List of female violinists

This is a chronological list of female classical violinists, born before the 1980s.

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Name	Alias	b. * (yyyy/mm/dd)	Birthplace	d. † (yyyy/mm/dd)	Place last living	Nationality	Notes
Ottey, Sarah	Mrs. Sarah Ottey	1695-1700 c.	London, England	1731 or later	London, England	English	The Grove Dictionary - note
della Pietà, Anna Maria	Anna Maria Dal Violìn	1696	Venezia, Italy	1782	Venezia, Italy	Italian	Studied at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi / Dedicatee of Antonio Vivaldi's 28 Violin Concertos / note / Wikipedia German page
Diamantina, la	"La Diamantina"	1715 c.	Roma, Italy	1741 or later	Roma, Italy	Italian	Also singer / cited in Gray by Edmund Nosse - note
della Pietà, Santa	Sanza (Samaritana) della Pietà	1725-1750 c.	Venezia, Italy	1775 or later	Venezia, Italy	Italian	Also contralto and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
Plunkett, Catherine		1725 c.	Dublin, Ireland	1745 or later		Irish	Pupil of Matthew Dubourg
Nicholl, Anne	Anne Nichol	1728 c.	England	?	England	English	Also singer / note
Sirmen, Maddalena	Maddalena (Madelena) Laura Sirmen (Syrmen) b. Lombardini	1745/12/9	Venezia, Italy	1818/05/18	Venezia, Italy	Italian	Also composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Giuseppe Tartini / Wikipedia Italian page
Schmeling, Gertrude	Gertrud Elisabeth Mara / Schmehling (Schmelling, Schmaeling, Schmaehling)	1749/02/23	Kassel, Germany	1833/01/20	Reval (Tallin), Estonia	German	Also guitarist, soprano and harpsichordist / German bio
Bayer, Caroline	Karoline Bayer (Beyer, Beyern)	1758	Wien, Austria	1803	Austria	Austrian	Also composer / German bio
Strinasacchi, Regina	Regina Schlick / Catarina Strinasacchi	1761/02/28	Ostiglia, Italy	1839/06/11	Dresden, Germany	Italian	Dedicatee of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Sonata KV 454 / short bio
Gautherot, Louise	Madame Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps	1763	France	1808/07/28	London	French	Pupil of Nicolas Capron / German bio
Larrivée, Henriette	L’Arrivée (Agathe-Elisabeth) Henriette / Henriette Larrivée-Borghese	1764-1765	Paris, France	1839/03/26	Paris, France	French	German bio
Paravicini, Giulia	Giulia Parravicini-Albergandi	1769	Torino, Italy	1843 or later		Italian	Pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti, Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer / German bio
Gerbini, Luigia	Luigia (Lugia, Luisa, Louise), Garbini (Gardini)	1770 c.	Torino, Italy	1819 or later		Italian	Pupil of Gaetano Pugnani / German bio
Petersén, Marie Antoinette	Maria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersen / b. Crux	1771	Mannheim, Germany	1855	Sweden	Swedish	violinist and singer
Gondreville, Mussier de	Magnier de Gondreville-Ladurner	1779 or earlier	France	1825/10/28	Saint-Denis, France	French	Wife of composer Ignaz Ladurner / German bio
Filipowicz, Elisabeth	Filipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli	1794	Rastatt, Germany	1841/05/4	London, England	Polish	Also composer / German bio
Krähmer, Caroline	Madame Krahmen / b. Carolina (Maria) Schleicher	1794	Bodensee, Germany	1868	Vienna, Austria	German	Also clarinettist, pianist, guitarist / German bio
Calcagno, Caterina	Caterina Calgano	1797 c.	Genova, Italy	1817 or later		Italian	Together with Ernesto Camillo Sivori, the only two pupils of Niccolò Paganini
Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta	Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta	1798	Sweden	1884	Sweden	Swedish
Neumann, Eleonore	Neumann, Leonore, Eleonore, Eleonora	1819	Leszno, Poland	1840/02/15	Odessa, Russia	Russian	German bio
Milanollo, Teresa	"Mademoiselle Adagio" / (Domenica Maria) Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Milanollo-Parmentier	1827/08/28	Savigliano, Italy	1904/10/25	Paris, France	Italian	Sister of Maria Milanollo / Owned the "Milanollo-Dragonetti" Stradivari, 1728 (played by Paganini and bequeathed her by Dragonetti) and the "Milanollo-Hembert" Stradivari, 1703
Milanollo, Maria	"Mademoiselle Staccato"	1832/07/19	Savigliano, Italy	1848/10/21	Paris, France	Italian	Sister of Teresa Milanollo / Owned the small violin "Milanollo" F.Ruggieri, 1680 c.
Wendheim, Gabriele von	Wendheim, Hoffmann, Hofmann von Wendheim, Hoffmann von Wendheim, Gabriele von, Gabrielle	1835 c.	Graz, Austria	1883 or later		Austrian	Pupil of and dedicatee of Joseph Joachim's Nocturno for violin and orchestra, Op.12 (1858) / German bio
Ferni, Vincenzina		1837 c.	Como, Italy	1926/06	Torino, Italy	Italian	Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni / short bio
Blunt, Anne	Lady Ann Blunt / Anne Isabella Noel Blunt (15th Baroness Wentworth) / b. Annabella King-Noel	1837/09/22	England	1917/12/15	Cairo, Egypt	English	Owned the "Lady Blunt" Stradivari, 1721
Neruda, Wilma	Lady Hallé / b. Wilhelmine (Vilémina) Maria Franziska Neruda	1838/03/21	Brno, Moravia	1911/04/15	Berlin, Germany	Moravian	Pupil of Leopold Jansa / German bio
Ferni, Carolina		1839/02/20	Como, Italy	1926/06/4	Milano, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Charles Dancla and Henri Vieuxtemps / Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Vincenzina Ferni / short bio
Brousil, Bertha	Brousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha	1842	Pisek, Czechoslovakia	1919/11	London, England	Czechoslovakian	Pupil of František Němec / German bio
Urso, Camilla		1842/06/13	Nantes, France	1902/01/20	New York, USA	American	'Camilla Urso Collection'
Grünner, Marie	Marie (Grünner, Grüner, Gruner) Grünner-Messerschmidt	1847	Vienna, Austria	1895/10/15	Vienna, Austria	Austrian	Cousin of composer Johann Schrammel / German bio
Lebouys, Catherine	Catherine (Catarina, Anna, Nina, Marie-Claire) Lebouys-Waldteufel	1847	Roma, Italy	1876 or later		Italian	Pupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/ German bio
Ferni, Virginia		1849	Torino, Italy	1934/02/4	Torino, Italy	Italian	Also soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni / short bio
Drechsler-Hamilton, Bertha	Bertha Drechsler Adamson	1849/03/25	Edinburgh, England	1934/02/4	Toronto, Canada	English	Also conductor / German bio
Maier, Amanda	Röntgen-Maier, marr. Röntgen, Carolina Amanda Erika	1853/02/20	Landskrona, Sweden	1894/06/15	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Swedish	Also organist and composer / Wife of composer Julius Röntgen / German bio
Liebé, Therese	Liebe, Thérèse (Jeanne Berthe)	1854/04/7	Straßburg, Austria	1897 or later	London, England	Austrian	Pupil of Teresa Milanollo / German bio
Franko, Jeanne		1855	New Orleans, USA	1940/12/3	New York, USA	American	Also pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps / bio
Brehm, Mathilde	Mathilde Brem-Heim	1856/12/3	Oberdorf, Germany	1886/03/2	Davos-Platz, Germany	German	German bio
Shattuck, Lilian	b. Elizabeth B. Shattuck	1857/02/8	Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA	1940	Boston, USA	American	note
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie	b. Nathalie Lechner	1858/05/9	Wien, Austria	1921/06/8	Austria	Austrian	Also violist in the Maria Soldat-Röger String Quartet / Close friend of Gustav Mahler
Barbi, Alice	Alice Laura Barbi	1858/06/1	Modena, Italy	1948/09/4	Roma, Italy	Italian	Also mezzosoprano / Wikipedia Italian page
Tschetschulin, Agnes		1859/02/24	Helsinki, Finland	1942		Finnish	Also composer / Together with Jean Sibelius, pupil of Mitrofan Wasiljeff / German bio
Pommereul, Marguerite	Pommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier	1859/03	Saint Mihiel, France	1879 or later	France	French	Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard / German bio
Riley, Lucy		1861	England	1897 or later	England	English	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / From 1886, 2nd violin of the "Shinner String Quartet" (leader, Emily Shinner) / German bio
Shinner, Emily	Emily Shinner-Liddell	1862/07/7	Cheltenham, England	1901/07/17	London, England	English	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Leader of the "Shinner String Quartet" / short bio
Soldat-Röger, Maria	Marie Soldat-Roeger / b. Soldat	1863/03/25	Graz, Austria	1955/09/30	Graz, Austria	Austrian	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Played with Johannes Brahms / Owned a 'Guarnieri del Gesù', 1742
Senkrah, Arma	Anna Loretta Harkness	1864/06/6	New York, USA	1900/09/4	Germany	American	Suicided in Germany / Pupil of Henryk Wieniawski, Lambert Massart and Henri Vieuxtemps / note
Tua, Teresina	Teresa (or Teresina, Maria Felicita) Tua / "Suor Maria di Gesù"	1866/04/24	Torino, Italy	1956/10/29	Roma, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Lambert Massart / Wikipedia Swedish page / note / The New York Times, 1887/10/18, article / Owned the "Mond-Tua" Stradivari, 1709
Wietrowetz, Gabriela	Gabriele Wietrovitz	1866/01/13	Ljubliana, Slovenia	1937/04/6	Berlin, Germany	Italian-Slovenian	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / German bio
Bligh, Eldina	Eldina Mary Bligh-Meiszner	1867 c.	Geneva, Switzerland	1957/03/5	England	English	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Owned the "Darnley-Bligh" Stradivari, 1712
Clench, Nora	Esther Leonora Clench	1867/05/6	St.Maris, Canada West	1938/05/17	Toorak, Victoria, Australia	Canadian
Robinson, Edith		1867/10/29	Manchester, England	1940/04/18		English	Pupil of Adolph Brodsky / German bio
Powell, Maud		1867/08/22	Aurora, Illinois, USA	1920/01/8	Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA	American	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / "The Maud Powell Society"
Morgan, Geraldine		1868/11/15	New York, USA	1918	USA	American	Pupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim / note
Carpenter, Nettie	Nettie Carpenter-Stearn	1869	New York, USA	194?		American	Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate / The New York Times, 1887/10/17, interview / note
Rode, Mina	Minna Rode	1870 c.	Germany	1901 or later	Berlin, Germany	German	Granddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann / German bio
Becker Shaffer, Dora	b. Dora Valesca Becker	1870	Galveston, Texas, USA	1958	New York, USA	American	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / First female violinist on record (14 Bettini cylinders, 1898)
Folville, Juliette	Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville	1870/01/5	Liège, Belgium	1946/10/19	Pyrénées région, France	Belgian	Pupil of Charles Malherbe / Also pianist
Speyer, Leonora	b. Leonora von Stosch / Lady Speyer	1872/11/7	Washinghton D.C., USA	1956/02/10	New York, USA	American	Also poet
Brennerberg, Irene	Irene (Rosa) von Brennerberg	1873/03/14	Brașov, Transylvania	1922/10/1	Brașov, Romania	Romanian	Pupil of Martin Marsick / German bio
Barns, Ethel	Ethel Barns Phillips	1874	London, England	1948/12/31	Maidenhead, England	English	Pupil of Émile Sauret / Also composer
Schindler, Rosa		1874/09/2	Gliwice (Gleiwitz, Oberschlesien), Poland	1909 or later		German	Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate and Joseph Joachim / German bio
Gunning, Nella	Petronella (Adriana) Gunning	1876	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1936 or later		Dutch	Pupil of César Thomson and Carl Flesch
Saenger-Sethe, Irma	b. Irma Saenger	1876/04/28	Brussels, Belgium	1959 or later		Belgian	Pupil of August Wilhelmj and Eugène Ysaÿe
Ruegger, Charlotte		1876/11/17	Lucerne, Switzerland	1959/06/16	Switzerland	Swiss	Pupil of César Thomson / Also composer / note
Bang, Maia	Maya Bang	1877	Christiania, Norway	1940		Norwegian	Teaching assistant of Leopold Auer / Maia Bang (L.Auer), "Violin Method" (1919) / article: "As I Found Miss Bang At Lake George", The Violinist (October 1920)
Jackson McKim, Leonora	Leonora Jackson	1879/02/20	Boston, USA	1969/01/7	USA	American	Pupil of Joseph Joachim / note
Nichols, Marie		1879/10/16	Chicago, USA	1969/01/7	Boston, USA	American	Boston, Feb.11, 1903: she played Max Bruch's Serenade Op.75 with composer conducting
Waddell, Leila	Leila (Laylah) Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell	1880	Bathurst, Australia	1932/09/14	Sydney, Australia	Australian	Pupil of Leopold Auer / note
Dickenson-Auner, Mary	Dickenson-Auner, Auner, Mary (Frances Dorothée), b. Dickenson	1880/10/24	Dublin, Ireland	1965/05/25	Vienna, Austria	English	Also composer, under pseudonym of "Frank Donnell" / Pupil of Otakar Ševčík and Samuel Coleridge Taylor for composition / German bio
Hall, Marie	Marie Pauline Hall	1884/04/8	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	1956/11/11	Cheltenham, England	English	Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / Dedicatee of Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending (1920)
Pászthory, Pálma von		1884/05/23	Budapest, Hungary	1958	Weilheim/Oberbayern, Germany	Hungarian	Wikipedia German page / short bio
Luboschutz, Lea	Lyubishitz, Luboshitz, "Lubo"	1885/02/22	Odessa, Russia	1965/03/18	Rockport, Maine, USA	American-Russian	Sister of pianist Pierre Luboshutz, (1891/06/17 - 1971/04/17) and cellist Anna Luboschutz, (1887/07/25 - 1975/02/20) / Duo with pianist Josef Hofmann / In 1961 established the Bay Chamber Concerts
Hayward, Marjorie	Marjorie Olive Hayward	1885/08/14	Greenwich, England	1953/01/10	London, England	English	Pupil of Émile Sauret and Otakar Ševčík / 1st violin, leader of the Virtuoso String Quartet, note + 78rpm Audio / note + 78rpm Audio
Forté, Carmen	Carmen Forte	1886	Italy	1964	Paris, France	Italian-French	1st violin Prize, at Paris Conservatoire / 1st violin at Concerts Colonne Orchestra / Dedicatee, with Pierre Brun and Louis Fournier, of Jean Cras's String Trio (1925) / She recorded extensively for Pathé
Fachiri, Adila		1886/02/26	Budapest, Hungary	1962/12/15	London, England	Hungarian	Sister of violinist Jelly d'Arányi / Dedicatee, with her sister Jelly d'Arányi, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929)
Chemet, Renée	Renée Henriette Josephine Chemet	1887/01/07	Boulogne-sur-Seine, France	1977/01/02	Villiers le Bel, Val d'Oise, France	French	Wikipedia Italian page / note + 78rpm Audio / Never before released CD
Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène		1888/01/30	France	1961/05/15	Paris, France	French	Wikipedia French page / Dedicatee of Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata (1927)
Geyer, Stefi	Stefy Geyer	1888/06/28	Budapest, Hungary	1956/12/11	Zürich, Switzerland	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1902 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 (1907–08) and Othmar Schoeck Violin Concerto Op.21 (1912) / note
Law, Mary		1889	England	1919	England	British	note + audio / Played the "Bello, Marie Law" Stradivari, 1687 c.
Teschner Tas, Helen	Helen Tas (Teschner)	1889	New York, USA	1975/02/15	Westport, Connecticut, USA	American	note / Owned the "Cobbett, Holloway" Stradivari, 1683
Zedeler, Nicoline	Nicoline Zedeler-Mix	1889	USA	1961	New York, USA	American	Violin soloist in John Philip Sousa's Band / memorial
Astruc, Yvonne		1889/04/27	Asnières, France	1980/10/17	Paris, France	French	Wife of pianist Marcel Ciampi / note
Southgate, Elsie	Miss Elsie Southgate "The Royal Violinist"	1890	London, England	1946/05	London, England	English	foto
Bubnova, Anna	Anna Dimitrevna Bubnova / Anna Bubnova-Ono	1890/03/14(23)	St. Petersburg, Russia	1979/05/8	Sukhumi, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Leopold Auer / Wife of scientist Ono Shun’ichi (uncle of John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono) / Japanese Official Website
Harrison, May		1890/08/23	Roorkee, North-West India	1959/06/8	London, England	English	Sister of cellist Beatrice H. and violinist Margareth H. / Pupil of Leopold Auer
Parlow, Kathleen		1890/09/20	Fort Calgary, Alberta	1963/08/19	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Canadian	Pupil of Leopold Auer
Chartres, Vivien	Vivian Chartres, Vivien Vivanti-Chartres, Vivien Chartres Burns, Vivien (Chartres) Young	1893/06/25	Torino, Italy	1941/09/01	Hove Sussex, England	English	Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / German detailed bio / She owned an "Alessandro Gagliano" violin
Kennedy, Daisy	Daisy Fowler Kennedy	1893/01/16	Burra, South Australia, Australia	1981/07/30	Hammersmith, London, England	Australian-English	Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / Wife of pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch (1914–24) / note + 78rpm Audio / bio
Menges, Isolde	Isolde Marie Menges	1893/05/16	Sussex, England	1976/01/13	London, England	English	Pupil of Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch / Sister of composer, conductor Herbert Menges / English première in 1923 of Ernő Dohnányi's Violin Concerto No.1 Op.27 (1915) / Leader of the Menges String Quartet, founded in 1931 / note + 78rpm Audio
Carelle, Beatrice		189?	England	19??	England	English	2nd violin of the Menges String Quartet, founded in 1931 / Played in "Sadler's Wells" Orchestra, London
Arányi, Jelly d'	Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár	1893/05/30	Budapest, Hungary	1966/03/30	Firenze, Italy	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1908 / Sister of violinist Adila Fachiri, niece of Joseph Joachim / Owned the "Lord Dunn-Raven" Stradivari, 1710 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók's Violin Sonatas No.1 Sz.75 (1921) & No.2 Sz.76 (1922), Maurice Ravel's Tzigane (1924) and, with her sister Adila Fachiri, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929)
Honigberger, Erna		1894/10/28	Brandholz, Germany	1974/02/14	Wehr, Germany	German	Wikipedia German page
Barstow, Vera	Miss. Vera Barstow	1895	Pasadena, California, USA	196?	USA	American	Pupil of Luigi von Kunits / Premiered Leo Ornstein's Violin Sonata Op.26 (1915) / Carnegie Hall, concert review, 1912/11/26 / note / Premiered Charles Wakefield Cadman's Violin Sonata in G major (1930) / Played the "Giovan Battista Guadagnini", 1745
Caslova, Marie	Miss. Marie Caslova	1895	USA	19??	USA	American	Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume LIX, Number 66, 1915/12/16, review / Played the "Flüsshöh" G.B.Guadagnini, 1750 c.
Given, Thelma		1896	USA	1977		American	The New York Times, 1919/10/19, review / The New York Times, 1920/10/28, article / Thelma Given "Violinist of a Generation", promotional brochure
Seydel, Irma		1896/09/27	Boston, USA	19??	New York, USA	American
Hansen, Cecilia		1897/02/16	Staniza Kamenskaja, Russia	1989/06/24	London, England	Russian	Pupil of Leopold Auer together with Jascha Heifetz, 1910 / Wikipedia German page
Bohnke, Lilli	b. Lili von Mendelssohn	1897/11/30	Berlin, Germany	1928/05/11	Pasewalk, Germany	German	Wikipedia German page
Gautier, Jeanne		1898/09/18	Asnières, France	1974/01/06	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France	French	Member of Trio de France and Duo with pianist Yvonne Lefébure / Never before released CD
Moodie, Alma	Alma Templeton Moodie	1898/09/12	Rockhampton, Australia	1943/03/7	Frankfurt, Germany	Australian	Pupil of César Thomson / No recordings exist
Lorand, Edith		1898/12/17	Budapest, Hungary	1960/03/7	New York, USA	Hungarian	Also conductor / Pupil of Jenő Hubay and Carl Flesch / Wikipedia German page / bio
Linz, Marta	Márta Linz	1898/12/21	Budapest, Hungary	1982/01/11	Berlin, Germany	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, Carl Flesch and Zoltán Kodály / She was also an actress and composer, known for movies "Volo sul deserto" (1938) and "Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit" (1937)
Berkova, Frances	Frances Berkova Maazel / b. Berkowitz	1899/04/10 (or 1906)	Russia	1982/10/9	Los Angeles, California, USA	American-Russian	Pupil of Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch / Mother of violinist Sandra Berkova / grave memorial / Played the "Berkova" Guadagnini, 1755 / / "The careers of Frances (née Berkowitz) & Saundra Berkova (née Maazel), mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990
Harrison, Margareth		1899/04/20	London, England	1995/12/24	London, England	English	Sister of cellist Beatrice Harrison and violinist May Harrison / Retired from concerts in 1958
Sampigny, Hortense de	Hortense de Sampigny-Bailly	189?	France	1970	France	French	Member of Trio Trillat / Dedicatee of Bohuslav Martinů's Violin Sonata No.2 (1931)
Ferrari, Albertina	Alberta Lovrich / Alberta Lovrič	1900	Zara, Austro-Hungary (now Italy)	1986	Trieste, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1924 / Founder of Trio di Milano, 1932 / Mother of Giorgio Strehler (1921-1997), Italian director / note 1 / note 2
Ipolyi, László	László Ipolyi	1900	Hungary	1913	Berlin	Hungarian	violin prodigy who died at age 13 in Berlin / signed portrait, 1912
Fehér, Ilona	Ilona Feher	1901/12/3	Budapest, Hungary	1988/01	Holon, Israel	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1920
Rubinstein, Erna	Erna Rubenstein	1903-1906 c.	Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Hungary	1952 or later	Pittsburg, USA	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1918 / Protegée of Willem Mengelberg / article - Canadian Jewish Review, 1922/06/2 / In August 13, 1945 she divorced from screenwriter George Bruce / Owned the "Gudgeon" Stradivari, 1672
Kramer, Tosca	Dr. Tosca Berger Kramer	1903/06/17	New Zealand	1976/12/27	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	American	Pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe
Wilson, Marie		1903/11/30	Epping Forest, England	1959	London, England	English	Article from The Strad, 1935 / note
Morini, Erika	Erica Morini	1904/01/5	Vienna, Austria	1995/10/31	New York, USA	Austrian-American	Pupil of Otakar Ševčík
Kersey, Eda		1904/05/16	Goodmayes, Essex	1944/07/13	London, England	English
Rosé, Alma	Alma Rosé b. Rosenblum	1906/11/3	Vienna, Austria	1944/04/4	Auschwitz	Austrian	Daughter of Arnold Rosé / Wife of Váša Příhoda / Director of the "Women's Orchestra" at Auschwitz / note
Zilzer, Ibolyka		1906/??/??	Budapest, Hungary	1971/??/??	Falster, Denmark	Hungarian	Pupil of Carl Flesch in Berlin / She won the 1930 "Mendelssohn-Prize" in Leipzig / years active: 1920s-1960s
De Vito, Gioconda	Gioconda Anna Clelia De Vito	1907/07/27	Martina Franca, Italy	1994/10/24	Roma, Italy	Italian	Never before released CD
Bacewicz, Grażyna	Grazyna Bacewicz	1909/02/5	Łódź, Poland	1969/01/19	Warsaw, Poland	Polish	Pupil of Carl Flesch / Also composer
Fulton, Marjorie	Marjorie Harrell / b. Marjorie McAllister Fulton	1909/12/28	Oklahoma City, USA	1962/11/3	Dallas, Texas, USA	American	Mother of cellist Lynn Harrell
Sardo, Maria Luisa	Mary Luisa Sardo	191?	Italy	1937 or later	Italy	Italian	6th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935 / Concert Program - S.Cecilia, Roma, 1936
Umińska, Eugenia		1910/10/4	Warsaw, Poland	1980/11/20	Kraków, Poland	Polish	Wikipedia Polish page
Barinova, Galina	Galina Vsevolodovna Barinova / Галина Всеволодовна Баринова	1910/10/7(20)	St.Petersburg, Russia	2006/09/20	Leningrad, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Jacques Thibaud / note
Albore, Lilia d'	Emilia d'Albore	1911/01/4	Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy	1988/08/21	Grottaferrata, Italy	Italian	Wikipedia Italian page / Never before released CD
Pashkus, Alice		1911/02/21	Germany	1972/02/3	Vienna, Austria	German	website
Ignatius, Anja	Anja Hirvensalo	1911/06/2	Tampere, Finland	1995/04/10	Helsinki, Finland	Finnish
Kaye, Evelyn	Evelyn / Evelyn Kaye Klein (a.k.a Evelyn Silverstone)	1911/10/19	USA	1990/06/8	USA	American	violinist and actress / played with the 'All-Girl Orchestra' of her husband Phil Spitalny / short bio / bio at IMDb / Sarasate 'Zigeunerweisen'
Fenyves, Alice	Alice Fenyves-Rosenberg	1912/06/2	Budapest, Hungary	1973/03/19	Ramat Gan, Israel	Israeli	Wikipedia Israeli page
Murray, Isobel	????			????		British	Pupil of Isolde Menges / Professor Isobel Murray Emeritus Professor at University of Aberdeen
Carmirelli, Pina		1914/01/23	Varzi, Italy	1993/02/26	Capena, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Michelangelo Abbado / Owned three violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1941, 1954 and 1956
Shapiro, Eudice		1914/02/25	Buffalo, NY	2007/09/17	Los Angeles, California, USA	American	In memoriam
Lidka, Maria	Marianne Louise Liedtke	1914/05/27	Berlin	2013/12/12	London	British	Pupil of Josef Wolfsthal and Max Rostal / In 1934 she moved to London / In 1952 she premiered Peter Racine Fricker Violin Concerto No.1 / In 1955 she acquired the 1734 "Willemotte" Stradivarius / obituary
Posselt, Ruth	Ruth Pierce Posselt	1914/09/6	Medford, Massachusetts, USA	2007/02/19	New York, USA	American	Pupil of Emanuel Ondříček
Field, Joan		1915/04/28	Long Branch, NJ, USA	1988/03/18	Miami Beach, Florida, USA	American	Pupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding, Michel Piastro, Marcel Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu
Devries, Gabrielle	b. Gabrielle Rossi	1915/10/19	Nice, France	2001/11/04	Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), France	French	Pupil of Marcel Reynal and Gabriel Bouillon / Wife of the composer Ivan Devries (1909-1997) / Obituary and short bio (in French) / video playing Bach (British Pathé)
Soriano, Denise		1916/01/15	Cairo, Egypt	2006/03/3	Paris, France	French	searchbox: 'Denise Soriano' / Never before released CD
Bustabo, Guila	b. Teressina Bustabo	1916/02/25	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA	2002/04/27	Birmingham, Alabama	American	Never before released CD / Dedicatee of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto Op.26 (1944) and Otmar Nussio's Violin Concerto (1959)
Zorian, Olive		1916	Manchester, England	1965		English	Founder of the Zorian Quartet
DeLay, Dorothy		1917/03/31	Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA	2002/03/24	New York, USA	American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Behrend, Louise		1916/10/3	Washington D.C., USA	2011/08/3	New York, USA	American	Pupil of Louis Persinger / obituary
Hendrickson, Lyndall		1917	Adelaide, Australia	living	Adelaide, Australia	Australian	Renowned violin pedagogue / Member of AUSTA / ABC interview, 2004
Canberg, Mary		1918	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	2004/06/15	West Nyack, New York, USA	American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Kozolupova, Marina	Marina Semёnovna Kozolupov	1918/04/25	Orenburg, Russia	1978/10/26	Moscow, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Miron Polyakin
Gründer, Anne-Marie	Anne-Marie Grunder	1918/05/17	Chexbres, Switzerland	1996/11/22	Berne, Switzerland	Swiss	Pupil of Carl Flesch / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1944 / French bio
Andrade, Janine		1918/11/13	Besançon, France	1997/10/24	Levallois-Perret	French	Never before released CD
Luzzato, Wanda	Wanda Luzzato Carpi	1919/06/19	Varese, Italy	2002/09/25	Milano, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1935 / foto with Hubay, 1935 / Dedicatee of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Divertimento in D major, for Violin and Orchestra (1959/60) / article of Australian Tour, 20 July 1964 / "Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte", 1987/07/27 / "Wanda Luzzato, l’allieva italiana di Jenö Hubay", page.43 - short bio, 2003
Magnes, Frances		1919/04/27	USA	2010/03/24	Madison, New Jersey, USA	American	Her violin Nicolò Amati 1641 (owned 1944-1963)
Neveu, Ginette		1919/08/11	Paris, France	1949/10/28	Azores, Portugal	French	1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935
Gilels, Yelizaveta	Elizabeth (Zinaida) Grigoryevna Gilels	1919/09/30	Odessa, Ukraine, USSR	2008/03/13	Moscow, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky / Sister of Emil Gilels, wife of Leonid Kogan
Benda, Lola		192?	Thonon-les-Bains, Switzerland	living		Swiss	Also composer and pedagogue / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1940 / Sister of pianist Sebastian Benda / Wikipedia German page
Lengyel, Gabriella	Gabrielle Lengyel	192?	Hungary	1993	Paris, France	French	Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1936 / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1946 / Member of Trio Lengyel with her brothers, pianist Atty Lengyel and cellist Endre Lengyel
Sturzenegger, Heidi		192?/??/??	Switzerland	living?		Swiss	2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1940
Suwa, Nejiko	b. Nejiko Oga	1920/01/23	Tokyo, Japan	2012/03/6	Tokyo, Japan	Japanese	Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono / Never before released CD / "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2
Tuttle, Karen		1920/03/28	Lewiston, Idaho, USA	2010/12/16		American	Switched to viola; Pupil of William Primrose / obituary
Pardee, Margaret		1920/05/10	Valdosta, Georgia, USA	2016/01/26	Westbury, New York, USA	American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, and Louis Persinger
Havas, Kató		1920/11/05	Târgu Secuiesc, Romania	living		Hungarian	Official website
Stucki, Aida		1921/02/19	Cairo, Egypt	2011/06/9	Winterthur, Switzerland	Swiss	Wikipedia German page / website
Bobesco, Lola	Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco (Bobescu)	1921/08/9	Craiova, Romania	2003/09/4	Spa, Belgium	Romanian	Never before released CD
Solovieff, Myriam	Miriam Soloviev	1921/11/4	San Francisco, California, USA	2004/??/??		American	Pupil of Louis Persinger / Never before released CD
Gigler, Hedi	Hedi Gigler-Dongas	1922/??/??	Berlin, Germany	living	Charlottenburg, Germany	Austrian-German	Daughter of music critic Herbert Gigler and composer Grete von Zieritz / Pupil of Jenö Hubay, Marie Roeger-Soldat and Georg Kulenkampff / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1951 / Film/Video "Geigerin Hedi Gigler-Dongas" (1993) Goran Krainow, director
Pegreffi, Elisa		1922/06/10	Genova, Italy	living	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Italian	Pupil of Arrigo Serato / Wife of Paolo Borciani and 2nd violin of Quartetto Italiano, note / Owns two violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1942 and 1943
Liivak, Evi		1924	Viljandi, Estonia	1996	New York, USA	Estonian-American	Pupil of Ede Zathureczky and Max Strub / in 1962 she acquired the "Lipiński" Stradivarius, 1715 / note
Van Dyke, Marcia		1924/03/26	USA	2002/09/3	USA	American
Martzy, Johanna		1924/10/26	Timișoara, Transylvania	1979/08/13	Glarus, Switzerland	Hungarian	Pupil of Jenö Hubay / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1947 / note
Auclair, Michèle		1924/11/16	Paris, France	2005/06/10	Paris, France	French	Pupil of Jules Boucherit, Boris Kamensky and Jacques Thibaud / 1st prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1943 / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1945 / website / Never before released CD
Travers, Patricia		1927/12/5	Clifton, NJ, USA	2010/02/9	Clifton, New Jersey, USA	American	Played the "Tom Taylor" Stradivarius, 1732 / After 1951 she quit concerts / obituary
Mari, Iwamoto		1926/??/??	Japan	1979/05/11	Tokyo, Japan	Japanese	Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono and Louis Persinger / "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2
Hisako, Tsuji		1926/??/??	Japan	living	Tokyo, Japan	Japanese	"Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2
Kaverzneva, Olga	Olga Viktorovna Kaverzneva	1926/05/12	Odessa, USSR	2006/12/25	Moscow, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Benjamin Z. Mordkovich and David Oistrach
Tsitsikian, Anahit	Anahit Tsitsikyan	1926/08/26	Leningrad, USSR	1999/05/2	Yerevan, Armenia	Armenian	Anahit Tsitsikian Cultural Foundation
Zerounian, Ara		1926/11/26	Detroit, USA	2012/10/29	Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA	American-Armenian	obituary
Monosoff, Sonya		1927/??/??	USA	living		American	Pupil of Louis Persinger / Pioneer of baroque violin / Cornell.edu profile
Hidy, Martha		1927/??/??	Hungary	2010/11/4	Hamilton, Canada	French	Pupil of Ede Zathureczky, Leo Weiner and Zoltán Kodály / 1st prize Franz Liszt Academy's Remenyi Competition, 1943 / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / obituary
Kwalwasser, Helen		1927/10/??	USA	living	USA	American	Pupil of Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. and Ivan Galamian / Violin pedagogue
Parchomienko, Olga	Olga Parkhomenko	1928/04/7	Kiev, Ukraine, USSR	2011/06/5	USSR	Russian	Pupil of David Oistrakh / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / Wikipedia German page / Wikipedia Ukrainian page
Berkovich, Klara	Klara Yefimovna Berkovich / b. Klara Gordion	1928/05/19	Odessa, Ukraine, USSR	living	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	Russian-American
Leonhardt, Marie	b. Marie Amsler	1928/05/30	Netherlands	living	Amsterdam	Dutch	Baroque violin / Pupil of Max Rostal / Wife of Gustav Leonhardt / Wikipedia German page
Nelli Shkolnikova	Nelly Chkolnikova / Nelli Efimovna Shkolnikova	1928/07/8	Zolotonosha, Ukraine, USSR	2010/02/2	Melbourne, Australia	Russian	Pupil of Yuri Yankelevich / 1st great prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1953
Wicks, Camilla	Camilla Dolores Wicks	1928/08/9	Long Beach, California, USA	living		American-Norwegian	Official website
Haendel, Ida		1928/12/15	Chelm, Poland	living	London, England	English	Pupil of Carl Flesch and George Enescu / 7th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935
Wiłkomirska, Wanda	Wanda Wilkomirska	1929/01/11	Warsaw, Poland	living		Polish	2nd prize (ex-aequo) Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952
Fain, Rosa	Roza Fajn	1929/01/19	Odessa, Ukraine, USSR	living		Russian	Pupil of David Oistrakh / 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957; Wieniawski Competition, note
Cserfalvi, Elise		1929/??/??	Budapest, Hungary	197?/??/??	London	Hungarian	Pupil of Ede Zathureczky / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1946 / 3rd Prize Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, 1951 / Played at "BBC Proms" in 1960, 1961 and 1964 / Her Duo partner was pianist Géza Frid / Wife of Árpád Gérecz.
Elphège, Flora		193?/??/??	Grénoble, France	living	Grénoble, France	French	Renowned violin pedagogue / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 / newspaper article + picture, 1957 / Piano Trio: Jean Martin (piano), Flora Elphège (violin), Claude Burgos (cello) / ina.fr - audio clip, 1973/09/12
Frasca-Colombier, Monique		193?/??/??	France	2012 or later (living?)	France	French	Wife of conductor Paul Kuentz / Concertmaster of Kuentz Chamber Orchestra / Plays also viola d'amore /ina.fr - Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5, 1965/1/19
Kimber, Beryl		193?/??/??	Perth, Australia	living	Adelaide, Australia	Australian	Pupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 / note / photo
Mihailović, Marija	Marija Mihailovic / Марија Михаиловић	193?/??/??	Belgrade, Serbia (ex Jugoslavia)	living?		Serbian	Jury member in 3rd Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957
Steiner, Diana		193?/??/??	USA	?	USA	American	sister of cellist and conductor Frances Steiner / The Miami News -concert review, 1954
Varga, Norma	b. Norma Jones	193?/??/??	England	living	USA	English	Pupil of Isolde Menges / Wife of violinist Ruben Varga (1928-1984) / Mother of violinist Rachel Varga / bio / Mother of composer David Varga [1][2]
Berkova, Sandra	Saundra Berkova / b. Maazel / Sandra Macaulay	1930 (1933 ?)	Los Angeles, California, USA	1978/01/11	Los Angeles, USA	American	Daughter of violinist Frances Berkova / Cousin of conductor Lorin Maazel / article, 1957/05/6 / "The careers of Frances (née Berkowitz) & Saundra Berkova (née Maazel), mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990
Harnoncourt, Alice	b. Alice Hoffelner	1930/09/26	Vienna, Austria	living	Vienna	Austrian	Baroque violin / Wife of Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Hagen, Betty-Jean	Betty-Jeanne Hagen	1930/10/17	Edmonton, Canada	living		Canadian	Pupil of Ludwig Becker and Ivan Galamian / 3rd Grand Prix Concours-Long-Thibaud, 1951 (when Ivry Gitlis was 5th) / bio (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
Theuveny, Marie Claude	Marie-Claude Theuveny-Petit	1931/??/??	Paris, France	2012/07/23	Paris, France	French	2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1948 / Short biography
Schneidermann, Dina		1931/??/??	Odessa, Ukraine, Russia	living	Uppsala, Sweden	Russian-Bulgarian	Pupil of David Oistrakh / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1960 / Played Paganini's "Il Cannone" by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, 1743
Beilina, Nina	Nina Michailowna Beilina / Nina Beilina-Chudnovsky	1931/??/??	Odessa, Ukraine, USSR	living	USA	Russian-American	Pupil of Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Wikipedia German page / Dedicatee of Alfred Schnittke Suite in the Old Style (1972) and Boris Tischenko Violin Fantasy, Op.118 (1994) / interview, 2008 / note
Fernández, Huguette	Fernandez Huguette / b. Delsol	1932/??/??	Spain	2012/12/10	Decazeville, France	French	2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1950 / Till 1969, concertmaster of the Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard / obituary
Lautenbacher, Susanne	Suzanne or Susi Lautenbacher	1932/04/19	Augsburg, Germany	living		German	Pupil of Karl Freund and Henryk Szeryng (briefly)
Garnier, Liliane		1932/09/13	Dijon, France	living		French	note
Yashvili, Marina	Jasvili (Iashvili) Marine Luarsabovna	1932/10/2	Tblisi, Georgia, USSR	2012/07/9	Moscow, Russia	Russian	Pupil of Konstantin Mostras / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / 'The Strad' - obituary
Tarjus, Blanche		1933/??/??	France	199?/??/??	France	French	Pupil of René Benedetti, George Enescu and Alice Pashkus / Rameau (Ysaye) recordings, 1946 / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952; Wieniawski Competition - note / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1952 / article, 1954/02/13
Spirk, Margit		1933/04/12	Trento, Italy	living		Italian	Pupil of Sandor Vegh and Váša Příhoda / short bio
Shikhmurzayeva, Zoria	Zoria Szichmurzajewa / Зоря Шихмурзаева	1933/10/26	Kazan, Tatarstan, USSR	2010/04/24	Moscow, Russia	Russian	FB page / Mother of violinists Julia Bushkova (b.1959) and Evgeny Bushkov (b.1968) / "Moscow Conservatory", Russian page
Bagdasarjanz, Ursula		1934/??/??	Winterthur, Switzerland	living		Swiss	Pupil of Aida Stucki, Marcel Reynal, Sándor Végh, Joseph Calvet and Max Rostal
Erduran, Ayla		1934/09/22	Istanbul, Turkey	living		Turkish	Pupil of Karl Berger, Ivan Galamian, Zino Francescatti, David Oistrakh / 5th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957; Wieniawski Competition - note / Wikipedia Turkish page / iKSV 2007 Award
Jodry, Annie		1935/10/4	Reims, France	2007/06/3	Teinteillac, France	French	Pupil of Marcel Reynal / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 / Wife of composer, conductor Jean-Jacques Werner / "an hommage" / Owned a "Battista Ruggieri", 1690
Kaliszewska, Jadwiga		1936/??/??	Warsaw, Poland	2012/??/??	Poznań, Poland	Russian	Pupil of Eugenia Umińska / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962; Wieniawski Competition - note
Kan, Suna		1936/10/21	Adana, Turkey	living		Turkish	Wikipedia Turkish page
Peinemann, Edith		1937/03/3	Mainz, Germany	living		German	Pupil of Max Rostal
Vamos, Almita		1938/??/??	USA	living		American	Wife of violin pedagogue Roland Vamos
Petrosyan, Zoya	Isabella Petrosian	1939/??/??	Russia	living		Russian	Pupil of David Oistrakh / 4th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962; Wieniawski Competition - note
Gotkovsky, Nell		1939/09/26	Paris, France	1997/07/15	Brigham, Utah, USA	French	note / 'Chevalier des Arts and Letters'
Courtois, Catherine		194?/??/??	France	living	France	French	2nd prize ex-aequo Geneva International Music Competition, 1965 / Duo with pianist Catherine Collard / In 90s stopped playing, dedicating to teaching
Givens, Shirley		194?/??/??	Louisville, Kentucky USA	living	New York, USA	American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian / Renowned violin pedagogue at Juilliard School / Wife of cellist/conductor Harry Wimmer / note
Le Dizès, Maryvonne		194?/??/?	France	living	Paris, France	French	1st prize Paganini Competition, 1962 / Active with Ensemble Intercontemporain / French interview
Lozada, Carmencita		1940/??/?	Philippines	2006/08/15	Philippines	Philipphine	Prizes Paganini Competition: 4th ex aequo, 1956; 2nd ex aequo, 1961 / obituary
Brown, Iona		1941/01/7	Salisbury, England	2004/06/5	Salisbury, England	English
Ushioda, Masuko		1942/04/4	Shenyang, Manchuria	2013/05/28	Boston, USA	Japanese
Abel, Jenny		1942/11/13	Bredstedt, Kreis Husum, Germany	living		German	Pupil of Max Rostal and Henryk Szeryng / Duo with pianist Roberto Szidon / note
Armstrong, Helen		1943/08/9	Rockford, Illinois, USA	2006/04/28	Greenwich, CT, USA	American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Nishizaki, Takako		1944/04/14	Japan	living	Hong Kong	Japanese	Pupil of Joseph Fuchs / Wife of the "Naxos" label owner Klaus Heymann
Mordkovitch, Lydia		1944/04/30	Saratov, Russia	2014/12/9	London, England	Russian-British	Pupil of David Oistrakh / 5th prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969
Eggebrecht, Renate		1944/08/12	Selent, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	living		German
Edinger, Christiane		1945/03/20	Potsdam, Poland	living		German	Pupil of Joseph Fuchs and Nathan Milstein / Wikipedia German page
Chumachenco, Ana	Chumachenko	1945/06/23	Padova, Italy	living		Argentinian/German	Teaches at the "Kronberg Academy"
Ambrose, Penny	Priscilla Ann Ambrose	1946/??/??	Connecticut, USA	1963/09/10	Coventry, Conn., USA	American	5th prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962 / Suicided at 17
Fujikawa, Mayumi		1946/??/??	Asahigawa, Japan	living	London	Japanese	bio
Dael, Lucy van		1946/??/??	Amsterdam, Netherlands	living		Dutch	Baroque violin
Schwarzberg, Dora	Dora (Isadora) Schwartzberg	1946/03/27	Tashkent, USSR	living		Russian-Austrian	Wikipedia Russian page
Grindenko, Tatiana	Tatjana Grindenko	1946/03/29	Kharkiv, Ukraine, URSS	living		Russian	1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972
Isakadze, Liana		1946/08/2	Tblisi, Georgia	living		Georgian	official website
Fried, Miriam		1946/09/9	Satu Mare, Romania	living		Israeli	Pupil of Alice Fenyves, Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian / 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1968
Banchini, Chiara		1946/10/7	Lugano, Switzerland	living		Swiss	Baroque violin / Wikipedia Italian page
Spitková, Jela		1947/01/1	Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia	living		Slovak-Austrian	Pupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff and Igor Oistrakh
Kakudo, Kaoru		1947/??/??	Japan	2004/04/5	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Japanese	Pupil of Ivan Galamian / Also concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard, Claire		1947/??/??	Rouen, France	living		French	Pupil of Henryk Szeryng / 1st prize George Enescu International Competition, 1964 / note / Owned a "Giuseppe Guarnieri", 1741 / interview in French, 2012
Thompson, Gwen	Gwendoline Linda Louise Thompson	1947/03/30	Winnipeg, Canada	living		Canadian	Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Pierrou, Nilla	Gunilla Elisabet Pierrou	1947/10/2	Sweden	living	Rättvik, Sweden	Swedish	Pupil of André Gertler / 3CDs, recorded legacy / Played the "ex Joachim" Stradivarius, 1723; own the "Januarius Gagliano", 1748 / Wikipedia Swedish page
Sindell, Carol		1948/??/??	USA	living	Portland, Oregon, USA	American	Pupil of Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz / Member of Florestan Trio / short bio
Chung, Kyung-Wha		1948/03/26	Seoul, South Korea	living		Korean
Kavafian, Ani		1948/05/10	Istanbul, Turkey	living		American-Armenian	Pupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian
Verhey, Emmy		1949/03/13	Amsterdam, Netherlands	living		Dutch	Pupil of Herman Krebbers, Wolfgang Schneiderhan and David Oistrakh
Danczowska, Kaja		1949/03/25	Kraków, Poland	living	Kraków, Poland	Polish	Pupil of David Oistrakh and Ruggiero Ricci / 3rd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1967 / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1970 / Wikipedia Polish page
Lamon, Jeanne		1949/08/14	New York, USA	living	Ontario, Canada	American	Baroque violin / Pupil of Robert Koff and Herman Krebbers
Volckaert, Edith		1949/08/27	Gand, Belgium	1992/07/2	Paris, France	Belgian	Wikipedia French page
Sato, Yoko	Mieko Sato	1950/??/??	Japan	living		Japanese	pupil of Leonid Kogan, 1959-1971 / played Khachaturian's Concerto under composer's baton, 1963 / 3rd Prize 'Tchaikovsky' Competition, 1966 / 2nd Prize 'Paganini' Competition, 1972 / lifetime companion, of the Japanese painter Masuo Ikeda
Vasile, Cornelia		1950/??/??	Timişoara, Romania	1973?	Germany	Romanian	Pupil of Ivry Gitlis for few months in 1969-70 / in the early 1970s she committed suicide in Germany article / in 1969 she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices, for DGG 'Debut Collection'.
Milanova, Vanya		195?/??/??	Bulgaria	living		Bulgarian	3rd Prize "Paganini International Competition" in 1973 / one among the very first female violinist that recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices (Lp Simax PS 1020).
Kiesewetter, Erica		195?/??/??	Centerport, Long Island, New York, USA	living		American	Pupil of Ivan Galamian / short bio (Naxos records), bio (Long Island Youth Orchestra)
Sîrbu, Mariana	Mariana Sirbu	195?/??/??	Iaşi, Romania	living		Romanian	Pupil of Stefan Gheorghiu / 1st violin of Academica String Quartet and Quartetto Stradivari / Wife of cellist Mihai Dancila and mother of violinist Cristina Dancila / Plays the "Conte de Fontana, Peterlongo, Oistrakh" Stradivari, 1702
Gazeau, Sylvie		1950/01/30	Orléans, France	living	France	French	Wikipedia French page
Bon, Charlotte		1951/??/??	Amsterdam, Netherlands	living	Netherlands	Dutch	note / official website
Colan, Ruxandra	Ruxandra Colan-Petcu	1951/04/1	Brașov, Romania	living	Ireland	Romanian	2nd violin of Academica String Quartet
Wallfisch, Elizabeth	b. Elizabeth Hunt	1952/01/28	Australia	living		English	Baroque violin / Wife of cellist Raphael Wallfisch / official website
Marcovici, Silvia		1952/01/30	Bacău, Romania	living	Graz, Austria	Romanian	Pupil of Stefan Gheorghiu / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969
Kavafian, Ida		1952/10/29	Istanbul, Turkey	living		American-Armenian	Pupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian
Huggett, Monica		1953/05/16	London, England	living		English	Baroque violin / Pupil of Manoug Parikian, Kato Havas and Sigiswald Kuijken
Gorzynska, Barbara	Barbara Górzyńska	1953/12/4	Lodz, Poland	living		Polish	3rd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972 / 'Festival Bled', bio
Homburger, Maya		1953/12/17	Zürich, Switzerland	living		Swiss	Baroque violin / Pupil of Ivan Galamian and Eduard Melkus / Wikipedia German page
Ishikawa, Shizuka		1954/??/??	Tokyo, Japan	living		Japanese	2nd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972
Bushkova, Julia		1959/??/??	Moscow, Russia	living	Dallas, Texas, USA	Russian	Daughter and pupil of Zoria Shikhmurzaeva; sister of violinist Evgeny Bushkov / official website
Mullova, Viktoria	Viktoria Yurievna Mullova	1959/11/27	Zhukovsky, Moscow, Russia	living	London, England	Russian	Pupil of Leonid Kogan / Plays the "Jules Falk" Stradivari, 1723 c. and a "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini", 1750 c.
Malgoire, Florence		1960/03/9	Dugny, France	living		French	Baroque violin / Pupil of Sigiswald Kuijken / Son of Jean-Claude Malgoire / Wikipedia French page
Tchakerian, Sonig		1960/07/2	Armenia	living		Italian	Pupil of Giovanni Guglielmo, Salvatore Accardo, Franco Gulli and Nathan Milstein / Wikipedia Italian page
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja	b. Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg	1961/01/10	Rome, Italy	living		Italo-American	Pupil of Dorothy DeLay
Jenson, Dylana		1961/05/14	Los Angeles, California, USA	living	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	American	Pupil of Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold
Paetsch, Michaela	Michaela Paetsch Neftel	1961/11/12	Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA	living	Bern, Switzerland	American
Senju, Mariko		1962/??/??	Japan	living		Japanese	Pupil of Toshiya Eto / 1st Prize at "26th Paganini Violin Competition" in 1979 / official website
Mutter, Anne-Sophie		1963/06/29	Rheinfelden, Germany	living		German	Pupil of Erna Honigberger and Aida Stucki / Owns the "Emiliani" Stradivari, 1703 (Karajan's gift, 1979) and the "Lord Dunn-Raven" Stradivari, 1710 (that belonged to Jelly d'Arányi)
Little, Tasmin		1965/05/13	London, England	living		English
Keulen, Isabelle van		1966/12/16	Mijdrecht, Netherlands	living		Dutch	Wikipedia Dutch page / website
Frank, Pamela		1967/06/20	New York, USA	living		American
Åstrand, Christina		1969/06/6	Skanderborg, Denmark	living	Aarhus, Denmark	Danish	Leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Meyers, Anne Akiko		1970/05/15	San Diego, California, USA	living		American	website
Gotō, Midori	Midori	1971/10/25	Osaka, Japan	living		Japanese	website
Suwanai, Akiko		1972/02/07	Japan	living		Japanese	Pupil of Toshiya Eto / 1st Prize "International Tchaikovsky Competition" in 1990
Faust, Isabelle		1972/03/19	Esslingen am Neckar, Germany	living		German	Pupil of Christoph Poppen / 1st Prize Paganini Competition, 1993 / Plays the "Bella addormentata" Stradivari, 1704
Jansen, Janine		1978/01/07	Soest, Netherlands	living		Dutch	Pupil of Philippe Hirschhorn and Boris Belkin / Plays the "Barrere" Stradivari, 1727
Batiashvili, Lisa	b. Elisabed Batiashvili	1979/??/??	Georgia	living	France	Georgian	2nd Prize Sibelius Competition, 1995 / Plays the "Engleman" Stradivari, 1709
Hahn, Hilary		1979/11/27	Lexington, Virginia, USA	living		US	Student of Jascha Brodsky / Plays an 1864 copy of Paganini's Cannone made by Vuillaume
Chang, Sarah	b. Young Joo Chang	1980/12/10	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	living	USA	Korean-American	Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / Plays the "ex Isaac Stern" Guarneri del Gesù, 1717
Anush, Nikogosyan	Anush, Nikoghosyan	1989/07/07	Yerevan, Armenia	living	Munich Germany	Arrmenian	Student of Julia Fischer / Since 2013 plays on a Guadagnini violin (Milan, 1753)
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