List of living classical violinists
This is a list of notable living violinists.
For the names of notable violinists from the baroque era to the 20th century, see List of Classical Violinists.
Classical violinists
- Salvatore Accardo (born 1941)
- Gilles Apap (born 1963)
- Joshua Bell (born 1967)
- Nicola Benedetti (born 1987)
- Gabriel Bolkosky (born 1973) also a jazz violinist
- Linda Brava (born 1970)
- Anshel Brusilow (born 1928)
- Sarah Chang (born 1980)
- Jiafeng Chen (born 1987)
- Ray Chen (born 1989)
- Kyung Wha Chung (born 1948)
- Carlos Damas (born 1973)
- Hannah Dawson
- Glenn Dicterow (born 1948)
- Ray Dotoratos (born 1961)
- Renate Eggebrecht (born 1944)
- James Ehnes (born 1976)
- Julia Fischer (born 1983)
- William Fitzpatrick (born 1949)
- Eugene Fodor (born 1950)
- Annar Folleso (born 1972)
- Pamela Frank (born 1967)
- Ivry Gitlis (born 1922)
- Jack Glatzer (born 1939)
- Malcolm Goldstein (born 1936)
- Midori Goto (born 1971)
- Mario Gotoh (born 1985)
- Philippe Graffin (born 1964)
- Salvatore Greco (born 1964)
- Augustin Hadelich (born 1984)
- Ida Haendel (born 1928)
- Viviane Hagner (born 1977)
- Hilary Hahn (born 1979)
- Hahn-Bin (born 1987)
- Ben Hancox
- Chloe Hanslip (born 1987)
- Sidney Harth (born 1925)
- Katt Hernandez (born 1974)
- Frank Huang (born 1978)
- Alina Ibragimova (born 1985)
- Janine Jansen (born 1978)
- Leila Josefowicz (born 1977)
- Suna Kan (born 1936)
- Ani Kavafian (born 1948)
- Ida Kavafian (born 1952)
- Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967)
- Nigel Kennedy (born 1956)
- Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985)
- Ustad Dilshad Hussain Khan (born 1950)
- Brian Kim (born 1993)
- Soovin Kim (born 1976)
- Rudolf Koelman (born 1959)
- Jennifer Koh (born 1976)
- Herman Krebbers (born 1923)
- Gidon Kremer (born 1948)
- Yevgeny Kutik (born 1985)
- Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976)
- Fredell Lack (born 1922)
- Susanne Lautenbacher (born 1932)
- Cho-liang Lin (born 1960)
- Jessica Linnebach (born 1983)
- Robert Lipsett (born 1947)
- Tasmin Little (born 1965)
- Catherine Manoukian (born 1981)
- Alexander Markov (born 1963)
- Shlomo Mintz (born 1957)
- Philip Mortimer (born 1925)
- Viktoria Mullova (born 1959)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963)
- Florin Niculescu (born 1967)
- Domenico Nordio (born 1971)
- Igor Oistrakh (born 1931)
- Elmar Oliveira (born 1950)
- Michaela Paetsch (born 1961)
- Tedi Papavrami (born 1971)
- György Pauk (born 1936)
- Itzhak Perlman (born 1945)
- Jennifer Pike (born 1989)
- Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973)
- Alina Pogostkina (born 1983)
- Ruth Posselt (born 1914)
- Julian Rachlin (born 1974)
- Vadim Repin (born 1971)
- Ruggiero Ricci (born 1918)
- André Rieu (born 1949)
- Shahrdad Rohani
- Aaron Rosand (born 1927)
- Eric Rosenblith (born 1920)
- Lara St. John (born 1971)
- Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961)
- Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (born 1960)
- Albert Saparoff (born 1914)
- Lynnette Seah (born 1957)
- Gil Shaham (born 1971)
- Hagai Shaham (born 1966)
- Sayaka Shoji (born 1983)
- Joseph Silverstein (born 1932)
- Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983)
- Dmitry Sitkovetsky (born 1954)
- Steven Staryk (born 1932)
- Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981)
- Josef Suk (born 1929)
- Akiko Suwanai (born 1972)
- Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (born 1967)
- Vilmos Szabadi (born 1959)
- Kyoko Takezawa (born 1970)
- Christian Tetzlaff (born 1966)
- Richard Tognetti (born 1965)
- Roman Totenberg (born 1911)
- Viktor Tretyakov (born 1946)
- Lana Trotovsek (born 1983)
- Uto Ughi (born 1944)
- Vanessa-Mae (born 1978)
- Maxim Vengerov (born 1974)
- Emmy Verhey (born 1949)
- Zino Vinnikov (born 1943)
- Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 1939)
- Daja Yavasharian (born 1981)
- Diana Yukawa (born 1985) first 2 albums were classical
- Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965)
- Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948)
- Jaap van Zweden (born 1960)
Baroque violinists
- Chiara Banchini (born 1946)
- Fabio Biondi (born 1961)
- Giuliano Carmignola
- Lucy van Dael (born 1946)
- Enrico Gatti (born 1955)
- Reinhard Goebel (born 1952)
- Gottfried von der Goltz
- John Holloway
- Monica Huggett (born 1953)
- Sigiswald Kuijken (born 1944)
- Jeanne Lamon (born 1949)
- Andrew Manze (born 1965)
- Eduard Melkus
- Enrico Onofri
- Rachel Podger (born 1968)
- Hélène Schmitt
- Jaap Schröder (born 1925)
- Simon Standage (born 1941)
- Elizabeth Wallfisch (born 1952)
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.