Famous Violinists

If any musical instrument that has always fascinated me, after of course, the guitar, it is the violin. As known, it is a string instrument consisting of four strings, which are tuned in perfect fifths (musical interval between a note and the note seven semitones above it on the musical scale). The style and elegance which this posh instrument carries, surpasses all its other 'contemporaries'. Did you know that a person who is into violin making or repairing is attributed as a luthier? Baroque music, classical, jazz, folk music, pop-punk and rock and roll are some common musical genres which can be played on the violin. As obvious it is, a person who plays this instrument is known as a violinist or a fiddler. And how is the violin played? Well, just draw a bow across one or more strings of the violin and voila! On a serious note, it is not that easy! Violinists are aware how challenging learning to play a violin is.

List of Violinist Who Made It Big Time

• Antonio Vivaldi
• A. Kanyakumari
• Aaron Rosand
• Abolhasan Saba
• Adam Taubitz
• Alex Mitchell
• Alexander Markov
• Ali-Naqi Vaziri
• Aly Bain
• Annbjørg Lien
• Arcangelo Corelli
• Asadollah Malek
• Aubrey Haynie
• Barry Dransfield
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli
• Ben Hancox
• Benny Martin
• Billy Bang
• Blair-Ellis Robertson
• Bob Holt
• Bob Wills
• Boris Goldstein
• Boyd Tinsley
• Brenda Stubbert
• Brian Wicklund
• Bridget Regan
• Bruce Molsky
• Buddy Spicher
• Byron Berline
• Calvin Vollrath
• Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
• Carla Kihlstedt
• Carlo Farina
• Casey Driessen
• Catherine Manoukian
• Charlie Bowman
• Charlie Cline
• Chloe Hanslip
• Chris 'Crazy Bow' Climo
• Chris Carmichael
• Chris Daring
• Christian Tetzlaff
• Clayton McMichen
• D'Jalma Garnier
• Darol Anger
• Dave Swarbrick
• David Cross
• David Kim
• David Oistrakh
• Dennis McGee
• Dmitri Berlinsky
• Domenico Nordio
• Doug Kershaw
• Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
• Ed Alleyne-Johnson
• Ed Haley
• Eddie Jobson
• Eduard Melkus
• Efrem Zimbalist
• Eileen Ivers
• Eliza Carthy
• Elizabeth Wallfisch
• Emilie Autumn
• Enrico Gatti
• Ernesto Rodrigues
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
• Eyvind Kang
• Fabio Biondi
• Fabrizio Zoffoli
• Farid Farjad
• Ferdinand Fränzl
• Fiddlin' John Carson
• Francesco Geminiani
• Frank Huang
• Frankie Gavin
• Fredell Lack
• G. B. Grayson
• G. J. R. Krishnan
• Gaetano Pugnani
• Gaither Carlton
• Ganesh and Kumaresh
• Gavyn Wright
• Gid Tanner
• Gidon Kremer
• Gilles Apap
• Ginette Neveu
• Glenn Dicterow
• Gordon Terry
• Gundula Krause
• Habibollah Badiei
• Hagai Shaham
• Hahn-Bin
• Hal Smith
• Hanneke Cassel
• Harry Choates
• Henri Temianka
• Henry Flynt
• Hideaki Shimada
• Hilary Hahn
• Hugh Marsh
• Ignaz Fränzl
• Igor Oistrakh
• Ilya Kaler
• Ioana Petcu-Colan
• J. E. Mainer
• J. Loren Wince
• Jaap Van Zweden
• Jackie Dunn MacIsaac
• Jacques Thibaud
• James Ehnes
• Jarred Albright
• Jay Ungar
• Jean Carignan
• Jean-Luc Ponty
• Jelle van Tongeren
• Jenny Wilhelms
• Jerry Goodman
• Jerry Holland
• Johar Ali Khan
• John Grimm
• John Paul Crocker
• John Vesey
• Joseph Allard
• Juan Reynoso
• Kalan Porter
• Kaoru Kakudo
• Karl Bauer
• Katarzyna Chruscicka
• Kenny Baker
• Kenny Kosek
• Kevin Burke
• Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
• Kyung Wha Chung
• L. Athira Krishna
• L. Shankar
• Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
• Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
• Laura Risk
• Laurie Lewis
• Linzi Stoppard
• Liz Carroll
• Lucia Micarelli
• Lucy van Dael
• M. Chandrasekaran
• Mahmoud Zoufonoun
• Máiréad Nesbitt
• Malcolm Goldstein
• Mark Feldman
• Mark Knight
• Mark O'Connor
• Mark Wood
• Mary Lou Newmark
• Matt Glaser
• Melvin Wine
• Michael Cleveland
• Mik Kaminski
• Mischa Elman
• Mitchell Grobb
• Mohammad Baharloo
• Mohan Bulsara
• Mysore Manjunath
• N. Rajam
• Nash the Slash
• Natalie MacMaster
• Oliver Schroer
• Olivier Charlier
• Oscar Shumsky
• Owen Pallett
• Paddy Canny
• Papa John Creach
• Patrick Kelly
• Patrick Moran
• Pete Hartley
• Peter Knight
• Petra Haden
• Polly Bradfield
• Richard Greene
• Ritsu Katsumata
• Robert Bowlin
• Ruby Allmond
• Sam Bush
• Sara Watkins
• Sarah Neufeld
• Sean McGuire
• Shadmehr Aghili
• Sharon Corr
• Spencer Yeh
• Stéphane Grappelli
• Stuff Smith
• Svend Asmussen
• T. N. Krishnan
• Takehisa Kosugi
• Theron Hale
• Tim Kliphuis
• Tommy Hunter
• Tommy Jackson
• Tommy Potts
• Tracy Bonham
• Trevor Dick
• Uncle Am Stuart
• Uncle Bunt Stephens
• Uncle Jimmy Thompson
• Vanessa Mae
• Vassar Clements
• Viktoria Mullova
• Vittal Ramamurthy
• Warren Hood
• Yasmin de Soiza
• Yehudi Menuhin
• Zbigniew Seifert

You will be amazed to know that these names are just not it and there are many more. However, this list gives you a fine compilation of some of the most well-known and famous violinists of the world. If in case, you find this information insufficient, you can always turn to books - one ultimate source of information!