List of Violists - Notable Violists

Notable Violists

A
  • Julia Rebekka Adler (b.1978)
  • Sir Hugh Allen (1869–1946), conductor
  • Kris Allen (b.1985)
  • Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
  • Paul Angerer (b.1927), composer
  • Steven Ansell (b.1954)
  • Atar Arad (b.1945)
  • Cecil Aronowitz (1916–1978)
  • Dino Asciolla (1920–1994)
  • Jean-Marie Auberson (1920–2004), violinist, conductor
B
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
  • Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), composer, violinist
  • August Baeyens (1895–1966), composer
  • Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953), conductor, composer
  • Michael Balling (1866–1925), conductor
  • Alain Bancquart (b.1934)
  • Rudolf Barshai (1924–2010), conductor
  • Yuri Bashmet (b.1953)
  • Cathy Basrak (b.1977)
  • Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
  • Sviatoslav Belonogov
  • Mitrofan Belyayev (1836–1904)
  • František Benda (1709–1786), composer
  • Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795), composer
  • Daniel Benyamini (1925–1993)
  • Wilhelm Georg Berger (1929–1993), composer
  • Yehonatan Berick (b.1968), violinist
  • Vasily Bessel (1843–1907), music publisher
  • Mikhail Bezverkhny (b.1947), violinist
  • Franz Beyer (b.1922)
  • Herbert Blendinger (b.1936), composer
  • Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856), violinist, composer
  • Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
  • Emil Bohnke (1888–1928), composer, conductor
  • Vadim Borisovsky (1900–1972)
  • York Bowen (1884–1961), composer, pianist
  • Máximo Arrates Boza (1859–1936), composer
  • Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer
  • Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer
  • Sheila Browne (b.1971)
  • František Brož (1896–1962), composer
  • Gerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935), composer
  • Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), composer, violinist
  • Peter Bucknell (b.1977)
  • Kenji Bunch (b.1973)
C
  • John Cale (b.1942)
  • Helen Callus
  • Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827), composer, violinist
  • David Aaron Carpenter (b.1986)
  • Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
  • Gérard Caussé (b.1948)
  • Eugenio Cavallini (1806–1881), violinist, conductor
  • Ladislav Černý (1891–1975)
  • Eugène Chartier (1893–1963), violinist, conductor
  • Roger Chase (b.1953)
  • Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), composer
  • Eric Coates (1886–1957), composer
  • Paul Coletti (b.1959)
  • Serge Collot (b.1923)
  • Carlton Cooley (1898–1981), composer
  • Wayne Crouse (1924–2000)
D
  • Steven Dann (b.1953)
  • Gyula Dávid (1913–1977)
  • Tania Davis (b.1975)
  • Brett Dean (b.1961)
  • Jack Delano (1914–1997), composer
  • Alan de Veritch (b.1947)
  • Roberto Díaz (b.1960)
  • Viacheslav Dinerchtein (b.1976)
  • Napoleon Distelmans (1884–1946)
  • Paul Doktor (1919–1989)
  • Demetrius Constantine Dounis (1886–1954), violinist, pedagogue
  • Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001), composer
  • Karen Dreyfus
  • Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007)
  • Matthias Durst (1815–1875), violinist, composer
  • Charles Dutoit (b.1936), conductor
  • Lawrence Dutton (b.1954)
  • Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer
E
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865), violinist
  • Sıla Eser (b.1979)
  • Emilie Autumn
  • Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010), composer, conductor
F
  • Ralph Farris (b.1970)
  • Richard Fleischman (b. 1963)
  • Watson Forbes (1909–1997)
  • Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941), composer
  • Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010), composer
  • Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
G
  • Grigori Gamburg (1900–1967), composer, conductor
  • Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductor
  • Bruno Giuranna (b.1933)
  • Roland Glassl (b.1972)
  • Rosemary Glyde (1948–1994), composer
  • Rivka Golani (b.1946)
  • Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead
  • Ebbe Grims-land (b.1915)
H
  • Veronika Hagen (b.1963)
  • John Harbison (b.1938), composer
  • Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer
  • Donald Heins (1878–1949), violinist, conductor, composer
  • Willy Hess (1859–1939), violinist
  • Raphael Hillyer (1914–2010)
  • Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer
  • Alfred Charles Hobday (1870–1942)
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954–2006), mezzo-soprano
  • Ketil Hvoslef (b.1939)
I
  • Nobuko Imai (b.1943)
  • Yuko Inoue
J
  • Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007)
  • Otto Joachim (1910–2010), composer
  • Matthew Jones (b.1974), violinist
K
  • Thomas Kakuska (1940–2005)
  • Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941), composer
  • Gilad Karni
  • Kim Kashkashian (b.1952)
  • Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductor
  • Martha Strongin Katz (b.1942)
  • Hugo Kauder (1888–1972), composer, violinist
  • Nigel Keay (b.1955), composer
  • Nigel Kennedy (b.1956), violinist
  • Volker David Kirchner (b.1942), composer
  • Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987)
  • Paul Klengel (1854–1935), violinist, pianist
  • Garth Knox (b.1956)
  • František Kočvara (1730–1791), composer
  • Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
  • Alison Krauss
  • Emil Kreuz (1867–1932)
  • Theodore Kuchar (b.1960), conductor
  • Ferdinand Küchler (1867–1937), violinist, composer
  • Michael Kugel (b.1946)
L
  • Michelle LaCourse
  • Théophile Laforge (1863–1918)
  • Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), composer
  • Jaime Laredo (b.1941), violinist
  • Steve Larson
  • Victor Legley (1915–1994), composer
  • Harold Levin (b.1956)
  • Avri Levitan (b.1973)
  • Jodi Levitz
  • Ingvar Lidholm (b.1921), composer
  • Lim Soon Lee (b.1957), conductor
  • Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982), violinist, conductor
  • James Lowe (b.1976), conductor
  • Pál Lukács (1919–1981)
M
  • Jef Maes (1905–1996), composer
  • Mat Maneri (b.1969), composer, violinist
  • Michael Mann (1919–1977), violinist
  • Jethro Marks
  • Uri Mayer (b.1946), conductor
  • Eduard Melkus (b.1928), violinist
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composer
  • Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist
  • John Metcalfe (b.1964)
  • Miroslav Miletić (b.1925), composer
  • Shlomo Mintz (b.1957), violinist
  • Alexander Mishnaevski
  • Roberto Molinelli (b.1963), composer, conductor
  • Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor
  • Arie Van de Moortel (1918–1976), composer
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer
  • Pedro Saglimbeni Muñoz
  • Henry Myerscough (? –2007)
N
  • Philipp Naegele (b.1928), violinist
  • Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (b.1960)
  • Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), composer
  • Paul Neubauer (b.1962)
  • Václav Neumann (1920–1995), conductor
  • Casimir Ney (1801–1877)
  • Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b.1976)
O
  • Heiichiro Ohyama (b.1947)
  • David Oistrakh (1908–1974), violinist
  • Martin Outram
P
  • Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), composer, violinist
  • Johannes Palaschko (1877–1932), violinist, composer
  • Úna Palliser, vocalist, violinist
  • Ian Parrott (1916–2012), composer
  • Harry Partch (1901–1974), composer
  • Ödön Pártos (1907–1977), composer
  • Joseph de Pasquale (b.1919)
  • Clara Petrozzi-Stubin (b.1965), violinist, composer
  • Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), composer
  • Cynthia Phelps (b.1961)
  • Ashan Pillai (b.1969)
  • Enrico Polo (1868–1953), violinist
  • Jocelyn Pook (b.1960), composer
  • Diemut Poppen
  • Ari Poutiainen (b.1972)
  • Lawrence Power (b.1977)
  • William Presser (1916–2004), composer, violinist
  • Milton Preves (1909–2000)
  • William Primrose (1904–1982)
Q
  • Karl Traugott Queisser (1800–1846)
R
  • Julian Rachlin (b.1974), violinist
  • Mary Ramsey (b.1963), violinist, singer, songwriter
  • Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)
  • Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), composer
  • Frederick Riddle (1912–1995)
  • Karen Ritscher
  • Hermann Ritter (1849–1926)
  • Carol Rodland
  • Jean Rogister (1879–1964), composer
  • Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), composer
  • Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), violinist, composer
  • Paul Rolland (1911–1978)
  • Max Rostal (1905–1991), violinist
  • Simon Rowland-Jones (b.1950)
  • Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), composer
  • Thomas Ryan (1827–1903)
S
  • Luigi Sagrati (1921–2008)
  • Philip Sainton (1891–1967), composer, conductor
  • Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (b.1960), violinist
  • Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor
  • Peter Schidlof (1922–1987)
  • Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer
  • Joseph Schubert (1754–1837), composer, violinist
  • David Schwartz (b.1916)
  • Albert Seitz (1872–1937), composer
  • Tibor Serly (1901–1978), composer
  • William Shield (1748–1829)
  • Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist, conductor
  • Paul Silverthorne (b.1951)
  • Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
  • Scott Slapin (b.1974)
  • Kay Slocum
  • Peter Slowik (b.1957)
  • Anton Stamitz (1750–c.1800), composer
  • Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer
  • Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), composer
  • Scott St. John (b.1969)
  • Simon Streatfeild (b.1929), conductor
  • Jennifer Stumm
  • Josef Suk (b.1929), violinist
  • Jean Sulem (b.1959)
  • Louis Svečenski (1862–1926)
  • Gusztáv Szerémi
T
  • Václav Talich (1883–1961), conductor, violinist
  • Antoine Tamestit (b.1979)
  • Will Taylor (b.1968)
  • Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), violinist, musicologist
  • Jan Tausinger (1921–1980), composer, conductor
  • Yuri Temirkanov (b.1938), conductor
  • Lionel Tertis (1876–1975)
  • Marcus Thompson (b.1946)
  • Katia Tiutiunnik (b.1967), composer
  • Lars Anders Tomter (b.1959)
  • Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), pedagogue, composer
  • Walter Trampler (1915–1997)
  • Michael Tree (b.1934)
  • Karen Tuttle (1920–2010)
U
  • Åke Uddén (1903–1987), composer, conductor
  • Alfred Uhl (1909–1992)
  • Chrétien Urhan (1790–1845)
V
  • Roland Vamos (b.1930)
  • Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739–1813)
  • Léon van Hout (1864–1945)
  • Emanuel Vardi (1915–2011)
  • Maxim Vengerov (b.1974), violinist
  • Robert Vernon (b.1949)
  • Maurice Vieux (1884–1951)
  • Ladislav Vycpálek (1882–1969), composer, violinist
W
  • Louis van Waefelghem (1840–1908)
  • Ernst Wallfisch (1920–1979)
  • Geraldine Walther (b.1950)
  • Melia Watras
  • John Webb (b.1969), composer
  • Hieronymus Weickmann (1825–1895)
  • Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), violinist
  • Emanuel Wirth (1842–1923), violinist
  • Mark Wood
Y
  • Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), violinist
Z
  • Grigori Zhislin (b.1945), violinist
  • Lev Zhurbin (b.1978), composer
  • Tabea Zimmermann (b.1966)
  • Pinchas Zukerman (b.1948), violinist

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