performs principally on the modern violin)
- Rachel Podger (born 1968)
- Hélène Schmitt
- Jaap Schröder (born 1925)
- Simon Standage (born 1941)
- Elizabeth Wallfisch (born 1952) (also conducts)
References
- ↑ Victor Carr, Jr., review of Telarc CD-80695 "Introducing Shannon Lee," Classics Today, September 23, 2008 |URL=http://www.classicstoday.com/review/review-14570/
- ↑ In the following 2003 article, he says that he will have to give up his Guarneri at age 65, and that he still had 20 years before that event. In James Reel, "Strings of Gold: Violinist Robert McDuffie plays his million-dollar instrument with verve and appreciation," Tucson Weekly, URL=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/strings-of-gold/Content?oid=1072222
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 and Violists on the Web Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present.