Famous Violinist
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Updated: 14 Sep 2021
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Jascha Heifetz
February 2 1901 – December 10, 1987
was a Russian-American violinist. Born in Vilna (Vilnius), he moved as a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received.
He was a virtuoso since childhood—Fritz Kreisler, another leading violinist of the twentieth century, said on hearing Heifetz's debut, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees."Fritz Kreisler
(February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962)
was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer.
One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.David Fyodorovich Oistrakh
(30 September 1908 – 24 October 1974)
was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor.
Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerti and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian.Isaac Stern
(July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist.
Born in Poland, Stern came to the US when he was 14 months old.
Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union and China, and performing extensively in Israel, a country to which he had close ties since shortly after its founding.Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin
(22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999)
was an American-born violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain.
He played the Soil Stradivarius, considered one of the finest violins made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari.Itzhak Perlman
born August 31, 1945
is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher. Over the course of his career Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II, and at the Presidential Inauguration of President Obama.Pinchas Zukerman
born 16 July 1948
is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor.Anne-Sophie Mutter
(born 29 June 1963)
is a German violinist.
She was supported early in her career by Herbert von Karajan, and has had several works composed especially for her, by Sebastian Currier, Henri Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, John Williams and others.Gidon Kremer
born 27 February 1947
is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.Ida Haendel
(15 December 1928 – 1 July 2020)
was a Polish-British-Canadian violinist.
Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades.Joshua David Bell
(born December 9, 1967)
is an American violinist and conductor. He plays the Gibson Stradivarius.Nicola Joy Nadia Benedetti
(born 20 July 1987)
is a Scottish-Italian classical solo violinist. Her ability was recognized when she was a child, including the award of BBC Young Musician of the Year when she was 16 and also many other awards. She works with orchestras in Europe and America as well as Alexei Grynyuk, her regular pianist.Sarah Chang
December 10, 1980
is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989.
She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued university studies.George Enescu
19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian musician. Enescu is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history; he was a composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Julia Fischer
(born 15 June 1983)
is a German classical violinist and pianist.
She teaches at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts and performs up to 60 times per year.Midori Goto
born October 25, 1971, who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist.
She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982.Hilary Hahn
(born November 27, 1979)
is an American violinist.
She has performed throughout the world as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors, and as a recitalist.
She is a champion of contemporary music, and several composers have written works for her, including concerti by Edgar Meyer and Jennifer Higdon, partitas by Antón García Abril, and a violin and piano sonata by Lera Auerbach.Janine Jansen (born 7 January 1978) is a Dutch violinist and violist.Nigel Kennedy
(born 28 December 1956)
is an English violinist and violist. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres.[J.S. Bach]
Viktoria Yurievna Mullova
born 27 November 1959
is a Russian-born British violinist.
She is best known for her performances and recordings of a number of violin concerti, compositions by J.S. Bach, and her innovative interpretations of popular and jazz compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, The Beatles, and others.Ginette Neveu
(11 August 1919 – 28 October 1949)
was a French classical violinist.
She was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30.[Paganini's 24 Caprices]
Alexander Markov
1963/1/24
is a Russian American violinist who has received awards from the Paganini International Violin Competition (gold medal) and the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
He is known for his recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, particularly for his interpretation of the left-hand pizzicato section of the 24th Caprice. A film of Markov playing the Caprices was directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.Pablo Martín Melitón de Sarasate y Navascués
10 March 1844 – 20 September 1908)
commonly known as Pablo de Sarasate, was a Spanish (Basque) violin virtuoso, composer and conductor of the Romantic period.
His best known works include Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), the Spanish Dances, and the Carmen Fantasy.Gil Shaham
born February 19, 1971
is an American violinist of Israeli Jewish descent.Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov
born 20 August 1974
is a Russian-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him “one of the greatest violinists in the world.”Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe
16 July 1858 – 12 May 1931
was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".Li Chuan Yun (李傳韻; born 1980), also known as Chanyun Li or Babeli, is a Chinese violin virtuoso.
He began studying violin at the age of three and won his first prize in Beijing when he was five.
Li performed all the violin solos for the 2002 film Together and also starred in the film. He is often cited as having been one of the youngest professional violinists in the world.David Christian Bongartz
(born 4 September 1980), better known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.Ray Chen
(born 6 March 1989)
is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.傳送們-Composers and Pianists傳送們-Famous Pianists傳送們-中世紀傳送們-History of Harpisichord
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