List of violinists
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Contents
Baroque Era
Composer-violinists were common in the Baroque era:
- Tomaso Albinoni *1671 - † 1751
- Johann Sebastian Bach *1685
- Thomas Baltzar *1631 - † 1663
- Heinrich Biber *1644 - † 1704
- Arcangelo Corelli *1653 - † 1713
- Johann Wilhelm Cramer *1746 - † 1799
- Evaristo Dall'Abaco * 1675 - † 1742
- Matthew Dubourg * 1707 - † 1767
- Carlo Farina *1600 - † 1640
- Francesco Geminiani *1687 - † 1762
- Jean-Marie Leclair *1697 - † 1764
- Pietro Locatelli *1684 - † 1762
- Francesco Manfredini *1695 - † 1765
- Michele Mascitti *1663 - † 1760
- Jean-Joseph Mondonville *1711 - † 1772
- Johann Georg Pisendel * 1687 † 1755
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer *1623 - † 1680
- Giovanni Battista Somis * 1686 - † 1763
- Lorenzo Somis * 1688 - † 1775
- Giuseppe Tartini *1692 - † 1770
- Carlo Tessarini *1690 - † 1765
- Giuseppe Torelli *1658 - † 1709
- Francesco Maria Veracini *1690 - † 1768
- Antonio Vivaldi *1678 - † 1741
- Giovanni Battista Vitali *1632 - †1692
- Tommaso Antonio Vitali *1663 - † 1745
- Johann Jakob Walther *1650 - †1717
Classical Era
- Pierre Baillot * 1771 - † 1842
- Franz Benda * 1709 - † 1786
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli * 1751 - † 1827
- Christian Cannabich *1731 - † 1798
- Franz Clement *1780 † 1842
- Wilhelm Cramer *1746 - † 1799
- Pierre Gaviniès *1728 - † 1800
- Johann Gottlieb Graun * 1703 - † 1771
- Johann Daniel Müller * 1716 bis nach 1785
- François-Antoine Habeneck 1781-1849
- Franz Joseph Haydn *1732- 1809
- Rodolphe Kreutzer * 1766 - † 1831
- Antonio Lolli * 1730 - † 1802
- Jean Cassanea de Mondonville * 1711 - † 1772
- Leopold Mozart *1719 - † 1787
- Wolfgang Mozart *1756 - 1791
- Pietro Nardini * 1722 - † 1793
- Gaetano Pugnani * 1731 - † 1798
- Pierre Rode * 1774 † 1830
- Alessandro Rolla * 1757- † 1841
- Anton Stamitz *1754 - † 1796
- Carl Stamitz *1745 - † 1801
- Johann Stamitz *1717 - † 1757
- Giovanni Battista Viotti * 1755- † 1824
19th century
- Jean-Delphin Alard * 1815 - † 1888
- Leopold Auer (von) *1850 - † 1930
- Charles Auguste de Bériot *1802 - † 1870
- Franz Berwald *1796 - † 1868
- Ole Bull * 1810 - †1880
- Mathieu Crickboom 1871 - 1947
- Charles Dancla *1817 - † 1907
- Ferdinand David *1810 - † 1873
- Jakob Dont *1815 - † 1888
- Frantisek Drdla *1868 - † 1944
- Georg Hellmesberger *1800 - † 1873
- Victor von Herzfeld *1856 - † 1920
- Willy Hess *1859 - † 1939
- Jan Hrimalý *1844 - † 1915
- Frantz Jehin-Prume *1839 † 1899
- Joseph Joachim *1831- † 1907
- Franjo Krežma
- Karol Lipinski *1790 - † 1862
- Piere Martin Marsick *1847 - † 1924
- Jacques Féréol Mazas *1782 - † 1849
- Niccolò Paganini *1782 - † 1840
- François Prume *(1816 - † 1849)
- Oskar Rieding *1840 - † 1918
- Franz Ries *1846- † 1932
- Pablo de Sarasate *1844- † 1908
- Émile Sauret *1852- † 1920
- Otakar Sevcik *1852- † 1934
- Camillo Sivori * 1818 - † 1894
- Louis Spohr *1784- † 1859
- Josef Suk *1874 - † 1935
- Henri Vieuxtemps *1820 - † 1881
- Eugène Ysaÿe *1858 - † 1931
- Henryk Wieniawski *1835 - † 1880
- August Wilhelmj *1845 - † 1908
Post-19th century
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Electric violinists
- Ben Heaney (1971 - )
Indian violinists (including
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- Shadmehr Aghili
- Kandadevi Alagirisamy - Carnatic
- Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar - Carnatic singer & violinist
- M. Chandrasekharan - Carnatic
- Mysore Tirumakoodalu Chowdiah (1895-1967) - Carnatic
- Arun Dahanukar - Hindustani
- Anayampatti S. Dandapani - Carnatic violin and jalatharangam
- Pandit D. K. Datar (1930 - ) - Hindustani
- Anayampatti S. Ganesan - Carnatic vocal, violin and jalatharangam
- Ganesh and Kumaresh - Carnatic duo
- Lalgudi Gopala Iyer - Carnatic
- M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1931- ) - Carnatic and Hindustani
- Parur Sundaram Iyer - Carnatic and Hindustani
- Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930- ) - Carnatic
- Dr.Mysore Manjunath- Carnatic
- Mysore Nagarj -Carnatic
- V. G. Jog - Hindustani
- Kanyakumari - Carnatic
- L. Athira Krishna - Carnatic
- T. N. Krishnan - Carnatic
- Azadeh Maghsudi
- Asadollah Malek
- Dr.Mysore Manjunath
- Catherine Manoukian
- Hrach Manoukian
- Bijan Mortazavi
- Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu - Carnatic
- V. S. Narasimhan - Carnatic
- Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai - Carnatic
- N. Rajam - Carnatic and Hindustani
- Kala Ramnath (1965- ) - Hindustani
- Ranjani-Gayathri - Carnatic violin duo
- Abolhasan Saba
- L. Shankar - Carnatic
- V. V. Subramanian - Carnatic and Hindustani
- Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (1935- ) - Carnatic
- L. Vaidhyanathan - Carnatic
- Papa Venkatramiah - Carnatic
- Ali Yajvidi
Jazz violinists
- Svend Asmussen (1916- )
- Elek Bacsik (1926-1993)
- Polly Bradfield
- Regina Carter (1966- )
- Mark Feldman
- Johnny Frigo (1916- )
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
- Carla Kihlstedt
- Didier Lockwood (1956- )
- Jean-Luc Ponty (1942- )
- Stuff Smith (1909-1967)
- Eddie South
- Michał Urbaniak
- Jelle van Tongeren
- Joe Venuti
Popular music violinists (including fiddlers)
- Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
- Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
- Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
- Byron Berline (bluegrass)
- Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
- Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)
- Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
- Papa John Creech (blues, rock)
- Charlie Daniels (country, country rock, jazz)
- D'arcy (of The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
- Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)
- Lynx Gaede (folk, pop)
- Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
- Petra Haden (alternative rock)
- Don "Sugarcane" Harris (blues, rock)
- Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
- Eileen Ivers (Irish fiddle)
- Jana Jae (classical, bluegrass, country)
- Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
- Doug Kershaw (Cajun)
- madfiddler - Mark Knight (alternative rock)
- Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)
- Alison Krauss (bluegrass)
- Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)
- Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)
- Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)
- Sarah Neufeld (indie rock)
- Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
- Beata Salamon (Hungarian folk) [link]
- Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
- Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)
- Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
- Sean Mackin of Yellowcard (rock,pop punk)
- Elyghen (Elvenking)
External links
- [Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday] by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
- [Digital Violin] - The violin today.
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