List of violinists - Definition

This is a list of violinists, i.e. players of the violin.

Composer-violinists were common in the Baroque era:

• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644 - 1704)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco (1675 - 1742)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687 - 1762)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695 - 1765)
• Michele Mascitti (1663 - 1760)
• Pietro Nardini
• Heinrich Schmelzer (1623 - 1680)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770)
• Giuseppe Torelli
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 - 1768)
• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632 - 1692)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Johann Jakob Walther (1650 - 1717)

In the early 19th century, Niccoló Paganini did much to expand the instrument's technique. Other notable 19th century violinists include Pierre Rode, Joseph Joachim (who was friends with Johannes Brahms), Leopold Auer (who taught many famous violinists of following generations), Pablo de Sarasate, Henri Vieuxtemps, Eugène Ysaÿe and Henryk Wieniawski.

Among significant later players are:

• Salvatore Accardo
• Gilles Apap
• Joshua Bell (1967 -
• Gil Shaham (1971 -
• Vera Beths
• Lola Bobesco (1923 - 2003)
• Willi Boskovsky (1909 – 1991)
• Iona Brown (1941 - 2004)
• Adolf Busch
• Sarah Chang (1982-
• Stephanie Chase
• Corey Cerovsek (1972-
• Vassar Clements (Bluegrass, Country, Jazz)
• Augustin Dumay(1949 -
• James Ehnes
• Mischa Elman (1891-1967)
• Carl Flesch (1873 - 1944)
• Eugene Fodor
• Zino Francescatti (1902 - 1991)
• Pamela Frank
• Mayumi Fujikawa
• Enrico Gatti
• Ivry Gitlis (1922 -
• Reinhard Goebel Baroque(1952 -
• Arthur Grumiaux (1921 - 1986)
• Ida Haendel (1928 -
• Hilary Hahn (1980 -
• Chloe Hanslip (1987- )
• Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
• Willy Hess (1859 - 1939)
• Bronislav Hubermann (1882 1947)
• Monica Huggett Baroque
• Janine Jansen (1978 -
• Joseph Joachim
• Leila Josefowicz (1978 -
• Suna Kan (1936 -
• Nigel Kennedy (1956
• Isabelle van Keulen
• Leonid Kogan (1924-1982)
• Herman Krebbers
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Gidon Kremer (1948 -
• Jan Kubelík (1880 - 1940)
• Sigiswald Kuijken Baroque
• Rainer Kussmaul (1946 -
• Tasmin Little
• Vanessa Mae (born 1978)
• Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934)
• Eduard Melkus Baroque
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916 - 1999)
• Midori Goto (1971 -
• Shlomo Mintz
• Nathan Milstein (1903 - 1992)
• Viktoria Mullova (1959 -
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963
• Ginette Neveu (1919 – 1949)
• David Oistrakh (1908 - 1974)
• Igor Oistrakh (1931 -
• Theo Olof
• Itzhak Perlman (1945 -
• Jean-Luc Ponty (1942
• Ruggiero Ricci (1918 -
• André Rieu (1949 -
• Camillo Sivori (1815 -1894)
• Oscar Shumsky(1917 - 2000)
• Nikos Skalkottas
• Nils-Erik Sparf
• Simon Standage Baroque
• Isaac Stern (1920 - 2001)
• Josef Suk
• Harold Sumberg
• Henryk Szeryng (1918 - 1988)
• Jacques Thibaud (1880 - 1953)
• Caitlin Tully (1987? -
• Maxim Vengerov (1974 -
• Emmy Verhey (1949 -
• Frank Peter Zimmermann (1965 -
• Pinchas Zukerman (1948 -
• Jaap van Zweden Baroque(1960 -
• Vilmos Szabadi

Popular music violinists, including fiddlers

• Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
• Polly Bradfield (jazz)
• Vassar Clements (Bluegrass, Country, Jazz)
• Mark Feldman (jazz)
• Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
• Stephane Grappelli (jazz)
• Petra Haden (alternative rock)
• Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
• Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
• Carla Kihlstedt (jazz)
• Doug Kershaw, (Cajun music)
• Gundula Krause, (Bluegrass, Cajun music, folk, folk rock)
• madfiddler - Mark Knight (alternative rock)
• Donnell Leahy (Canadian fiddler)
• Didier Lockwood (jazz)
• Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Mark O'Connor (Bluegrass, folk, classical)
• Stuff Smith, (jazz)
• Joe Venuti (jazz)
• Jenny Wilhelms (folk)