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A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. The terms
fiddler or fiddle player are also used. In classical music the "fiddle" terms are usually
somewhat informal or jokey: they are more standard expressions in folk music. In between there are nuances of meaning and usage
which are difficult to formalize.
Composer-violinists were common in the Baroque era:
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,
Eugene Ysaye and Henryk Wieniawski.
Among significant later players are:
- Salvatore
Accardo
- Gilles Apap
- Joshua Bell (1967 -
- Vera Beths
- Lola Bobesco (1923 -
2003)
- Willi Boskovsky (1909
– 1991)
- Iona Brown (1941 -
- Sarah Chang (1982-
- Stephanie Chase
- Vassar Clements
(Bluegrass, Country, Jazz)
- Augustin Dumay(1949
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- Mischa Elman (1891-1967)
- Carl Flesch (1873 - 1944)
- 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 -
- Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
- Bronislav
Hubermann (1882 1947)
- Monica Huggett Baroque
- Janine Jansen(1978 -
- Leila Josefowicz
(1978 -
- 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
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- Tasmin Little
- Vanessa Mae (1978
- Eduard Melkus Baroque
- Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999)
- Midori A. (1971
- Nathan Milstein (1903 - 1992)
- Viktoria Mullova
(1959 -
- Anne-Sophie
Mutter (1963
- David Oistrakh (1908 - 1974)
- Igor Oistrakh (1931 -
- Theo Olof
- Itzhak Perlman (1945 -
- Jean-Luc Ponty (1942
- Andre Rieu (1949 -
- Oscar Shumsky(1917 -
- Nils-Erik Sparf
- Simon Standage Baroque
- Isaac Stern (1920 - 2001)
- Josef
Suk
- Henryk Szeryng (1918 - 1988)
- Jacques Thibaud (1880 - 1953)
- Maxim Vengerov (1974
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- Emmy Verhey (1949 -
- Frank Peter
Zimmermann (1965 -
- Pinchas Zukerman (1948 -
- Jaap van Zweden
Baroque(1960 -
Popular music violinist, 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)
- Eyvind Kang (jazz and
classical)
- Carla Kihlstedt
(jazz)
- Didier Lockwood
(jazz)
- Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-canadian fiddling)
- Joe Venuti (jazz)
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