Lists of violinists
This is a list of violinists, i.e. players of the violin.
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
- 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
- Johann Gottlieb Graun * 1703 - † 1771
- Johann Daniel Müller * 1716 bis nach 1785
- François-Antoine Habeneck (1781-1849)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer * 1766 - † 1831
- Antonio Lolli * 1730 - † 1802
- Jean Cassanea de Mondonville * 1711 - † 1772
- Leopold Mozart *1719 - † 1787
- 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
In the 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
- 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 *(1839 - † 1899)
- Oskar Rieding *1840 - † 1918
- Franz Ries *1846- † 1932
- Pablo de Sarasate *1844- † 1908
- Sauret Émile *1852- † 1920
- Otakar Sevcik *1852- † 1934
- Camillo Sivori * 1818 - † 1894
- Josef Suk *1874 - † 1935
- Henri Vieuxtemps *1820 - † 1881
- Eugène Ysaye *1858 - † 1931
- Henryk Wieniawski *1835 - † 1880
- August Wilhelmj *1845 - † 1908
Among significant later players are:
Popular music violinists, including fiddlers
- Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
- Svend Asmussen (jazz)
- Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
- Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
- Byron Berline (bluegrass)
- Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
- Polly Bradfield (jazz)
- Linda Brava (pop and classical)
- Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
- Mark Feldman (jazz)
- Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
- Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)
- Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
- Stéphane Grappelli (jazz)
- Petra Haden (alternative rock)
- Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
- Lalgudi Jayaraman (Indian classical (Carnatic))
- Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
- Carla Kihlstedt (jazz)
- 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)
- Didier Lockwood (jazz)
- Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
- Hugh Marsh (Canadian jazz/popular musician)
- Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
- Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (jazz)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (experimental)
- Stuff Smith (jazz)
- L Subramaniam (Indian classical (Carnatic))
- Jelle van Tongeren (jazz/Hot Club)
- Michał Urbaniak (jazz)
- Joe Venuti (jazz)
- Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
External links
- Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
Jana Jae, Classical, Bluegrass, Country, www.janajae.com "First Lady of Country Fiddle" Regular on the TV show Hee Haw