This is a chronological list of female classical professional concert violinists. Those without a known date of birth are listed separately in alphabetical order.

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Total listed: 412

Name Alias Birth date (yyyy/mm/dd) Birthplace Died (yyyy/mm/dd) Place last living Nationality Notes
Plunkett, Catherine1725 c.Dublin, Ireland1745 or laterIrish[1]
della Pietà, SantaSanza (Samaritana) della Pietà1725–1750 c.Venice, Italy1775 or laterVenice, ItalyItalianAlso contralto and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
della Pietà, Anna MariaAnna Maria della Pietà1696Venice, Italy1782Venice, ItalyItalianAlso singer, musician and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
della Pietà, ChiaraChiara della Pietà1718Venice, Italy1791Venice, ItalyItalianAlso singer and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
Gambarini, ElisabettaMrs. Chazal1730/09/07Italy1765/02/09EnglandItalian-EnglishAlso composer/conductor
Sirmen, MaddalenaMaddalena (Madelena) Laura Sirmen (Syrmen) b. Lombardini1745/12/9Venice, Italy1818/05/18Venice, ItalyItalianAlso composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Giuseppe Tartini
Schmeling, GertrudeGertrude Elisabeth Mara / Schmehling (Schmelling, Schmaeling, Schmaehling)1749/02/23Kassel, Germany1833/01/20Reval (Tallinn), EstoniaGermanAlso guitarist, soprano and harpsichordist /[2]
Bayer, CarolineKaroline Bayer (Beyer, Beyern)1758Vienna, Austria1803AustriaAustrianAlso composer
Strinasacchi, ReginaRegina Schlick / Catarina Strinasacchi1761/02/28Ostiglia, Italy1839/06/11Dresden, GermanyItalianDedicatee of W. A. Mozart's Violin Sonata KV 454 /[3]
Gautherot, LouiseM.me Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps1763France1808/07/28LondonFrenchPupil of Nicolas Capron /[4]
Larrivée, HenrietteL’Arrivée (Agathe-Elisabeth) Henriette / Henriette Larrivée-Borghese1764/11/06Paris, France1839/03/26Paris, FranceFrenchViolinist, pianist and composer / Performed in the French provinces and in London
Paravicini, GiuliaGiulia Parravicini-Albergandi1769Turin, Italy1843 or laterItalianPupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti, Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer /[5]
Gerbini, LuigiaLuigia (Lugia, Luisa, Louise), Garbini (Gardini)1770 c.Turin, Italy1819 or laterItalianPupil of Gaetano Pugnani / [6]
Petersén, Marie AntoinetteMaria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersen / b. Crux1771Mannheim, Germany1855SwedenSwedishviolinist and singer
Gondreville, Mussier deMagnier de Gondreville-Ladurner1779 or earlierFrance1825/10/28Saint-Denis, FranceFrenchWife of composer Ignaz Ladurner /[7]
Filipowicz, ElisabethFilipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli1794Rastatt, Germany1841/05/4London, EnglandPolishAlso composer /[8]
Krähmer, CarolineMadame Krahmen / b. Carolina (Maria) Schleicher1794Bodensee, Germany1868Vienna, AustriaGermanAlso clarinettist, pianist, guitarist /[9]
Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta1798Götheborg, Sweden1884Stockholm, SwedenSwedish
Neumann, EleonoreNeumann, Leonore/Eleonore/Eleonora1819(Lissa, Prussia) Leszno, Poland1840/02/15Triest, Italy(Prussian, Russian?), Polish?, Italian, Jewish[10][11]
Milanollo, Teresa"Mademoiselle Adagio" / (Domenica Maria) Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Milanollo-Parmentier1827/08/28Savigliano, Italy1904/10/25Paris, FranceItalianSister 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"1832/07/19Savigliano, Italy1848/10/21Paris, FranceItalianSister of Teresa Milanollo / Owned the small violin "Milanollo" F. Ruggieri, 1680 c.
Wendheim, Gabriele vonWendheim, Hoffmann, Hofmann von Wendheim, Hoffmann von Wendheim, Gabriele von, Gabrielle1835 c.Graz, Austria1883 or laterAustrianPupil of and dedicatee of Joseph Joachim's Nocturno for violin and orchestra, Op.12 (1858) /[12]
Ferni, Vincenzina1837 c.Como, Italy1926/06Turin, ItalyItalianAlso soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni /[13]
Blunt, AnneLady Ann Blunt / Anne Isabella Noel Blunt (15th Baroness Wentworth) / b. Annabella King-Noel1837/09/22England1917/12/15Cairo, EgyptEnglishOwned the "Lady Blunt" Stradivari, 1721
Neruda, WilmaLady Hallé / b. Wilhelmine (Vilémina) Maria Franziska Neruda1838/03/21Brno, Moravia1911/04/15Berlin, GermanyMoravianPupil of Leopold Jansa /[14]
Neruda, MariaMadame Arlberg-Neruda / b. Anna Marie Rudolfina Neruda1840/03/26Brno, Moravia1920/11/07Copenhagen, DenmarkMoravianPupil of Leopold Jansa /[15]
Iacovino, Mariuccia1912/12/12Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2008/05/16Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBrazilianAlso Instructor
Ferni, Carolina1839/02/20Como, Italy1926/06/04Milan, ItalyItalianPupil of Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Charles Dancla and Henri Vieuxtemps / Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Vincenzina Ferni /[13]
Brousil, BerthaBrousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha1842Pisek, Czechoslovakia1919/11London, EnglandCzechoslovakianPupil of František Němec /[16]
Urso, Camilla1842/06/13Nantes, France1902/01/20New York, New York USAmerican[17]
Grünner, MarieMarie (Grünner, Grüner, Gruner) Grünner-Messerschmidt1847Vienna, Austria1895/10/15Vienna, AustriaAustrianCousin of composer Johann Schrammel /[18]
Lebouys, CatherineCatherine (Catarina, Anna, Nina, Marie-Claire) Lebouys-Waldteufel1847Rome, Italy1876 or laterItalianPupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/[19]
Ferni, Virginia1849Turin, Italy1934/02/04Turin, ItalyItalianAlso soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni /[13]
Drechsler-Hamilton, BerthaBertha Drechsler Adamson1849/03/25Edinburgh, Scotland1934/02/04Toronto, CanadaEnglishAlso conductor /[20]
Maier, AmandaRöntgen-Maier, marr. Röntgen, Carolina Amanda Erika1853/02/20Landskrona, Sweden1894/06/15Amsterdam, NetherlandsSwedishAlso organist and composer / Wife of composer Julius Röntgen /[21]
Liebé, ThereseLiebe, Thérèse (Jeanne Berthe)1854/04/07Straßburg, Austria1897 or laterLondon, EnglandAustrianPupil of Teresa Milanollo /[22]
Franko, Jeanne1855New Orleans, Louisiana, US1940/12/03New York, New York USAmericanAlso pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps /[23]
Tayau, Marie 1855/06/12 Pau, France 1892/08 Paris, France French Violinist and violin teacher
Brehm, MathildeMathilde Brem-Heim1856/12/03Oberdorf, Germany1886/03/02Davos-Platz, GermanyGerman[24]
Scharwenka, Marianneborn Stresow1856/02/25Germany1918/10/24Berlin, GermanyGermanViolinist and composer
Shattuck, Lillian1857Boston, Massachusetts US1940USAmericanStudent of Julius Eichberg / chamber musician / founded a women's string quartet
Bauer-Lechner, Natalieb. Nathalie Lechner1858/05/09Vienna, Austria1921/06/8AustriaAustrianAlso violist in the Maria Soldat-Roeger String Quartet / Close friend of Gustav Mahler
Barbi, AliceAlice Laura Barbi1858/06/01Modena, Italy1948/09/04Rome, ItalyItalianAlso mezzo-soprano
Tschetschulin, Agnes1859/02/24Helsinki, Finland1942StockholmFinnishAlso composer / Together with Jean Sibelius, pupil of Mitrofan Wasiljeff /[25]
Pommereul, MargueritePommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier1859/03Saint Mihiel, France1879 or laterFranceFrenchPupil of Jean-Delphin Alard /[26]
Riley, Lucy1861England1897 or laterEnglandEnglishPupil of Joseph Joachim / From 1886, 2nd violin of the "Shinner String Quartet" (leader, Emily Shinner) /[27]
Shinner, EmilyEmily Shinner-Liddell1862/07/07Cheltenham, England1901/07/17London, EnglandEnglishPupil of Joseph Joachim / Leader of the "Shinner String Quartet" /[28]
Soldat-Roeger, MariaMarie Soldat-Röger / b. Soldat1863/03/25Graz, Austria1955/09/30Graz, AustriaAustrianPupil of Joseph Joachim / Played with Johannes Brahms / Owned a 'Guarnieri del Gesù', 1742
Senkrah, Armaborn Anna Loretta Harkness1864/06/06Williamson, New York, US1900/09/03Weimar, GermanyAmericanStudent of Arno Hilf, Henryk Wieniawski and Joseph Lambert Massart / first prize at Conservatoire de Paris / successful performances throughout Europe
Osgood, MarionMarion G. Osgoodc. 1865Chelsea, Massachusetts, USc. 1924AmericanViolinist, composer and orchestral conductor / founded the all-female Marion Osgood's Ladies Orchestra
Tua, TeresinaTeresa (or Teresina, Maria Felicita) Tua / Suor Maria di Gesù1866/04/24Turin, Italy1956/10/29Rome, ItalyItalianPupil of Lambert Massart /[29] / Owned the "Mond-Tua" Stradivari, 1709
Wietrowetz, GabrielaGabriele Wietrovitz1866/01/13Ljubliana, Slovenia1937/04/06Berlin, GermanyItalian-SlovenianPupil of Joseph Joachim /[30]
Clench, NoraEsther Leonora Clench1867/05/06St. Maris, Canada West1938/05/17Toorak, Victoria, AustraliaCanadian
Robinson, Edith1867/10/29Manchester, England1940/04/18EnglishPupil of Adolph Brodsky /[31]
Powell, Maud1867/08/22Aurora, Illinois, US1920/01/08Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USAmericanPupil of Joseph Joachim /[32]
Morgan, Geraldine1868/11/15New York, New York US1918USAmericanPupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim /[33]
Carpenter, NettieNettie Carpenter-Stearn1869New York, New York US1940 or laterAmericanPupil of Pablo de Sarasate /[34][35]
Rode, MinaMinna Rode1870 c.Germany1901 or laterBerlin, GermanyGermanGranddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann /[36]
Becker Shaffer, Dorab. Dora Valesca Becker1870/03/07Galveston, Texas, US1958/05/19PennsylvaniaAmericanPupil of Joseph Joachim / first women to play on a musical recording in 1898 on a wax Bettini Phonograph cylinder
Folville, JulietteEugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville1870/01/05Liège, Belgium1946/10/19Pyrénées région, FranceBelgianPupil of Charles Malherbe / Also pianist
Kōda, NobuNobu Kōda1870/04/19Tokyo, Japan1946/03/19Tokyo, JapanJapaneseAlso pianist
Scotta, FridaFrida von Kaulbach / born Frida Schytte1871/03/31Copenhagen, Denmark1948/04/29Ohlstadt, GermanyDanishStudent of Joseph Massart / performed in Austria, England, Germany and Russia
Speyer, Leonorab. Leonora von Stosch / Lady Speyer1872/11/07Washington DC, US1956/02/10New York, USAmericanAlso poet
Mudocci, Evaborn Evangeline Hope Muddock / Rose Lynton1872Brixton, London, England1953EnglishPerformed widely with the pianist Bella Edwards / close friend of the painter Edvard Munch
Brennerberg, IreneIrene (Rosa) von Brennerberg1873/03/14Brașov, Transylvania1922/10/01Brașov, RomaniaRomanianPupil of Martin Marsick /[37]
Barns, EthelEthel Barns Phillips1874London, England1948/12/31Maidenhead, EnglandEnglishPupil of Émile Sauret / Also composer
Mead, Olive1874US1946AmericanPupil of Julius Eichberg and Franz Kneisel / Founded the all-female Olive Mead Quartet
Schindler, RosaRóża Szyndler-Suess1874/09/02Gleiwitz, Oberschlesien, German Empire (Gliwice, Poland)1925 or laterŁódź, Poland(Prussian, Russian), Polish, JewishPupil of Pablo de Sarasate and Joseph Joachim /[38][39][40] / mother of Ilona Ralf Sues[41]
Jackson McKim, LeonoraLeonora Jackson1879/02/20Boston, Massachusetts, US1969/01/07USAmericanPupil of Joseph Joachim /[42]
Hood, Florence1880/10/14Melbourne, Australia1968AustralianPupil of Hermann T. Schrader and Hans von Bülow / member of the Montreal String Quartet / concert tours and radio broadcasts in Australia
Dickenson-Auner, MaryDickenson-Auner, Auner, Mary (Frances Dorothée), b. Dickenson1880/10/24Dublin, Ireland1965/05/25Vienna, AustriaEnglishAlso composer, under pseudonym of "Frank Donnell" / Pupil of Otakar Ševčík and Samuel Coleridge Taylor for composition /[43]
Waddell, LeilaLeila (Laylah) Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell1880Bathurst, Australia1932/09/14Sydney, AustraliaAustralianPupil of Leopold Auer /[44]
Clarke, Rachel Steinmanc. 1882Włocławek, Poland1944/11/04Miami, Florida USPolish-AmericanStudent of Jacques Thibaud / toured the US as a violinist and as head of the Rachel Steinman Concert Company / educator
Hegner, Anna1881/03/01Basel, Switzerland1963/02/03Basel, SwitzerlandSwisssoloist appearing in concerts in Basel, Berlin, Leipzig and London
Bartlett, Floy Little1883/03/07Burlington, Iowa US1956/03/07Burlington, IowaAmericanStudied violin in Paris / accompanist and soprano singer / writer
Fonaroff, Vera1883/06/14Kyiv, Ukraine1962/07/23New York, New York USAmericansoloist, recitalist, chamber musician and educator
Hall, MarieMarie Pauline Hall1884/04/08Newcastle upon Tyne, England1956/11/11Cheltenham, EnglandEnglishPupil of Otakar Ševčík / Dedicatee of Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending (1920)
Pászthory, Pálma von1884/05/23Budapest, Hungary1958Weilheim/Oberbayern, GermanyHungarian[45]
Bell Collier, Bessie1885/04/03Cohasset, Massachusetts, US1969/04/04Massachusetts, USAmericanStudent of Franz Kneisel / soloist with various orchestras performed benefit concerts during World War I
Hayward, MarjorieMarjorie Olive Hayward1885/08/14Greenwich, England1953/01/10London, EnglandEnglishPupil of Émile Sauret and Otakar Ševčík / 1st violin, leader of the Virtuoso String Quartet,[46][47]
Luboshutz, Lea1885/02/22Odesa, Ukraine1965/03/18Odesa, UkraineRussianChild prodigy / pupil of Emil Młynarski / chamber musician / toured widely in Europe and the US
Fachiri, Adila1886/02/26Budapest, Hungary1962/12/15London, EnglandHungarianSister of violinist Jelly d'Arányi / Dedicatee, with her sister Jelly d'Arányi, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929)
Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène1888/01/30France1961/05/15Paris, FranceFrenchDedicatee of Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata (1927)
Geyer, StefiStefy Geyer1888/06/28Budapest, Hungary1956/12/11Zürich, SwitzerlandHungarianPupil of Jenő Hubay, 1902 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 (1907–08) and Othmar Schoeck Violin Concerto Op.21 (1912) /[48]
Stillings, KempKatharine Kemp Stillings1888/06/30Roxbury, Massachusetts, US1967/04/30New York City, USAmericanPupil of Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer / Performed in Russian and Finland before World War I / after becoming blind in 1920s, concentrated on teaching
Breittmayer, Maggy1888/09/02Geneva, Switzerland1961/05/06Geneva, SwitzerlandSwissPupil of Carl Flesch / Performed in Europe before World War I / teacher at Geneva Conservatory
Southgate, ElsieMiss Elsie Southgate "The Royal Violinist"1880/1/23London, England1946/05/05London, EnglandEnglish
Chemet, RenéeRenée Henriette Joséphine Chemet1887/01/09Boulogne-sur-Seine, France1977/01/02Paris, FranceFrenchLeading international soloist for decades / recording artist and broadcaster
Azpiroz, Marie1889/11/27Madrid, Spainafter 1919Los Angeles, USSpanishPerformed in Cuba, Mexico, South America and the United States / educator
Viëtor, Alba Rosa1889/07/18Milan, Italy1979/04/15USScottishPupil of César Thomson and Otakar Ševčík / violinist and composer
Cullen, Jenny1890Scotland1957ScottishPupil of Henri Verbrugghen / concert master of the State Symphony Orchestra of Sydney / first female member of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Parlow, Kathleen1890/09/20Fort Calgary, Alberta, Canada1963/08/19Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCanadianPupil of Leopold Auer
Breuning-Storm, Gunna1891/01/25Copenhagen, Denmark1966/04/24Copenhagen, DenmarkDanishPupil of Johannes Schiørrin, Torben Anton Svendsen and Henri Marteau / performed as a soloist in German cities and played for Empress Augusta Viktoria / founded her own chamber orchestra and played in the Breuning-Bache Quartet
Lincoln Kerr, Louise1892/04/24Cleveland, Ohio, US1977/12/10Cottonwood, Arizona, USAmericanViolinist, violist and composer / performed with the Pasadena Symphony / studied with Stravinsky and Prokofiev
d'Arányi, Jelly1893/05/30Budapest, Hungary1966/03/30HungarianPupil of Jenő Hubay / concert tours in Europe and America / chamber trio with Pablo Casals
Canales, Marta1893/06/17Santiago, Chile1986/12/06Chileanfounded chamber ensemble / worked later as a composer and conductor
Burrows, Grace1893/06/29Leicester, England1980Englishplayed viola in The Birmingham Quartet / founding leader of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Chartplayres, VivienVivian Chartres, Vivien Vivanti-Chartres, Vivien Chartres Burns, Vivien (Chartres) Young1893/06/25Turin, Italy1941/09/01Hove Sussex, EnglandEnglishPupil of Otakar Ševčík[49] / She owned an "Alessandro Gagliano" violin
Evrard, JaneJeanne Chevallier1893/02/05Neuilly-Plaisance1985/11/04Paris, FranceFrenchPupil of M. Lefort / founded and conducted the all-women Orchestre féminin de Paris
Kennedy, DaisyDaisy Fowler Kennedy1893/01/16Burra, South Australia, Australia1981/07/30Hammersmith, London, EnglandAustralian-EnglishPupil of Otakar Ševčík / Wife of pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch (1914–24) /[50][51]
Menges, IsoldeIsolde Marie Menges1893/05/16Sussex, England1976/01/13London, EnglandEnglishPupil 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 /[52]
Arányi, Jelly d'Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár1893/05/30Budapest, Hungary1966/03/30Firenze, ItalyHungarianPupil 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)
Healy, Gertrude 1894/03/18 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 1984/10/6 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Australian Concert violinist, taught at Albert Street Conservatorium of Music, and conducted the chamber orchestra.[53]
Barstow, VeraMiss Vera Barstow1895Pasadena, California, US196?USAmericanPupil of Luigi von Kunits / Premiered Leo Ornstein's Violin Sonata Op.26 (1915) /[54][55] / Premiered Charles Wakefield Cadman's Violin Sonata in G major (1930) / Played the "Giovan Battista Guadagnini", 1745
Rudge, Olga1895/04/13US1985/03/15Venice, Los Angeles, California USAmericanConcert violinist / performed in Italy with Ildebrando Pizzetti / mistress of the poet Ezra Pound
Andjelkovitch, Eileen Eileen Constance Smith, Eileen Russell Worby, Eileen C. Tcherniak, Eileen C. Cathie 1896-03-18 Ireland 1941-10-15 Worthing, U.K. British violinist, musical director, and music educator based in London; made recordings
Given, Thelma1896US1977American[56][57][58]
Stevens, Cecile Cecile Ann Stevens, Cecile Molloy 1896 Sydney, Australia Australian Child musician, won scholarship to study at Royal Academy of Music; toured internationally in 1920s; lived in East Africa after marriage
Stolofsky, IreneIrene Stolofsky Davis1896/07/28Chicago, Illinois US1950/07/28AmericanStudent of Hugh (Harry) Dimond / Toured US and Canada in the 1920s / member of Bohumir Kryl's Orchestral Sextette / educator
Moodie, AlmaAlma Templeton Moodie1898/09/12Rockhampton, Australia1943/03/7Frankfurt, GermanyAustralianPupil of César Thomson / No recordings exist
Merrill Warren, Winifred1898/06/24Atlanta, Georgia US1990/03/11IllinoisAmericanSoloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / formed the Indiana University Trio / educator
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie Carmenb. Sofia (Sonia) Fridman-Kochevskaya1899/01/06Moscow, Russia1974/12/02Stuttgart, GermanyCanadianComposer and virtuoso pianist and violinist.
Dubiska, Irena1899/09/26Inowrocław, Poland1990/06/01Warsaw, PolandPolishPupil of Bronislaw Huberman and Carl Flesch /[59]
Harrison, Margaret1899Chatham, England1965/12/24Limpsfield, EnglandEnglishPupil of Achille Rivarde from the age of 5 / performed Delius works with her sisters
Sampigny, Hortense deHortense de Sampigny-Bailly189?France1970FranceFrenchMember of Trio Trillat / Dedicatee of Bohuslav Martinů's Violin Sonata No.2 (1931)
Ferrari, AlbertinaAlberta Lovrich or Lovrič1900Zara-Zadar, Austro-Hungary (now Croatia)1986Trieste, ItalyItalianPupil of Jenő Hubay, 1924 / Founder of Trio di Milano, 1932 / Mother of Giorgio Strehler (1921–1997), Italian director / [60][61]
Wegener, EmmyEmmy Heil Frensel-Wegener1901/06/14Amsterdam, Netherlands1973/01/11Laren, NetherlandsDutchViolinist, pianist, poet and composer
Fehér, IlonaIlona Feher1901/12/3Budapest, Hungary1988/01Holon, IsraelHungarianPupil of Jenő Hubay, 1920
Hribar, Vida Jeraj1902/05/04Vienna, Austria2002/05/06Ljubljana, SloveniaSlovenianViolinist and music educator
Welge, Gladys1902/05/23Austin, Illinois1976/07/27California, USAmericanViolinist and conductor / conductor of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago / educator
Rubinstein, ErnaErna Rubenstein1903/03/3Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Hungary[?]1966Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USHungarianPupil of Jenő Hubay, 1918 / New protégée of Willem Mengelberg /[62] / On August 13, 1945 she divorced from screenwriter George Bruce / Owned the "Gudgeon" Stradivari, 1672
Kramer, ToscaDr. Tosca Berger Kramer1903/06/17New Zealand1976/12/27Tulsa, Oklahoma, USAmericanPupil of Eugène Ysaÿe
Wilson, Marie1903/11/30Epping Forest, England1959London, EnglandEnglish[63][64]
Morini, ErikaErica Morini1904/01/5Vienna, Austria1995/10/31New York, USAustrian-AmericanPupil of Otakar Ševčík
Kersey, Eda1904/05/16Goodmayes, Essex1944/07/13London, EnglandEnglish
Delbos, ClaireLouise Justine Delbos1906/11/02Paris, France1959/04/22Hauts-de-Seine, FranceFrenchStudied at Paris Conservatoire / recitals with her composer husband Olivier Messiaen
Rosé, AlmaAlma Rosé b. Rosenblum1906/11/3Vienna, Austria1944/04/4AuschwitzAustrianDaughter of Arnold Rosé / Wife of Váša Příhoda / Director of the "Women's Orchestra" at Auschwitz
De Vito, GiocondaGioconda Anna Clelia De Vito1907/07/27Martina Franca, Italy1994/10/24Rome, ItalyItalian
Macnaghten, Anne1908/08/09Northern Ireland2000/12/31EnglishPupil of Jelly d'Arányi and Walther Davisson / founded the all-female Macnaghten String Quartet and the New Macnaghten Concerts
Bacewicz, GrażynaGrazyna Bacewicz1909/02/5Łódź, Poland1969/01/19Warsaw, PolandPolishPupil of Carl Flesch / Also composer
Fulton, MarjorieMarjorie Harrell / b. Marjorie McAllister Fulton1909/12/28Oklahoma City, Oklahoma US1962/11/3Dallas, Texas, USAmericanMother of cellist Lynn Harrell
Umińska, Eugenia1910/10/4Warsaw, Poland1980/11/20Kraków, PolandPolish
Barinova, GalinaGalina Vsevolodovna Barinova1910/10/7Saint Petersburg, Russia2006/09/20Leningrad, RussiaRussianPupil of Jacques Thibaud /[65]
Stark, Ethel1911/08/25Montreal, Canada2012/02/16Montreal, CanadaCanadianViolinist and conductor / founded and conducted the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra / educator
Pashkus, Alice1911/02/21Germany1972/02/3Vienna, AustriaGerman[66]
Ignatius, AnjaAnja Hirvensalo1911/06/2Tampere, Finland1995/04/10Helsinki, FinlandFinnish
Kaye, EvelynEvelyn / Evelyn Kaye Klein (a.k.a. Evelyn Silverstone)1911/10/19US1990/06/8USAmericanviolinist and actress / played with the 'All-Girl Orchestra' of her husband Phil Spitalny /[67][68][69]
Carmirelli, Pina1914/01/23Varzi, Italy1993/02/26Capena, ItalyItalianPupil of Michelangelo Abbado / Owned three violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1941, 1954 and 1956
Shapiro, Eudice1914/02/25Buffalo, NY US2007/09/17Los Angeles, California, USAmerican[70]
Lidka, MariaMarianne Louise Liedtke1914/05/27Berlin, Germany2013/12/12London, EnglandBritishPupil 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 /[71]
Posselt, RuthRuth Pierce Posselt1914/09/6Medford, Massachusetts, US2007/02/19New York, USAmericanPupil of Emanuel Ondříček / Wife of Richard Burgin (Auer pupil) who was concertmaster of the BSO for many years under Serge Koussevitzky.
Lephay-Belthoise, Yvonne1914/09/27Dieppe, France2011/11/17FrenchPupil of Jules Boucherit / orchestral violinist and recitalist touring for the Alliance Française
Field, Joan1915/04/28Long Branch, New Jersey, US1988/03/18Miami Beach, Florida, USAmericanPupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding, Michel Piastro, Marcel Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu
Dunicz-Niwińska, Helena1915/07/28Vienna, Austria2018/06/12Krakow, PolandPolishPerformed in the Auschwitz orchestra
Devries, Gabrielleb. Gabrielle Rossi1915/10/19Nice, France2001/11/04Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), FranceFrenchPupil of Marcel Reynal and Gabriel Bouillon / Wife of the composer Ivan Devries (1909–1997) / Obituary and short bio (in French) /[72]
Bustabo, Guilab. Teressina Bustabo1916/02/25Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US2002/04/27Birmingham, Alabama, USAmericanDedicatee of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto Op.26 (1944) and Otmar Nussio's Violin Concerto (1959)
Zorian, Olive1916Manchester, England1965EnglishFounder of the Zorian Quartet
Behrend, Louise1916/10/3Washington, DC, US2011/08/3New York, USAmericanPupil of Louis Persinger /[73]
Hendrickson, Lyndall1917b. Balaklava (South Australia)2017/07/22Adelaide, AustraliaAustralianPupil of Ludwik Schwab/Renowned violin pedagogue / Member of AUSTA /[74]
DeLay, Dorothy1917/03/31Medicine Lodge, Kansas, US2002/03/24New York, USAmericanPupil of Ivan Galamian
Canberg, Mary1918Grand Rapids, Michigan, US2004/06/15West Nyack, New York, USAmericanPupil of Ivan Galamian
Gründer, Anne-MarieAnne-Marie Gründer1918/05/17Chexbres, Switzerland1996/11/22Berne, SwitzerlandSwissPupil of Carl Flesch / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1944 /[75]
Glenn, CarrollElizabeth Carroll Glenn1918/10/28Richmond, Virginia, US1983/04/25New York, USAmericanPupil of Édouard Dethier / Wife and Duo partner of pianist Eugene List
Rapaport, RosemaryNancy Rosemary Peace Rapaport1918/03/19St Albans, England2011/06/08Olney, EnglandEnglishPupil of Rowsby Woof and Frederick Grinke / member of the Halle Orchestra / founded the Purcell School for musically gifted children
Luzzato, WandaWanda Luzzato, b. Carpi1919/06/19Varese, Italy2002/09/25Milan, ItalyItalianPupil of Jenő Hubay, 1935 / Dedicatee of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Divertimento in D major, for Violin and Orchestra (1959/60) / [76][77][78]
Neveu, Ginette1919/08/11Paris, France1949/10/28Azores, PortugalFrench1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935
Gilels, ElizabethElizaveta / Yelizaveta Gilels1919/09/30Odesa, Ukraine, USSR2008/03/13Moscow, RussiaRussianPupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky, Abram Yampolsky and Miron Polyakin/ Sister of Emil Gilels, wife of Leonid Kogan
Suwa, Nejikob. Nejiko Oga1920/01/23Tokyo, Japan2012/03/6Tokyo, JapanJapanesePupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono /[79]
Tuttle, Karen1920/03/28Lewiston, Idaho, US2010/12/16AmericanSwitched to viola; Pupil of William Primrose /[80]
Pardee, Margaret1920/05/10Valdosta, Georgia, US2016/01/26Westbury, New York, USAmericanPupil of Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, and Louis Persinger
Havas, Kató1920/11/05Târgu Secuiesc, Romania (Transylvania/Hungary)2018/12/31LondonHungarian-BritishPedagogue[81]
Lengyel, GabrielleGabriella / Gaby Lengyel1920/11/20Budapest, Hungary1993/03/22ParisHungarian-Frenchthe last pupil of Jenő Hubay / studied with Ede Zathureczky / awards: "Eduard Rémenyi Prize" (Budapest, 1934); 2nd "Vienna Competition" (Vienna, 1937); 2nd "International Long-Thibaud Competition" (Paris, 1946); Hungarian National "Pro Arte" medal (Budapest, 1947); Grand Prix "Carl Flesch Competition" (London, 1948) / she performed in Duo with her brother Attila (Atty Lengyel) and founded the Trio Lengyel (with Atty, piano and Endre Lengyel, cello)
Stucki, Aida1921/02/19Cairo, Egypt2011/06/9Winterthur, SwitzerlandSwiss[82]
Bobesco, LolaLola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco (Bobescu)1921/08/9Craiova, Romania2003/09/4Spa, BelgiumRomanian
Lack, Fredell1922/02/19Tulsa, Oklahoma, US2017/08/20Houston, Texas, USAmericanNoted concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and prolific teacher. Owner of "Baron Deurbroucq" Antonio Stradivari, 1727. Her bow: François Tourte.
Lama, Lina1922/04/22Faenza, Italy2014/11/28Rome, ItalyItalianviolinist and violist [83]
Pegreffi, Elisa1922/06/10Genova, Italy2016/01/14Reggio Emilia, ItalyItalianPupil of Arrigo Serato / Wife of Paolo Borciani and 2nd violin of Quartetto Italiano,[84] / Owns two violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1942 and 1943
Liivak, Evi1924Viljandi, Estonia1996New York, New York USEstonian-AmericanPupil of Ede Zathureczky and Max Strub / in 1962 she acquired the "Lipiński" Stradivarius, 1715 /[85]
Ajemian, Anahid1924/01/26Brooklyn, New York, US2016/06/13New York, USAmericanPupil of Edouard Dethier / in 1960s founded the Composers String Quartet.
Gilels, ZinaidaZinaida Grigoryevna Gilels1924/02/24Odesa, Ukraine, USSR2000/05/07USSoviet-AmericanPupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky, Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Niece of Elizabeth Gilels and Emil Gilels
Van Dyke, Marcia1924/03/26US2002/09/03USAmerican
Martzy, Johanna1924/10/26Timișoara, Transylvania1979/08/13Glarus, SwitzerlandHungarianPupil of Jenö Hubay / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1947 /[86]
Auclair, Michèle1924/11/16Paris, France2005/06/10Paris, FranceFrenchPupil of Jules Boucherit, Boris Kamensky and Jacques Thibaud / 1st prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1943 / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1945 /[87]
Glezarova, Maya1924/12/10Russia2017/07/17Moscow, RussiaRussianRussian violin professor, pupil and assistant of Yuri Yankelevich /[88]
Cserfalvi, ElisabethElise Cserfalvi1926Budapest, Hungary1970s ?LondonHungarianPupil of Ede Zathureczky / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1946 / 3rd Prize Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, 1951[89] / Played at "BBC Proms" in 1960, 1961 and 1964 / Her Duo partner was pianist Géza Frid / Wife of Árpád Gérecz.
Mari, IwamotoMarry Esther1927/01/19Japan1979/05/11Tokyo, JapanJapanesePupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono and Louis Persinger /[79]
Liddell, Nona1927/06/09Ealing, London, England2017/04/13EnglishPupil of Rowsby Woof / soloist, leader of chamber music ensembles and educator
Kaverzneva, OlgaOlga Viktorovna Kaverzneva1926/05/12Odesa, USSR2006/12/25Moscow, RussiaRussianPupil of Benjamin Z. Mordkovich and David Oistrach
Tsitsikian, AnahitAnahit Tsitsikyan1926/08/26Leningrad, USSR1999/05/2Yerevan, ArmeniaArmenian[90]
Zerounian, Ara1926/11/26Detroit, Michigan, US2012/10/29Ridgefield, Connecticut, USAmerican-Armenian[91]
Monosoff, Sonya1927USlivingAmericanPupil of Louis Persinger / Pioneer of baroque violin /[92]
Hidy, Marta1927/01/11Budapest, Hungary2010/11/4Hamilton, CanadaHungarian CanadianPupil of Ede Zathureczky, Leo Weiner and Zoltán Kodály / 1st prize Franz Liszt Academy's Remenyi Competition, 1943 / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 /[93]
Kwalwasser, Helen1927/10US2017USAmericanPupil of Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. and Ivan Galamian / Violin pedagogue
Travers, Patricia1927/12/5Clifton, New Jersey, US2010/02/9Clifton, New Jersey, USAmericanPlayed the "Tom Taylor" Stradivarius, 1732 / After 1951 she quit performing concerts
Parchomienko, OlgaOlga Parkhomenko1928/04/7Kyiv, Ukraine, USSR2011/06/5USSRRussianPupil of David Oistrakh / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952
Berkovich, KlaraKlara Yefimovna Berkovich / b. Klara Gordion1928/05/19Odesa, Ukraine, USSRlivingBaltimore, Maryland, USRussian-American
Kimber, Beryl1928/06/03Perth, Australia2022/11/25Sydney, AustraliaAustralianPupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 /[94]
Leonhardt, Marieb. Marie Amsler1928/11/06Netherlands2022/07/23AmsterdamDutchBaroque violin / Pupil of Max Rostal / Wife of Gustav Leonhardt
Nelli ShkolnikovaNelly Chkolnikova / Nelli Efimovna Shkolnikova1928/07/8Zolotonosha, Ukraine, USSR2010/02/2Melbourne, AustraliaRussianPupil of Yuri Yankelevich / 1st great prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1953
Wicks, CamillaCamilla Dolores Wicks1928/08/9Long Beach, California, USlivingAmerican-Norwegian[95]
Haendel, Ida1928/12/15Chelm, Poland2020/07/1London, EnglandEnglishPupil of Carl Flesch and George Enescu / 7th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935
Hodgkins, Claire1929Portland, Oregon, US2011Thousand Oaks, California, USAmericanPupil of Jascha Heifetz / international violinist, educator, chamber musician, and founder of the Jascha Heifetz Society
Barbara Penny19292007BritishThe first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiłkomirska, WandaWanda Wilkomirska1929/01/11Warsaw, Poland2018/05/01AustraliaPolish2nd prize (ex-aequo) Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / Member or the "Wilkomirski-Trio" (Kazimierz Wilkomirski (piano), Maria (cello) & Wanda Wilkomirska) / Plays a 1734 violin by Pietro Guarneri, Venice.
Fain, RosaRoza Fajn1929/01/19Odesa, Ukraine, USSRlivingRussianPupil of David Oistrakh / 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957[96]
Elphège, Flora1930s ?Grénoble, Franceliving ?Grénoble, FranceFrenchRenowned violin pedagogue / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 /[97] / Piano Trio: Jean Martin (piano), Flora Elphège (violin), Claude Burgos (cello) /[98]
Steiner, Diana1930s ?USliving ?USAmericansister of cellist and conductor Frances Steiner /[99]
Varga, Normab. Norma Jones1936Englanddeceased 2012USEnglishPupil of Isolde Menges / Wife of violinist Ruben Varga (1928–1984) / Mother of violinist Rachel Varga / Mother of composer David Varga /[100]
Givskov, TutterTutter Ellen Margrethe Givskov1930/04/30Copenhagen, DenmarklivingDanishPupil of Thorvald Nielsen and Erling Bloch / leader of the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / founder of the Copenhagen String Quartet
Harnoncourt, Aliceb. Alice Hoffelner1930/09/26Vienna, AustrialivingViennaAustrianBaroque violin / Wife of Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Hagen, Betty-JeanBetty-Jeanne Hagen1930/10/17Edmonton, Canada2016/12/29CanadianPupil of Ludwig Becker and Ivan Galamian / 3rd Grand Prix Concours-Long-Thibaud, 1951 (when Ivry Gitlis was 5th) /[101]
Paetsch, PriscillaPriscilla McClure Johnson Paetsch1931/11/18Evanston, Illinois, US2017/07/19Colorado Springs, USAmericanViolinist, violist, chamber musician and educator
Theuveny, Marie ClaudeMarie-Claude Theuveny-Petit1931Paris, France2012/07/23Paris, FranceFrench2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1948 /[102]
Schneidermann, Dina1931?Odesa, Ukraine2016/08/09Uppsala, SwedenRussian-Bulgarian-SwedishPupil of David Oistrakh / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1960 / Played Paganini's "Il Cannone" by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, 1743
Fernández, HuguetteFernandez Huguette / b. Delsol1932Spain2012/12/10Decazeville, FranceFrench2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1950 / Till 1969, concertmaster of the Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard /[103]
Lautenbacher, SusanneSuzanne or Susi Lautenbacher1932/04/19Augsburg, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Karl Freund and Henryk Szeryng (briefly)
Garnier, Liliane1932/09/13Dijon, FrancelivingFrench[104]
Yashvili, MarinaJasvili (Iashvili) Marine Luarsabovna1932/10/2Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR2012/07/9Moscow, RussiaRussianPupil of Konstantin Mostras / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 /[105]
Berkova, SandraSaundra Berkova / b. Maazel / Sandra Macaulay1933Los Angeles, California, US1978/01/11Los Angeles, California USAmericanDaughter of violinist Frances Berkova / Cousin of conductor Lorin Maazel /[106][107]
Tarjus, Blanche1933France1990FranceFrenchPupil of René Benedetti, George Enescu and Alice Pashkus / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952[108] / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1952 / 2nd prize ex-aequo 'Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud', 1953 /[109]
Spirk, Margit1933/04/12Trento, ItalylivingItalianPupil of Sandor Vegh and Váša Příhoda /[110]
Bagdasarjanz, Ursula1934Winterthur, SwitzerlandlivingSwissPupil of Aida Stucki, Marcel Reynal, Sándor Végh, Joseph Calvet and Max Rostal
Erduran, Ayla1934/09/22Istanbul, TurkeylivingTurkishPupil of Karl Berger, Ivan Galamian, Zino Francescatti, David Oistrakh / 5th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957[111] / iKSV 2007 Award[112]
Ruppert, ChristaChrista Ruppert Leira1935/04/02Frankfurt, Germany2010/05/06Cascais, PortugalGerman-PortuguesePupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff and Oskar Back / concert soloist in various European cities / in Lisbon, concertmaster of the National Radio Orchestra
Kaliszewska, Jadwiga1936Warsaw, Poland2012Poznań, PolandRussianPupil of Eugenia Umińska / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962[113]
Kan, Suna1936/10/21Adana, TurkeylivingTurkish
Beilina, NinaNina Michailowna Beilina / Nina Beilina-Chudnovsky1937Odesa, Ukraine, USSR2018New York, USRussian-AmericanPupil of Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Dedicatee of Alfred Schnittke Suite in the Old Style (1972) and Boris Tischenko Violin Fantasy, Op.118 (1994) /[114]
Kaine, Carmel1937/03/22Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia2013/04/21AustralianPupil of Ivan Galamian / soloist and chamber musician / recording artist and educator
Peinemann, Edith1937/03/3Mainz, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Max Rostal
Vamos, Almita1938USlivingAmericanWife of violin pedagogue Roland Vamos
Petrosyan, ZoyaIsabella Petrosian1939RussialivingRussianPupil of David Oistrakh / 4th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962[115]
Gotkovsky, Nell1939/09/26Paris, France1997/07/15Brigham, Utah, USFrench[116][117]
Givens, Shirley1940s ?Louisville, Kentucky USlivingNew York, New York USAmericanPupil of Ivan Galamian / Renowned violin pedagogue at Juilliard School / Wife of cellist/conductor Harry Wimmer /[118]
Kuronuma, Yuriko1940/06/04Tokyo, JapanlivingJapaneseAward-winning Japanese violinist
Le Dizès, Maryvonne1940s ?FrancelivingParis, FranceFrench1st prize Paganini Competition, 1962 / Active with Ensemble Intercontemporain /[119]
Lozada, Carmencita1940Manila, Philippines2006/08/15Pasig, PhilippinesFilipinoPupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff in Salzburg; after graduating from the Music School in Vienna, she moved in The Netherlands and there took up residence in Jan.1964. In 1975 she moved to Germany, and in the span of 30 years she performed in Europe, United States, Canada and Asia. Prizes at Paganini Competition: 4th ex aequo, 1956; 2nd ex aequo, 1961 /[120]
Yu Lina1940Nigbo, ChinalivingChineseSoloist and educator
Brown, Iona1941/01/07Salisbury, England2004/06/05Salisbury, EnglandEnglishConcertmaster and Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Ushioda, Masuko1942/04/04Shenyang, Manchuria2013/05/28Boston, Massachusetts USJapanese
Alsted, Birgitte1942/06/15Odense, DenmarklivingDanishEducated at Royal Danish Academy of Music / violinist in Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Abel, Jenny1942/11/13Bredstedt, Kreis Husum, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Max Rostal and Henryk Szeryng / Duo with pianist Roberto Szidon /[121]
Armstrong, Helen1943/08/09Rockford, Illinois, US2006/04/28Greenwich, Connecticut, USAmericanPupil of Ivan Galamian
Perenyi, Eszter1943/12/15Budapest, HungarylivingHungarianClassical violinist and educator
Spitzner, Renate1943/05/28Prague, CzechoslovakialivingVienna, AustriaAustrianViolinist, composer, educator / founder of the Music-social Method
Nishizaki, Takako1944/04/14JapanlivingHong KongJapanesePupil of Joseph Fuchs / Spouse of Klaus Heymann, "Naxos" label owner
Mordkovitch, Lydiab. Lydia Shtimerman1944/04/30Saratov, Russia2014/12/09London, EnglandRussian-BritishPupil of David Oistrakh / 5th prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969
Eggebrecht, Renate1944/08/12Selent, Schleswig-Holstein, GermanylivingGerman
Chumachenco, AnaChumachenko1945/06/23Padova, ItalylivingItalian-GermanStudied with Ljerko Spiller, Yehudi Menuhin, Joseph Szigeti. Sandor Vegh / Teaches at the "Kronberg Academy"
Lara, Catherineborn Catherine Bodet1945/05/17Poissy, FrancelivingFrenchoriginally classical violinist and chamber musician / established the Lara Quartet / now mainly neo-classical, rock and pop
Milanova, Stoika1945/08/05Plovdiv, BulgarialivingBulgarianPupil of David Oistrakh / 2nd prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition, 1967[122]
Dael, Lucy van1946Amsterdam, NetherlandslivingDutchBaroque violin
Grindenko, TatianaTatjana Grindenko1946/03/29Kharkiv, Ukraine, URSSlivingRussian1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972
Isakadze, Liana1946/08/02Tbilisi, GeorgialivingGeorgian[123]
Fried, Miriam1946/09/09Satu Mare, RomanialivingIsraeliPupil of Alice Fenyves, Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian / 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1968; 1st Prize Grand prix international Reine Elisabeth, 1971
Banchini, Chiara1946/10/07Lugano, SwitzerlandlivingSwissBaroque violin
Shiokawa, Yūko1946/06/01Tokyo, JapanlivingJapaneseStudent of Eugen Cremer / International soloist with major orchestras / chamber musician and recitalist
Kakudo, Kaoru1947Japan2004/04/05Rotterdam, NetherlandsJapanesePupil of Ivan Galamian / Also concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Spitková, Jela1947/01/01Nové Mesto and Váhom, CzechoslovakialivingSlovak-AustrianPupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff and Igor Oistrakh
Bernard, Claire1947Rouen, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Henryk Szeryng / 1st prize George Enescu International Competition, 1964 / [124] / Owned a "Giuseppe Guarnieri", 1741 /[125]
Thompson, GwenGwendoline Linda Louise Thompson1947/03/30Winnipeg, CanadalivingCanadianPupil of Ivan Galamian
Chung, Kyung-Wha1948/03/26Seoul, South KorealivingKoreanPupil of Ivan Galamian / 1st Prize "Leventritt International Competition", 1967
Kavafian, Ani1948/05/10Istanbul, TurkeylivingAmerican-ArmenianPupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian / professor of violin at Yale University / plays the 1736 "Muir McKenzie" Stradivarius violin
Vasile, Cornelia1948/12/10Timişoara, Romania2010/09/01Munich, GermanyRomanianPupil of Ivry Gitlis in Salzburg and Paris, 1969–70 /[126] / in 1969 she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices, for DGG 'Debut Collection' /[127]
Verhey, Emmy1949/03/13Amsterdam, NetherlandslivingDutchPupil of Herman Krebbers, Wolfgang Schneiderhan and David Oistrakh
Lamon, Jeanne1949/08/14New York, New York USlivingOntario, CanadaAmericanBaroque violin / Pupil of Robert Koff and Herman Krebbers
Volckaert, Edith1949/08/27Gand, Belgium1992/07/02Paris, FranceBelgian
Sîrbu, MarianaMariana Sirbu1950s ?Iaşi, Romania2023/08/01RomanianPupil 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, Sylvie1950/01/30Orléans, FrancelivingFrench
Comberti, Micaela1952/09/28London, England2003/03/04EnglishPupil of Manoug Parikian and Sándor Végh / played in a number of ensembles / final performance in 2003
Marcovici, Silvia1952/01/30Bacău, RomanialivingStrasbourg FranceRomanianPerforms internationally as a soloist / also chamber musician, recitalist and educator
Wallfisch, Elizabethb. Elizabeth Hunt1952/01/28AustralialivingEnglishBaroque violin / Wife of cellist Raphael Wallfisch /[128]
Marcovici, Silvia1952/01/30Bacău, RomanialivingGraz, AustriaRomanianPupil of Stefan Gheorghiu / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969
Kavafian, Ida1952/10/29Istanbul, TurkeylivingAmerican-ArmenianPupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian
Huggett, Monica1953/05/16London, EnglandlivingEnglishBaroque violin / Pupil of Manoug Parikian, Kato Havas and Sigiswald Kuijken
Milanova, Vanya1954/01/12BulgarialivingBulgarian3rd Prize "Paganini International Competition" in 1973 / one of the first female violinists to record Paganini's 24 Caprices – LP Simax PS 1020 (p)1985
Ishikawa, Shizuka1954Tokyo, JapanlivingJapanese2nd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972
Carruzzo, Madeleine1956Sion, SwitzerlandlivingSwissPupil of Tibor Varga / first women engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic
Smith, Wilma1956FijilivingFijan / New ZealandPupil of Dorothy DeLay and Louis Krasner / founder of the New Zealand String Quartet / concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Chase, StephanieLynnette Seah Mei Tsing / born Seah Mei Tsing1957Evanston, Illinois, USlivingAmericanPupil of Arthur Grumiaux / concerts and recitals in US and Mexico / recording artist and educator
Seah, Lynnette1957SingaporelivingSingaporeanPupil of Goh Soon Tioe / co-leader of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra / soloist and recitalist
Müllejans, Petra1959Düsseldorf, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Rainer Kussmaul / specialist in Baroque violin / educator
Mullova, ViktoriaViktoria Yurievna Mullova1959/11/27Zhukovsky, Moscow, RussialivingLondon, EnglandRussianPupil of Leonid Kogan / Plays the "Jules Falk" Stradivari, 1723 c. and a "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini", 1750 c.
Wishart, Stevie1959United KingdomlivingEnglishViolinist and composer, specializing in early music and the medieval violin / member of the Sinfonye ensemble / recording artist
Juillet, Chantal1960/12/19Montreal, CanadalivingCanadianAward-winning young classical violinist /founded Saratoga Chamber Music Festival / educator
Malgoire, Florence1960/03/09Dugny, FrancelivingFrenchBaroque violin / Pupil of Sigiswald Kuijken / daughter of Jean-Claude Malgoire
Weiling, Vera TsuVera Tsu / Vera Tsu Wei Ling1960Shanghai, ChinalivingChineseProminent classical violinist / suffered under the cultural revolution / studied in America under Daniel Heifetz / soloist and chamber musician / educator
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadjab. Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg1961/01/10Rome, ItalylivingItalo-AmericanPupil of Dorothy DeLay
Jenson, Dylana1961/05/14Los Angeles, California, USlivingGrand Rapids, Michigan, USAmericanPupil of Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold
Paetsch, MichaelaMichaela Paetsch Neftel1961/11/12Colorado Springs, Colorado, USlivingBern, SwitzerlandAmerican
Dubeau, Angèle1962/03/24Saint-Norbert, QuebeclivingCanadianPupil of Dorothy DeLay / international performer, recording artist and broadcaster for Radio-Canada
Kimura, MariKimura Mari1962JapanlivingJapaneseViolinist and composer / educator / recording artist
Newman, MariaMaria Louise Newman1962/01/18Los Angeles, California USlivingAmericanViolinist, violist, composer, conductor, arranger
Mutter, Anne-Sophie1963/06/29Rheinfelden, GermanylivingGermanPupil 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)
Peters, Jane1963Adelaide, AustralialivingAustralianViolinist / Arts ambassador for Australia
Buchdahl, Kate1964/09/30Canberra, Australia1992/12/10AustralianPupil of Sándor Végh / toured internationally
Rolland, Brigitte1964/19/08Montreal, CanadalivingAustralianPupil of Mildred Goodman and Rodney Friend / soloist and recitalist
Gravoin, Anne1965/11/04Montauban, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Gérard Poulet / soloist and chamber musician / founded the Régie Orchestre
Little, Tasmin1965/05/13London, EnglandlivingEnglish
Mellem, Kristin1965/03/21NorwaylivingNorwegianviolinist, composer and conductor / educator
Petrozzi, Clara1965/12/30Lima, PerulivingFinlandPeruvianviolinist and viola soloist / chamber musician / composer and educator
Popov, Katia1965/03/03Sofia, Bulgaria2018/05/18USBulgarian-Americansoloist / chamber musician / concertmaster / session musician
Takezawa, Kyoko1966/10/30Ōbu, Aichi, JapanlivingUSJapanese
Keulen, Isabelle van1966/12/16Mildrecht, NetherlandslivingNetherlandsDutchPupil of Davina van Wely. Also violist. Won Eurovision Young Musicians contest 1984. Chamber musician and educator
Lee Chin, Siow1966SingaporelivingSingaporeanPupil of Aaron Rosand, Jascha Brodsky, Felix Galimir / international soloist / educator
Frank, Pamela1967/06/20New York, New York USlivingAmerican
Bossert, Laura Anne1968/04/24Chatham Township, New Jersey USlivingAmericanStudied at the Eastman School of Music / has been leader of various orchestras
Ikuko Kawai, Ikuko KawaiKawai Ikuko1968/01/19Takamatsu, JapanlivingJapaneseViolinist and composer / international soloist / recording artist
Podger, Rachel1968EnglandlivingEnglishStudied under David Takeno, Pauline Scott and Micaela Comberti / specializes in Baroque chamber music
Cantoreggi, Sandrine1969/05/29Bègles, FrancelivingLuxembourgPupil of Pierre Amoyal and Carlo Van Neste / performances in concert halls across Europe / now educator at the Luxembourg Conservatoire
Korkeala, Sonja1969Oulu, FinlandlivingFinnishPupil of Ari Angervo, Maria Vermes nad Ana Chumachenco / chamber musician and educator
Astrand, Christina1969/06/06Skanderborg, DenmarklivingDanishLeader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Brava, LindaLinda Cullberg Lampenius1970/02/26Helsinki, FinlandlivingFinnishchild prodigy / leader of the Helsinki Strings / pupil of Jorma Panula and Eri Klas / has played internationally with leading orchestras
Kim Chee-yunChee-Yun1970Seoul, South KorealivingDallas, Texas, USSouth KoreanPupil of Dorothy Delay, Hyo Kang and Felix Galimir / recitalist and soloist / educator
Meyers, Anne Akiko1970/05/15San Diego, California, USlivingAmerican[129]
Anthony, Adele1970/10/01SingaporelivingAustralianPupil of Lyndall Hendrickson and Beryl Kimber / now based in the United States
Båtnes, Elise1971/06/24Trondheim, NorwaylivingNorwegianPupil of Dorothy Delay, Ruggiero Ricci, David Takeno and Arve Tellefsen / leader several orchestras, currently the Oslo Philharmonic
Gotō, MidoriMidori1971/10/25Osaka, JapanlivingJapanese[130] / she plays the "ex Huberman – Ricci" Guarneri del Gesù
Krasko, Julia1971/04/06Moscow, RussialivingRussianPupil of Maya Glezarova / educator at the Moscow Conservatory
Reuter, Sophia1971Dresden, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Yehudi Menuhin and Alberto Lysy / violinist and violist / soloist, orchestral performer, chamber musician and educator
St. John, Lara1971/04/15London, Ontario, CanadalivingCanadianPupil of Linda Cerone, Gérard Jarry and Felix Galimir / international soloist with major symphony orchestras
Suwanai, Akiko1972/02/07JapanlivingJapanesePupil of Toshiya Eto / 1st Prize "International Tchaikovsky Competition" in 1990
Faust, Isabelle1972/03/19Esslingen am Neckar, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Christoph Poppen / 1st Prize Paganini Competition, 1993 / Plays the "Bella addormentata" Stradivari, 1704
Thorsen, Marianne1972/03/13Trondheim, NorwaylivingNorwegianPupil of Bjarne Fiskum and György Pauk / founded and led the Leopold String Trio / educator
Szilvay, Réka1972Helsinki, FinlandlivingFinnishClassical violinist
Pitcairn, Elizabeth1973/12/05Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USlivingAmericanPerforms as soloist / president of the Luzerne Music Center
Barton, RachelRachel Barton Pine1974/10/11Chicago, Illinois, USlivingAmericanStudied with Roland and Almita Vamos
Khitruk, AnastasiaАнастасия Хитрук1974/08Moscow, USSRlivingRussian-AmericanStudied with Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard School
Scheublé, Marie1974FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Gérard Poulet / first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition / post-romantic repertoire
Todorova, Mariana1974Varna, BulgarialivingBulgarianSoloist with various European orchestras / concertmaster of the Spanish Radiotelevision orchestra / chamber musician
Belcea, Corina1975RomanialivingRomanianPupil of Natalia Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menukin School / founded the Belcea Quartet
Baker, Jenny Oaks1975/05/27Provo, Utah USlivingAmericanFormer member of the National Symphony Orchestra / successful recording artist
Ecker, Haylie1975/10/09Perth, AustralialivingAustralianfounding member of the Bond string quartet / artistic director of the children's classical concert series PLAY!
Kam Ning1975SingaporelivingSingaporeanStudent of Yehudi Menuhin and later Donald Weilerstein / Soloist with leading orchestras
Misbakhova, ElviraElvira Rafailovna Misbakhova1975/06/20Nizhnekamsk, RussialivingMontrealRussian-Canadianviolinist and violist / chamber musician / recording artist / international soloist
Zgraggen, Simone1975/08/08Altdorf, SwitzerlandlivingSwissPupil of Alexander van Wijnkoop and Ulf Hoelscher / concertmaster of Basel Sinfonietta / educator
Widmann, Carolin1976Munich, GermanylivingGermanStudied with Igor Ozim, Michèle Auclair and David Takeno / Plays a 1782 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
Contzen, Mirijam1976Münster, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Tibor Varga /[131]
Özyürek, Hande1976Istanbul, TurkeylivingGermanPupil of Çiğdem İyicil / award-winning soloist and chamber musician across Europe
Hagner, Viviane1977Munich, GermanylivingGermansoloist with leading orchestras / chamber musician
Hou, SusanneYi-Jia Susanne Hou1977Shanghai, ChinalivingCanadianPupil of Dorothy DeLay, Naoko Tanaka, and Cho-Liang Lin / Violinist / recording artist
Li I-ching1977/12/18TaiwanlivingTaiwaneseInternational soloist / concertmaster of Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra
Josefowicz, LeilaLeila Bronia Josefowicz1977/19/20Mississauga, OntariolivingCanadianStudied with Jaime Laredo, Joseph Gingold, Felix Galimir and Jascha Brodsky / Plays the 1739 "Ebersolt" Guarneri del Gesù.
Laurenceau, Geneviève1977/11/02Strasbourg, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Wolfgang Marschner and Zakhar Bron / international soloist, chamber musician and recording artist / educator
Masin, Gwendolyn1977/11/77Amsterdam, NetherlandslivingDutchPupil of Herman Krebbers / tours as soloist and chamber musician / performances with various orchestras / educator
Tokareva, Nadezda1977/11/27Penza, RussialivingLjubljana, SloveniaRussian-SlovenianPupil of Eduard Grach / international soloist / chamber musician / educator
Jansen, Janine1978/01/07Soest, NetherlandslivingDutchPupil of Philippe Hirschhorn and Boris Belkin / Plays the "Barrere" Stradivari, 1727
Becker-Bender, Tanja1978/02/11Stuttgart, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Helmut Zehetmair, Wolfgang Marschner and Wilhelm Melcher
Mae, VanessaVanessa Mae Vanakorn Nicholson / Chén Měi1978/10/27SingaporelivingBritishGenres: Classical, techno, electronic and pop
Petcu-Colan, Ioana1978Cork, IrelandlivingIrishsoloist and widely performed chamber musician / interest in contemporary music
Trobäck, Saraborn Sara Katarina Trobäck1978Örebro, SwedenlivingGothenburgSwedishPupil of György Pauk / co-founder of Trio Poseidon / leader of the Gothenburg Symphony orchestra
Batiashvili, Lisab. Elisabed Batiashvili1979Tbilisi, GeorgialivingGeorgian2nd Prize Sibelius Competition, 1995 / Plays the "Engleman" Stradivari, 1709
Cantagrill, Marie1979FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Igor Oïstrakh / soloist with orchestras and in recitals
Favier, Amanda1979/04/07Paris, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Gérard Poulet and Igor Ozim / soloist from age 9 / chamber musician / recording artist
Gebert, Anna1979Warsaw, PolandlivingFinnishPupil of Igor Bezrodny and Magdalena Rezler / concert master of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra / chamber musician
Ferschtman, Liza1979Hilversum, NetherlandslivingDutchPupil of Yvry Gitlis, Igor Oistrakh and Aaron Rosand / soloist appearing with several orchestras / chamber musician
Hahn, Hilary1979/11/27Lexington, Kentucky, USlivingAmericanPupil of Klara Berkovich and Jascha Brodsky / Plays an 1864 copy of Paganini's Cannone made by Vuillaume
Ninomiya, Ayano1979Takamatsu, JapanlivingJapanese-AmericanPupil of Robert Mann / chamber musician performing internationally with various ensembles
Saeijs, Frederieke1979/01/25The Hague, NetherlandslivingDutchInternational soloist with various orchestras / educator
Vänskä, Satu1979Kinki, JapanlivingAustraliaFinnish-AustralianStudied under Ilya Grubert, Zinaida Gilels and Pavel Vernikov / Award-winning soloist / assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Chang, Sarahb. Young Joo Chang1980/12/10Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USlivingKorean-AmericanPupil of Dorothy DeLay / Plays the "ex Isaac Stern" Guarneri del Gesù, 1717
Grether, Elsa1980/06/28Mulhouse, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Ruggiero Ricci / soloist and recitalist performing in music festivals in France and abroad
Canellakis, Karina1981/08/23New York, New York USlivingAmericanPupil of Ida Kavafian / violinist who later became a conductor
Chiche, Marina1981/11/10Marseille, FrancelivingFrenchPupil of Jean Ter-Merguerian and Ana Chumachenco / international soloist and recitalist / educator, recording artist and radio producer / Plays a Giuseppe Gagliano, 1762
Kolly d'Alba, Rachel1981/05/21Lausanne, SwitzerlandlivingSwissStudied with Igor Ozim, Franco Gulli, Thomas Kakuska, Thomas Brandis, Hansheinz Schneeberger and Ivry Gitlis / Plays a 1732 Stradivari
Manoukian, Catherine1981/06/02Toronto, CanadalivingCanadianPupil of Dorothy DeLay / débuted with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra when 12 / soloist with many prominent orchestras / now based in Sweden
Montgomery, Jessie1981New York, New York USlivingAmericanviolinist, composer, chamber musician and music educator
Nemtanu, Sarah1981livingFranco-Romaniansoloist with Luc Héry / concertmaster of the Orchestre national de France / recording artist
Skride, BaibaRiga, Latvia1981livingLatvianInternational performer with various orchestras / recording artist
Steinbacher, Arabella1981/11/14Munich, GermanylivingGermanPupil of Dorothy DeLay and Ivry Gitlis / Plays the "Booth" Stradivari, 1716
Lee, MinLee Huei Minc. 1982SingaporelivingSingaporeanPupil of Erick Friedman / soloist with leading orchestras
Batikian, Ani1982/11/22Yerevan, ArmenialivingArmenianStudied at the Royal Academy of Music, receiving top violin prize / later pupil of Salvatore Accardo in Italy / solo concert performer
Lunny, Cora Venus1982Dublin, IrelandlivingIrishStudent of Joji Hattori and Vladimir Spivakov / award-winning classical musician / also folk music / recording artist
Shaw, Caroline1982/08/01Greenville, North Carolina, USlivingAmericanViolinist and composer / Pulitzer Prize for Music / chamber musician
Borrani, Lorenza1983Florence, ItalylivingItalianLeader, director, soloist and chamber musician / educator
Shoji, Sayaka1983/01/30Tokyo, JapanlivingJapaneseStudied with Uto Ughi and Riccardo Brengola at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, and later with Saschko Gawriloff and Zakhar Bron in Germany / Plays the "Recamier" Stradivari, 1729
Fischer, Julia1983/06/15Munich, GermanylivingGermanAlso concert pianist / Pupil of Lydia Dubrowskaya and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Philipp Augustin violin, 2012
Linnebach, Jessica1983Edmonton, CanadalivingCanadianFounding member of the Zukerman Chamber Players / soloist and chamber musician
Pečeny, Oksana1983/04/23Kyiv, UkrainelivingUkrainianStudent of Primož Novsak / soloist with Slovenian orchestras / chamber musician
Pogostkina, Alina1983/11/18Leningrad, RussialivingRussian-GermanPupil of Antje Weithaas / She won the 1997 Louis Spohr Competition and 1st Prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, 2005
Yang Jing1983Gulangyu, ChinalivingChineseaward-winning violinist, violist and five-string violist / viola principal of Camerata Salzburg, principal violist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Deutsch, Lindsay1984/11/28Houston, Texas, USlivingAmericanPupil of Robert Lipsett / soloist performances from the age of 11 /

appearances with orchestras throughout US and Canada

Kramperová, Iva1984CzechoslovakialivingCzechConcert master of the Barocco sempre giovane / concert performer and recording artist / educator
Samuelsen, Mari1984/12/21Hamar, NorwaylivingNorwegianChild prodigy / pupil of Arve Tellefsen and Stephan Barratt-Due / frequently performs with her brother Håkon, a cellist
Chen, Catharina1985NorwaylivingNorwegianConcert master of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Moreno, Leticia1985Madrid, SpainlivingSpanishPupil of Zakhar Bron / performed from an early age / extensive repertoire
Yoon, Soyoung1984/10/18Seoul, South KorealivingSouth KoreanPupil of Zakhar Bron / award-winning violinist
Ibragimova, Alina1985/09/28Polevskoy, RussialivingRussianPupil of Valentina Korolkova and Natalya Boyarskaya / recitalist, soloist and recording artist based in London
Yukawa, DianaDaiana Yukawa1985/09/16Tokyo, JapanlivingBritishViolinist and composer / Classical and modern performer
Kamio, Mayuko1986/06/12Osaka, JapanlivingJapanesePupil of Zakhar Bron / 1st Prize at Tchaikovsky Competition, 2007 / Plays the 1727 "ex Joseph Joachim" Stradivarius, on loan from Suntory
Frang, Vilde1986/08/19Oslo, NorwaylivingNorwegianPupil of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kolja Blacher and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, 1864
Kholodnaya, OlgaOlga Show1987/12/10Cheboksary, RussialivingRussianPupil of Zakhar Bron, Marcus Wolf and Didier Lockwood / Plays an 1853 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume
Yang, TianwaYáng Tianwa1987/04/08Beijing, ChinalivingChinesePupil of Lin Yaoji and protégé by Isaac Stern / Plays a Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri del Gesù, 1730
Benedetti, Nicola1987/07/19West Kilbride, Scotland, UKlivingEnglishPupil of Yehudi Menuhin and Natasha Boyarskaya
Hanslip, CloéChloë Elise Hanslip1987/09/28Guildford, UKlivingEnglishPupil of Natasha Boyarskaya and Zakhar Bron / Plays a 1737 Guarneri del Gesù
Kang, Clara-JumiClara-Jumi Kang1987Mannheim, GermanylivingGerman, Korean-GermanPupil of Valery Gradov, Dorothy Delay and Hyo Kang / Plays a 1708 "Ex-Strauss" Stradivarius
Lott, Maria-ElisabethClara-Jumi Kang1987/06/02Schramberg, GermanylivingGermanInternational orchestral soloist
Shin, Zia HyunsuHyun-Soo Shin1987/07/16Jeonju, South KorealivingSouth KoreanAward-winning violinist
Abrigo, Irene Irene Abrigo 1988/12/03 Turin, Italy living Winterthur, Switzerland Italian Solo concert violinist, student of Marie-Annick Nicolas, Pierre Amoyal and Corina Belcea. She plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1758
Azaiez, Yasmine1988/10/16London, EnglandlivingBritishStudied at the Yehudi Menuhin School / now based in Tunisia
Eberle, Veronika1988/12/26Donauwörth, GermanylivingGermanShe plays the "ex Busch" Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1783
Hemsing, Ragnhild1988/02/15Nord-Aurdal, NorwaylivingNorwegiandébuted with the Bergan Philharmonic when 13 / appearances at major festivals and concert halls in Norway
Nobile, Carlotta1988/12/20Rome, Italy2013/07/16Benevento, ItalyItalianviolinist, art historian and writer / artistic director of Santa Sophia Academy chamber orchestra
Kim, Bomsori1989/12/13Daegu, South KorealivingNew York City, USAKoreanPupil of Young Uck Kim, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Ronald Copes / Plays a J.B. Guadagnini Turin, 1774
Pike, Jennifer1989/11/09EnglandlivingEnglishAt age 12 was BBC Young Musician of the Year / performances with various orchestras
Soumm, Alexandra1989/05/17Moscow, RussialivingParisFrenchAward-winning violinist / international soloist with several orchestras
Šūmane, Paula1989/05/04Riga, LatvialivingLatvianSoloist and concertmaster
Suzuki, AiriSuzuki Airi1989/11/09Tokyo, JapanlivingJapaneseAward-winning young violinist
Hemsing, Eldbjørg1990/02/16Nord-Aurdal, NorwaylivingNorwegianchild prodigy / pupil of Boris Kuschnir / collaboration with Tan Dun / chamber musician and soloist with numerous orchestras
Steele, Emma1990/04/11Chicago, IllinoislivingAmericanSoloist and concertmaster, Royal Danish Orchestra [132]
Chen, Stella 1992 US living Asian-American An alumnus of the New England Conservatory of Music and student of Li Lin and Catherine Cho at Juilliard as of July 2020.
Goicea, Ioana Crstina1993/11/06Bucharest, RomanialivingRomanianPupil of Mariana Sîrbu / recitalist, soloist and chamber musician
Brabetz, Christina1993/10/08Windhoek, NamibialivingSouth AfricanPupil of Thomas Christian at Hochschule für Musik Detmold / winner of TONALi Grand Prix
Fisher, Salina1993/10/06New ZealandlivingNew ZealandViolinist and composer
Nuez Suarez, RebecaRebeca Nuez1993/11/10Las Palmas, SpainlivingLondon, EnglandSpanishViolinist interested in contemporary classical music
Petryshak, Anastasiya1994/04/12Ivano-Frankivsk, UkrainelivingUkrainianClassical violinist working with Andrea Bocelli
Yoo, Esthe1994/06/11USlivingAmericanpupil of Ana Chumachenco / international soloist with various orchestras / chamber musician / recording artist
Taglioretti, Ana Lucrecia1995/12/25Paraguay2020/1/7Asunción, ParaguayParaguanPlayed with the Paraguayan National Symphonic Orchestra and other groups / cause of death unknown
Matsumoto, HirokaMatsumoto Hiroka1995Yokohama, JapanlivingJapanesestudent of Koichiro Harada and Gérard Poulet / award-winning classical violinist who played from an early age
Stapf, Judith1997/05/31Rheinbach, GermanylivingGermanSoloist with various orchestras
Elders, Hawijch1998/10/31Grenoble, FrancelivingDutchPupil of Ilya Grubert / performances in the Netherlands and abroad
Stirling, Lindsey1986/09/21Santa Ana, California, USlivingAmerican
Ramsay, Meredith EzinmaEzinma1991/01/11Lincoln, Nebraska USAmerican[133]

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Total listed: 43

Name Alias Active from Birthplace Died Place last living Nationality Notes
Aller, Judith2000sLos Angeles, USlivingAmericanPupil of Jascha Heifetz / recitalist and soloist with the Pori Symphony Orchestra and with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Augustyn, Kinga2000sWrocław, PolandlivingNew York CityPolish-AmericanPupil of Zbigniew Szuflat and Dorothy DeLay / soloist with various orchestras / recording artist
Babut du Marès, Camille2000sBelgiumlivingBelgiumBelgianPupil of Véronique Bogaerts and Yuzuko Horigome / international soloist and recitalist
Benjamin, Mira2010sVancouver, CanadalivingLondon, EnglandCanadianViolinist and chamber musician / former member of Quatuor Bozzini / recording artist
Black, Zoë2010sAustralialivingAustralianRecitalist and soloist / plays with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Chebotareva, Anastasia2000sOdesa, UkrainelivingUkrainianTours in Italy, UK, France and German / recording artist
Dahn, Nancy1990sCanadalivingCanadianClassical violinist and violist / educator / co-founded the Tuckamore Festival
Derome, Julie-Anne1990sMontreal, CanadalivingCanadianPupil of Taras Gabora and Sonia Jelinkova / Interested in 20th-century music / chamber musician and soloist / recording artist
Frautschi, Jennifer2000sPasadena, California, USlivingBrookline, Massachusetts, USAmericanPupil of Robert Lipsett and Robert Mann / soloist with various orchestras
Gomyo, Karen2010sTokyo, JapanlivingCanadianStudent of Mauricio Fuks, Dorothy DeLay and Donald Weilerstein / soloist and chamber musician
Gould, Clio2000sEnglandlivingEnglishClassical violinist, educator, director of the Royal Academy Soloists and leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Grigoreva, Viktoria1990sKharkiv, UkrainelivingLondon, EnglandUkrainianStudied under Semion Mikitiansky and Irina Grebneva / Concert violinist and educator
Kouznetsova, Maria1991Ryazan, RussialivingRussianAward-winning young violinist
Ingolfsson, Judith1990sReykjavik, IcelandlivingStuttgart, GermanyIcelandicStudent of Jascha Brodsky / international soloist appearing with many orchestras / chamber musician
Johnson, Karen2000sGilbert, Arizona, USlivingAmericanChamber musician and concertmaster
Kokas, Katalin2000sKaposvár, HungarylivingHungarianStudent of Ferenc Halász and Dénes Kovács / Chamber musician performing with various orchestras
Kwon, Yoon1990sSeoul, South KorealivingKorean-AmericanChild prodigy / student of Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Cho-Liang Lin and Donald Weilerstein / duos with pianist sister Min Kwon / chamber musician / educator
Lester, Gabrielle1980sLondon, EnglandlivingEnglishClassical violinist, orchestra leader and chamber musician / discography of classical, popular and soundtrack music
León, Eva1990sLas Palmas, SpainlivingSpanishInternational classical violinist, performances with leading orchestras / recording artist
Makhnev, Elena2000sGuanajuato, MexicolivingMexicanVirtuoso violinist currently studying in Moscow
Mason, Frances1960sUnited KingdomlivingBritishStudied under Alan Loveday / specializing in chamber music but also soloist / educator
Michell, Edna1960sTel Aviv, IsraellivingIsraeli-AmericanStudied under Lorand Fenyves, Ödön Pártos and Ivan Galamian / international recitalist and soloist / founder of the Cantilena Chamber Players / educator
Olujić, Tatjana1970sBelgrade, SerbialivingSerbianAward-winning violinist and educator
Palmer, Ruth2000sUnited KingdomlivingBritishaward-winning recitalist and recording artist
Paulet, Stéphanie2010sRhône-Alpes, FrancelivingParisFrenchFirst violin in French Baroque ensembles / chamber musician and educator
Peña, Adela1990sNew York City, USlivingAmericanStudent of Rochelle Walton / founding member of the Eroica Trio
Piérot, Alice1980sFrancelivingFrenchChamber musician, Baroque violinist and recording artist / member of the Amarillis ensemble / educator
Raum, Erika1990sCanadalivingCanadianStudent of Lorand Fenyves / recitalist and chamber musician / orchestral appearances in Canada and abroad
Robert, Lucie1980sMontreal, CanadalivingCanadianStudent of Josef Gingold / violinist, composer and educator
Safonova, Ania1990sTomsk, RussialivingLondon, EnglandRussian-IsraeliStudent of Svetlanda Goffman and later Felix Andrievsky / Concertmaster of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / chamber musician
Sakharova, Julia2000sZheleznovodsk, RussialivingUSRussianChild prodigy / student of Taras Gabora, Almita Vamos, Milan Vitek and Donald Weilerstein / assistant concertmaster, chamber musician, educator
Schnarch, Ani2000sBucharest, RomanialivingLondon, EnglandIsraeli-BritishStudent of Felix Andrievsky / Soloist and chamber musician performing with various orchestras / educator
Schmitt, Hélène1990sFrancelivingBoulogne-Billancourt, FranceFrenchChamber musician specializing in Baroque music / recording artist / educator
Shihoten, Lisa1990sChicago, USlivingHouston, USAmericanStudent of Betty Haag-Kuhnke / chamber musician and recitalist / educator
Simpson, Mary2000sVirginia, USlivingHouston, USAmericanClassically trained violinist, now playing bluegrass
Sîrbu, Mariana1960sIași, RomanialivingLeipzig, GermanyRomanianStudent of Ștefan Gheorghiu / international soloist / founder of the Academia String Quartet / educator
Stefanovich-Gruppman, Vesna1990sSerbialivingRotterdam, NetherlandsSerbianSoloist and chamber musician / performances with various orchestras / recording artist / educator
Sung, Janet2000sNew York City, USlivingChicago, USAmericanStudent of Josef Gingold / soloist with numerous orchestras / educator
Tcholakova, Ralitsa2000sBulgarialivingCanadianInternational soloist and chamber musician / music writer / recording artist
Tenenbaum, Mela1970sUkrainelivingAmericanSoloist and chamber musician / recording artist
Thompson, Candida2000sGlasgow, ScotlandlivingAmsterdam, NetherlandsBritishStudent of David Takeno / International chamber musician and soloist / leader of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta / recording artist
Thompson, Shirley J.1990sLondon, EnglandlivingLondon, EnglandBritishComposer, conductor, violinist and academic
Udagawa, Hideko2000sJapanlivingLondon, EnglandJapaneseInternational soloist / recording artist

See also

Citations

  1. ↑ Violinists
  2. ↑ German bio
  3. ↑ short bio
  4. ↑ German bio
  5. ↑ German bio
  6. ↑ German bio
  7. ↑ German bio
  8. ↑ German bio
  9. ↑ German bio
  10. ↑ German bio
  11. ↑ Neumann, Eleonore Jewish Encyclopedia
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  13. 1 2 3 short bio
  14. ↑ German bio
  15. ↑ Swedish bio
  16. ↑ German bio
  17. ↑ 'Camilla Urso Collection'
  18. ↑ German bio
  19. ↑ German bio
  20. ↑ German bio
  21. ↑ German bio
  22. ↑ German bio
  23. ↑ bio
  24. ↑ German bio
  25. ↑ German bio
  26. ↑ German bio
  27. ↑ German bio
  28. ↑ short bio
  29. ↑ note / The New York Times, 1887/10/18, article
  30. ↑ German bio
  31. ↑ German bio
  32. ↑ "The Maud Powell Society"
  33. ↑ note
  34. ↑ The New York Times, 1887/10/17
  35. ↑ note
  36. ↑ German bio
  37. ↑ German bio
  38. ↑ German bio
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  44. ↑ note
  45. ↑ short bio
  46. ↑ note + 78rpm Audio
  47. ↑ note + 78rpm Audio
  48. ↑ note
  49. ↑ German detailed bio
  50. ↑ note + 78rpm Audio
  51. ↑ bio
  52. ↑ note + 78rpm Audio
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  55. ↑ note
  56. ↑ The New York Times, 1919/10/19, review
  57. ↑ The New York Times, 1920/10/28, article
  58. ↑ Thelma Given "Violinist of a Generation", promotional brochure
  59. ↑ website: http://culture.pl/en/artist/irena-dubiska
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  61. ↑ "note 2". Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  62. ↑ Article – Canadian Jewish Review, 1922/06/2
  63. ↑ Article from The Strad, 1935
  64. ↑ note
  65. ↑ note
  66. ↑ website
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  68. ↑ bio at IMDb
  69. ↑ Sarasate 'Zigeunerweisen'
  70. ↑ In memoriam
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  72. ↑ video playing Bach (British Pathé)
  73. ↑ obituary
  74. ↑ ABC interview, 2004
  75. ↑ French bio
  76. ↑ article of Australian Tour, 20 July 1964
  77. ↑ "Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte", 1987/07/27
  78. ↑ "Wanda Luzzato, l'allieva italiana di Jenö Hubay", p. 43 – short bio, 2003
  79. 1 2 "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2
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  81. ↑ Official website
  82. ↑ website
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  86. ↑ note
  87. ↑ website
  88. ↑ The Strad article for her 90th birthday
  89. ↑ Cserfalvi page
  90. ↑ Anahit Tsitsikian Cultural Foundation
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  92. ↑ Cornell.edu profile
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  94. ↑ note / photo
  95. ↑ Official website
  96. ↑ Wieniawski Competition, note
  97. ↑ newspaper article + picture, 1957
  98. ↑ ina.fr – audio clip, 1973/09/12
  99. ↑ The Miami News, concert review, 1954
  100. ↑ bio
  101. ↑ bio (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
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  103. ↑ obituary
  104. ↑ note
  105. ↑ The Strad – obituary
  106. ↑ article, 1957/05/6
  107. ↑ "The careers of Frances (née Berkowitz) & Saundra Berkova (née Maazel), mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990
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  109. ↑ article, 1954/02/13
  110. ↑ short bio
  111. ↑ Wieniawski Competition – note
  112. ↑ iKSV 2007
  113. ↑ Wieniawski Competition – note
  114. ↑ interview, 2008 / note
  115. ↑ Wieniawski Competition – note
  116. ↑ note
  117. ↑ 'Chevalier des Arts and Letters'
  118. ↑ note
  119. ↑ French interview
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  121. ↑ note
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  129. ↑ website
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