List of classical violinists

This is a list of notable classical violinists from the baroque era to the 21st century.

For a more comprehensive list of contemporary classical violinists, see List of contemporary classical violinists.

Baroque era

• Christian Heinrich Aschenbrenner (1654–1732)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Thomas Baltzar (c. 1630–1663)
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
• Pasquale Bini (1716–1770)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
• Matthew Dubourg (1707–1767)
• André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762)
• Carlo Farina (1600–1640)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
• Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
• Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
• Nicola Matteis (1670–1714)
• Davis Mell (1604–1662)
• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
• Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680)
• Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
• Carlo Tessarini (1690–1765)
• Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
• Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

Classical era

• Leopold August Abel (1717–1794)
• Jean Ancot Jnr (1799–1829)
• Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
• Charles Frederick Baumgarten (1739–1840)
• Franz Benda (1709–1786)
• Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
• Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (1757–1821)
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
• Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
• Franz Clement (1780–1842)
• Richard Cudmore (1787–1840)
• Ernst Christoph Dressler (1734–1779)
• Franz Eck (1776–1810)
• Domenico Ferrari (1722–1780)
• Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833)
• Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
• Pierre Gaviniès (1728–1800)
• Eugène Godecharle (1742–1798)
• Jean-Jacques Grasset (c. 1769–1839)
• Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
• François Habeneck (1781–1849)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798)
• Ivan Mane Jarnović (1747–1804)
• Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
• Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
• Antonio Lolli (1730–1802)
• Heinrich August Matthaei (1781–1835)
• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
• Franz Anton Morgenroth (1780–1847)
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
• Thomas Pinto (1728–1773)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Pixis (1786–1842)
• Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
• Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
• Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
• Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
• Ignaz Schuppanzigh (1776–1830)
• Anton Stamitz (1754–1796)
• Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
• Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)
• Regina Strinasacchi (c. 1761–1839)
• Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)

Romantic era

• Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
• Enrique Fernández Arbós (1863–1939)
• Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
• Stanisław Barcewicz (1858–1929)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Dora Valesca Becker (1870–1958)
• Antonín Bennewitz (1833–1926)
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870)
• Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
• Casimir von Blumenthal (1787–1849)
• Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856)
• Alexandre Boucher (1770–1861)
• George Bridgetower (1778–1860)
• Adolph Brodsky (1851–1929)
• Ole Bull (1810–1880)
• Kate Chaplin (1865–1948)
• Fanny Claus (1846–1877)
• Julius Conus (1869–1942)
• Mathieu Crickboom (1871–1947)
• Alfredo D'Ambrosio (1871–1914)
• Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
• Joseph Dando (1806–1894)
• Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
• Adolphe Deloffre (1817–1876)
• Alfred De Sève (1858–1927)
• Jakob Dont (1815–1888)
• František Drdla (1868–1944)
• Bram Eldering (1865–1943)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865)
• Friedrich Ernst Fesca (1789–1826)
• Nahan Franko (1861–1930)
• Sam Franko (1857–1937)
• Jules Garcin (1830–1896)
• Samuel Dean Grimson (1841–1922)
• Jakob Grün (1837–1916)
• François Habeneck (1781–1849)
• Karel Halíř (1859–1909)
• Miska Hauser (1822–1878)
• Carl Heissler (1823–1878)
• Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855–1907)
• Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828–1893)
• Philip A. Herfort (1851–1921)
• Willy Hess (1859–1939)
• Karl Holz ( 1798–1858)
• Jenő Hubay (1858–1937)
• Frantz Jehin-Prume (1839–1899)
• Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
• Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
• Franz Kneisel (1865–1926)
• Jan Koert (1853–1911)
• Apollinaire de Kontski (1825–1879)
• Iosif Kotek (1855–1885)
• Dragomir Krančević (1847–1929)
• Franjo Krežma (1862–1881)
• Charles Philippe Lafont (1781–1839)
• Walborg Lagerwall (1851–1940)
• Hubert Léonard (1819–1890)
• Karol Lipiński (1790–1862)
• John David Loder (1788–1846)
• Maud MacCarthy (1882–1967)
• David Mannes (1866–1959)
• Martin Pierre Marsick (1847–1924)
• Oscar Martel (1848–1924)
• Lambert Massart (1811–1892)
• Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer (1789–1878)
• Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863)
• Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
• Maria Milanollo (1832–1848)
• Teresa Milanollo (1827–1904)
• Jesús de Monasterio (1836–1903)
• Joseph Mosenthal (1834–1896)
• Ovide Musin (1854–1929)
• Tivadar Nachéz (1859–1930)
• Wilma Neruda (1839–1911)
• Ottokar Nováček (1866–1900)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
• Heinrich Panofka (1807–1887)
• Guido Papini (1847–1912)
• Giovanni Battista Polledro (1781–1853)
• Maud Powell (1867–1920)
• François Prume (1816–1849)
• Marietta Sherman Raymond (1862–1949)
• Léon Reynier (1833–1895)
• Oskar Rieding (1840–1918)
• Franz Ries (1846–1932)
• Achille Rivarde (1865–1940)
• Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897)
• Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
• Émile Sauret (1852–1920)
• Eugène Sauzay (1809–1901)
• Marianne Stresow Scharwenka (1856–1918)
• Henry Schradieck (1846–1918)
• François Schubert (1808–1878)
• Fritz (Friedrich) Seitz (1848–1918)
• Arma Senkrah (1864–1900)
• Otakar Ševčík (1852–1934)
• Emily Shinner (1862–1901)
• Ödön (Edmund) Singer (1830–1912)
• Camillo Sivori (1818–1894)
• Theodore Spiering (1871–1925)
• Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
• Ludwig Straus (1835–1899)
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
• Josef Suk (1874–1935)
• Theodore Thomas (1835–1905)
• César Thomson (1857–1931)
• Agnes Tschetschulin (1859–1942)
• Camilla Urso (1840–1902)
• Thomas Henry Weist-Hill (1828–1891)
• Carl Venth (1860–1938)
• Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
• José White (1835–1918)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
• Gabriele Wietrowetz (1866–1937)
• August Wilhelmj (1845–1908)
• Emanuel Wirth (1842–1923)
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)

20th–21st centuries

Note: This does not include living violinists, who are listed at List of contemporary classical violinists.

• Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
• Murray Adaskin (1906–2002)
• Anahid Ajemian (1924–2016)
• Samuel Antek (1909–1958)
• Jelly d'Arányi (1893–1966)
• Helen Armstrong (1943–2006)
• Michèle Auclair (1924–2005)
• Florence Austin (1884–1927)
• Felix Ayo (1933–2023)
• Sol Babitz (1911–1982)
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Oskar Back (1879–1963)
• Ik-Hwan Bae (1956–2014)
• Israel Baker (1919–2011)
• Vera Barstow (1891–1975)
• Walter Barylli (1921–2022)
• Hugh Bean (1929–2003)
• Louise Behrend (1916–2011)
• Nina Beilina (1937–2018)
• Leon Belasco (1902–1988)
• Franz Benteler (1925–2010)
• Yehonatan Berick (1968–2020)
• Klara Berkovich (1928–2024)
• Luigi Alberto Bianchi (1945–2018)
• Petrowitsch Bissing (1871–1961)
• Serge Blanc (1929–2013)
• Harry Blech (1909–1999)
• Naoum Blinder (1889–1965)
• Harry Bluestone (1907–1992)
• Howard Boatwright (1918–1999)
• Lola Bobesco (1921–2003)
• Emanuel Borok (1944–2020)
• Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991)
• Jules Boucherit (1877–1962)
• Norbert Brainin (1923–2005)
• Maggy Breittmayer (1888–1961)
• Robert Brink (1924–2014)
• Jascha Brodsky (1907–1997)
• Antonio Brosa (1894–1979)
• Alexander Brott (1915–2005)
• Iona Brown (1941–2004)
• Anshel Brusilow (1928–2018)
• Anker Buch (1940–2014)
• Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990)
• Richard Burgin (1892–1981)
• Grace Burrows (1893–1980)
• Adolf Busch (1891–1952)
• Guila Bustabo (1916–2002)
• Alfredo Campoli (1906–1991)
• Mary Canberg (1918–2004)
• Roberto Cani (1967–2025)
• Lucien Capet (1873–1928)
• Norman Carol (1928–2024)
• Marius Casadesus (1892–1981)
• Arthur Catterall (1883–1943)
• Suzanne Chaigneau (1875–1946)
• Albert Chamberland (1886–1975)
• Corinne Chapelle (1976–2021)
• Eugène Chartier (1893–1963)
• Alexander Chuhaldin (1892–1951)
• Nicolas Chumachenco (1944–2020)
• Stephen Clapp (1939–2014)
• Isidore Cohen (1922–2005)
• Raymond Cohen (1919–2011)
• Alexander Cores (1901–1994)
• Joey Corpus (1958–2017)
• Peter Cropper (1945–2015)
• Marcel Darrieux (1891–1989)
• Lukas David (1934–2021)
• Andrew Dawes (1940–2022)
• Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002)
• Édouard Dethier (1885–1962)
• Gioconda de Vito (1907–1994)
• Grigoraș Dinicu (1889–1949)
• Joseph Douglass (1871–1935)
• Pierre Doukan (1927–1995)
• Rafael Druian (1923–2002)
• Helena Dunicz-Niwińska (1915–2018)
• Samuel Dushkin (1891–1976)
• Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1898–1974)
• Renate Eggebrecht (1944–2023)
• Arnold Eidus (1922–2013)
• Mischa Elman (1891–1967)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Mary Davenport Engberg (1880–1951)
• Ayla Erduran (1934–2025)
• Broadus Erle (1918–1977)
• Devy Erlih (1928–2012)
• Toshiya Eto (1927–2008)
• Adila Fachiri (1886–1962)
• Ilona Fehér (1901–1988)
• Lorand Fenyves (1918–2004)
• Aldo Ferraresi (1902–1978)
• Christian Ferras (1933–1982)
• Mikhail Fichtenholz (1920–1985)
• Joan Field (1915–1988)
• António Fortunato de Figueiredo (1903–1981)
• Rudolf Fitzner (1868–1934)
• Jorja Fleezanis (1952–2022)
• Eugene Fodor (1950–2011)
• Vera Fonaroff (1883–1962)
• Zino Francescatti (1902–1991)
• Stefan Frenkel (1902–1979)
• Walter Fried (1877–1925)
• Erick Friedman (1939–2004)
• Joseph Fuchs (1899–1997)
• Marjorie Fulton (1909–1962)
• Ivan Galamian (1903–1981)
• Felix Galimir (1910–1999)
• Samuel Gardner (1891–1984)
• John Georgiadis (1939–2021)
• Robert Gerle (1924–2005)
• André Gertler (1907–1998)
• Stefi Geyer (1888–1956)
• Elizabeth Gilels (1919–2008)
• Zinaida Gilels (1924–2000)
• Bronislav Gimpel (1911–1979)
• Josef Gingold (1909–1995)
• Ivry Gitlis (1922–2020)
• Thelma Given (1896–1977)
• Carroll Glenn (1918–1983)
• Raymond Gniewek (1931–2021)
• Paul Godwin (1902–1982)
• Szymon Goldberg (1909–1993)
• Boris Goldstein (1922–1987)
• Jascha Gopinko (1891–1980)
• Alexei Gorokhov (1927–1999)
• Barry Griffiths (1939–2020)
• Sidney Griller (1911–1993)
• Harold Grimson (1882–1917)
• Jessie Grimson (1873–1954)
• Samuel Bonarius Grimson (1879–1955)
• Frederick Grinke (1911–1987)
• Erich Gruenberg (1924–2020)
• Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986)
• Daniel Guilet (1899–1990)
• Boris Gutnikov (1931–1986)
• Ida Haendel (1928–2020)
• Betty-Jean Hagen (1930–2016)
• Heimo Haitto (1925–1999)
• Marie Hall (1884–1956)
• Sandor Harmati (1892–1936)
• Cecilia Hansen (1897–1989)
• Alice Harnoncourt (1930–2022)
• Margaret Harrison (1899–1995)
• May Harrison (1890–1959)
• Sidney Harth (1925–2011)
• Josef Hassid (1923–1950)
• Kató Havas (1920–2018)
• Donald Hazelwood (1930–2025)
• Yaëla Hertz (1930–2014)
• Julius Hegyi (1923–2007)
• Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987)
• Philippe Hirschhorn (1946–1996)
• Rosa Hochmann (1875–1955)
• Henry Holst (1899–1991)
• Bronisław Huberman (1882–1947)
• Emanuel Hurwitz (1919–2006)
• Liana Isakadze (1946–2024)
• Jacques Israelievitch (1948–2015)
• Sascha Jacobsen (1895–1972)
• Max Jaffa (1911–1991)
• Charles Jaffe (1917–2011)
• Piotr Janowski (1951–2008)
• Philip S. Johnson (1953–2011)
• Oleg Kagan (1946–1990)
• Carmel Kaine (1937–2013)
• Suna Kan (1936–2023)
• Bela Katona (1920–2018)
• Louis Kaufman (1905–1994)
• Franciszek Kempa (1903–1953)
• Daisy Kennedy (1893–1981)
• Eda Kersey (1904–1944)
• Felix Khuner (1906–1991)
• Valery Klimov (1931–2022)
• Daniel Kobialka (1943–2021)
• Paul Kochanski (1887–1934)
• Dmitri Kogan (1978–2017)
• Leonid Kogan (1924–1982)
• Varujan Kojian (1935–1993)
• Felix Kok (1924–2010)
• Adolph Koldofsky (1905–1951)
• Rudolf Kolisch (1896–1978)
• Péter Komlós (1935–2017)
• Anton Kontra (1932–2020)
• Hugo Kortschak (1884–1957)
• Takehisa Kosugi (1938–2018)
• Boris Koutzen (1901–1966)
• Dénes Kovács (1930–2005)
• Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
• Louis Krasner (1903–1995)
• Herman Krebbers (1923–2018)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Jan Kubelík (1880–1940)
• Georg Kulenkampff (1898–1948)
• Jaakko Kuusisto (1974–2022)
• Helen Kwalwasser (1927–2017)
• Fredell Lack (1922–2017)
• Jeanne Lamon (1949–2021)
• Isidor Lateiner (1930–2005)
• Remo Lauricella (1912–2003)
• Susanne Lautenbacher (1932–2020)
• Arthur Leavins (1917–1995)
• Everett Lee (1916–2022)
• Sylvia Lent (1903–1972)
• Ida Levin (1963–2016)
• Walter Levin (1924–2017)
• Nona Liddell (1927–2017)
• Maria Lidka (1914–2013)
• Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982)
• Lea Luboshutz (1885–1965)
• Sergiu Luca (1943–2010)
• Alberto Lysy (1935–2009)
• Francis MacMillen (1885–1973)
• Klaus Maetzl (1941–2016)
• Hugh Maguire (1926–2013)
• Paul Makanowitzky (1920–1998)
• Juan Manén (1883–1971)
• Robert Mann (1920–2018)
• Kevork Mardirossian (1954–2024)
• Henri Marteau (1874–1934)
• Lucien Martin (1908–1950)
• Johanna Martzy (1924–1979)
• Leonora Jackson McKim (1879–1969)
• Ivor McMahon (1924–1972)
• Alfred Eugene Megerlin (1880–1941)
• Wilhelm Melcher (1940–2005)
• Isolde Menges (1893–1976)
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999)
• Geoffrey Michaels (1944–2024)
• Roberto Michelucci (1922–2010)
• Stoika Milanova (1945–2024)
• Martin Milner (1928–2000)
• Nathan Milstein (1903–1992)
• Mischa Mischakoff (1895–1981)
• Emil Młynarski (1870–1935)
• Cyril Monk (1882–1970)
• Alma Moodie (1898–1943)
• Lydia Mordkovitch (1944–2014)
• Erika Morini (1904–1995)
• Alfonso Mosesti (1924–2018)
• Konstantin Mostras (1886–1965)
• Peter Mountain (1923–2013)
• Clarence Myerscough (1930–2000)
• David Nadien (1926–2014)
• Yfrah Neaman (1923–2003)
• Sheila Nelson (1936–2020)
• Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
• Siegmund Nissel (1922–2008)
• Ricardo Odnoposoff (1914–2004)
• David Oistrakh (1908–1974)
• Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021)
• Edgar Ortenberg (1900–1996)
• Trond Øyen (1929–1999)
• Igor Ozim (1931–2024)
• Michaela Paetsch (1961–2023)
• Priscilla Paetsch (1931–2017)
• Margaret Pardee (1920–2016)
• Manoug Parikian (1920–1987)
• Kathleen Parlow (1890–1963)
• György Pauk (1936–2024)
• Edith Peinemann (1937–2023)
• Barbara Penny (1929–2007)
• Louis Persinger (1887–1966)
• Victor Pikayzen (1933–2023)
• Maximilian Pilzer (1890–1958)
• Alfred Pochon (1878–1959)
• Max Pollikoff (1904–1984)
• Enrico Polo (1868–1953)
• Miron Polyakin (1895–1941)
• Katia Popov (1965–2018)
• Ruth Posselt (1914–2007)
• Jean Pougnet (1907–1968)
• Gaston Poulet (1892–1974)
• Albert Pratz (1914–1995)
• Mikhail Press (1871–1938)
• Váša Příhoda (1900–1960)
• Simon Pullman (1890–1942)
• Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961)
• Michael Rabin (1936–1972)
• Rosemary Rapaport (1918–2011)
• Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)
• Ossy Renardy (1920–1953)
• Florizel von Reuter (1890–1985)
• Ángel Reyes (1919–1988)
• Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012)
• Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
• Paul Rolland (1911–1978)
• Aaron Rosand (1927–2019)
• Alma Rosé (1906–1944)
• Arnold Rosé (1863–1946)
• Eric Rosenblith (1920–2010)
• Max Rostal (1905–1991)
• Jack Rothstein (1925–2001)
• Olga Rudge (1895–1996)
• Albert Sammons (1886–1957)
• Eugene Sârbu (1950–2024)
• David Sarser (1921–2013)
• Egon Sassmannshaus (1928–2010)
• Hansheinz Schneeberger (1926–2019)
• Alexander Schneider (1908–1993)
• Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915–2002)
• Dina Schneidermann (1931–2016)
• Jaap Schröder (1925–2020)
• Michel Schwalbé (1919–2012)
• Toscha Seidel (1899–1962)
• Berl Senofsky (1926–2002)
• Samuel Sherman (1871–1948)
• Nelli Shkolnikova (1928–2010)
• Sadah Shuchari (1906–2001)
• Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000)
• Joseph Silverstein (1932–2015)
• Jacques Singer (1910–1980)
• Julian Sitkovetsky (1925–1958)
• Semyon Snitkovsky (1933–1981)
• Marie Soldat-Roeger (1863–1955)
• Denise Soriano-Boucherit (1916–2006)
• Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985)
• Eduard Sõrmus (1878–1940)
• Albert Spalding (1883–1953)
• Tossy Spivakovsky (1906–1998)
• Christian Stadelmann (1959–2019)
• Ethel Stark (1910–2012)
• William Starr (1923–2020)
• Benjamin Steinberg (1915–1974)
• Albert Stern (1937–2024)
• Hellmut Stern (1928–2020)
• Isaac Stern (1920–2001)
• Pyotr Stolyarsky (1871–1944)
• Josef Suk (1929–2011)
• Harold Sumberg (1905–1994)
• Suwa Nejiko (1920–2012)
• Zoltán Székely (1903–2001)
• Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988)
• Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973)
• Gerhard Taschner (1922–1976)
• Vilmos Tátrai (1912–1999)
• Henri Temianka (1906–1992)
• Jean Ter-Merguerian (1935–2015)
• Jacques Thibaud (1880–1953)
• Felice Togni (1871–1929)
• Roman Totenberg (1911–2012)
• Andor Toth (1925–2006)
• Charles Treger (1935–2023)
• Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999)
• Masuko Ushioda (1942–2013)
• Carlo Van Neste (1914–1992)
• Tibor Varga (1921–2003)
• Franz von Vecsey (1893–1935)
• Sándor Végh (1912–1997)
• Ion Voicu (1923–1997)
• Edith Volckaert (1949–1992)
• Imre Waldbauer (1892–1952)
• Winifred Merrill Warren (1898–1990)
• John Waterhouse (1877–1970)
• William Waterhouse (1917–2003)
• Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960)
• Elise Fellows White (1873–1953)
• Camilla Wicks (1928–2020)
• Margaret Jones Wiles (1911–2000)
• Maurice Wilk (1922–1963)
• Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929–2018)
• Trevor Williams (1929–2007)
• Harold Wippler (1928–2022)
• Endre Wolf (1913–2011)
• Josef Wolfsthal (1899–1931)
• Rowsby Woof (1883–1943)
• Cedric Wright (1889–1959)
• Arthur Wynne (1871–1945)
• Yuri Yankelevich (1909–1973)
• Florian ZaBach (1918–2006)
• Renato Zanettovich (1921–2021)
• Ede Zathureczky (1903–1959)
• Zvi Zeitlin (1922–2012)
• Grigori Zhislin (1945–2017)
• Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)
• Olive Zorian (1916–1965)
• Dénes Zsigmondy (1922–2014)
• Paul Zukofsky (1943–2017)

Comedic

As a supplement to the lists above, the following is a list of violinists who were known for playing the instrument badly in support of comedy routines.

• Jack Benny (1894–1974)
• Larry Fine (1902–1975)
• Henny Youngman (1906–1998)

Contemporary

• See List of contemporary classical violinists

Female

• See List of female violinists

Further reading

• The Art of Violin Playing Books 1 & 2, Carl Flesch. Edited by Eric Rosenblith. Carl Fischer Music Template:ISBN and Template:ISBN
• The Armenian Bowing Art, Anahit Tsitsikian,Published by “Edit Print” print house Yerevan, 2004.(in Russian)
• The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd.
• Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, by F.J. Fétis (c. 1880), Schott & Co.
• The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. Template:ISBN
• The Devil's Box-Masters of Southern Fiddling by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. Template:ISBN
• An Encyclopedia of the Violin, by Alberto Bachmann (1965/1990), Da Capo Press. Template:ISBN
• The Great Violinists, by Margaret Campbell (1980/2004), Robson Books. Template:ISBN
• Paganini-The Genoese, by G.I.C. de Courcy (1957), University of Oklahoma Press
• Stuff Smith-Pure at Heart, edited by Anthony Barnett & Eva Løgager (1991), Allardyce Barnett Publishers. Template:ISBN
• Szigeti on the Violin, by Joseph Szigeti (1969/1979), Dover Publications. Template:ISBN
• Tartini-His Life and Times, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1968), Paganiniana Publications Inc. Template:ISBN
• Unfinished Journey, Yehudi Menuhin (1976), Macdonald and Jane's. Template:ISBN
• The Violin, by Yehudi Menuhin (1996), Flammarion. Template:ISBN
• The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument by Schoenbaum, David (2012). New York, New York : W.W. Norton & Company. Template:ISBN
• The Violin and I, by Kato Havas (1968/1975), Bosworth & Co. Ltd.
• Violin Playing-As I Teach it, by Leopold Auer (1921/1960), Gerarld Duckworth & Co Ltd.
• Violins & Violinists, by Franz Farga (1950), Rockliff Publishing Corporation Ltd.
• Ysaÿe, by Prof. Dr. Lev Ginsburg (1980), Paganiniana Publications Inc. Template:ISBN

External links

• Legendary Violinists (a public arts website)
• Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
• Violinists and Violists on the Web Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present.