This is a chronological list of female classical violinists.
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(Feel free to implement this list, preferably with classical artists born before the end of XXth Cent.)
Total listed: 314
Sortable list
name | alias | b. * (yyyy/mm/dd) | birthplace | d. † (yyyy/mm/dd) | place last living | nationality | notes |
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Ottey, Sarah | Mrs. Sarah Ottey | 1695-1700 c. | London, England | 1731 or later | London, England | English | The Grove Dictionary - note |
della Pietà, Anna Maria | Anna Maria dal Violìn | 1696 | Venezia, Italy | 1782 | Venezia, Italy | Italian | Studied at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi / Dedicatee of Vivaldi's 28 Violin Concertos / note / Wikipedia German page |
Diamantina, la | "La Diamantina" | 1715 c. | Roma, Italy | 1741 or later | Roma, Italy | Italian | Also singer / cited in Gray by Edmund Nosse - note |
della Pietà, Santa | Sanza (Samaritana) della Pietà | 1725-1750 c. | Venezia, Italy | 1775 or later | Venezia, Italy | Italian | Also contralto and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi |
Plunkett, Catherine | 1725 c. | Dublin, Ireland | 1745 or later | Irish | Pupil of Matthew Dubourg | ||
Nicholl, Anne | Anne Nichol | 1728 c. | England | ? | England | English | Also singer / note |
Gambarini, Elisabetta | Mrs. Chazal | 1731/? | Italy | 1765 | England | Italian-English | Also composer/conductor / cited in Arthur Elson's Woman's Work in Music - note |
Sirmen, Maddalena | Maddalena (Madelena) Laura Sirmen (Syrmen) b. Lombardini | 1745/12/9 | Venezia, Italy | 1818/05/18 | Venezia, Italy | Italian | Also composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Giuseppe Tartini / Wikipedia Italian page |
Schmeling, Gertrude | Gertrude Elisabeth Mara / Schmehling (Schmelling, Schmaeling, Schmaehling) | 1749/02/23 | Kassel, Germany | 1833/01/20 | Reval (Tallinn), Estonia | German | Also guitarist, soprano and harpsichordist / German bio |
Bayer, Caroline | Karoline Bayer (Beyer, Beyern) | 1758 | Wien, Austria | 1803 | Austria | Austrian | Also composer / German bio |
Strinasacchi, Regina | Regina Schlick / Catarina Strinasacchi | 1761/02/28 | Ostiglia, Italy | 1839/06/11 | Dresden, Germany | Italian | Dedicatee of W.A.Mozart's Violin Sonata KV 454 / short bio |
Gautherot, Louise | M.me Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps | 1763 | France | 1808/07/28 | London | French | Pupil of Nicolas Capron / German bio |
Larrivée, Henriette | L’Arrivée (Agathe-Elisabeth) Henriette / Henriette Larrivée-Borghese | 1764-1765 | Paris, France | 1839/03/26 | Paris, France | French | German bio |
Paravicini, Giulia | Giulia Parravicini-Albergandi | 1769 | Torino, Italy | 1843 or later | Italian | Pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti, Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer / German bio | |
Gerbini, Luigia | Luigia (Lugia, Luisa, Louise), Garbini (Gardini) | 1770 c. | Torino, Italy | 1819 or later | Italian | Pupil of Gaetano Pugnani / German bio | |
Petersén, Marie Antoinette | Maria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersen / b. Crux | 1771 | Mannheim, Germany | 1855 | Sweden | Swedish | violinist and singer |
Gondreville, Mussier de | Magnier de Gondreville-Ladurner | 1779 or earlier | France | 1825/10/28 | Saint-Denis, France | French | Wife of composer Ignaz Ladurner / German bio |
Filipowicz, Elisabeth | Filipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli | 1794 | Rastatt, Germany | 1841/05/4 | London, England | Polish | Also composer / German bio |
Krähmer, Caroline | Madame Krahmen / b. Carolina (Maria) Schleicher | 1794 | Bodensee, Germany | 1868 | Vienna, Austria | German | Also clarinettist, pianist, guitarist / German bio |
Calcagno, Caterina | Caterina Calgano | 1797 c. | Genova, Italy | 1817 or later | Italian | Together with Ernesto Camillo Sivori, the only two pupils of Niccolò Paganini | |
Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta | Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta | 1798/? | Sweden | 1884/? | Sweden | Swedish | |
Neumann, Eleonore | Neumann, Leonore/Eleonore/Eleonora | 1819/? | Leszno, Poland | 1840/02/15 | Odessa, Russia | Russian | German bio |
Milanollo, Teresa | "Mademoiselle Adagio" / (Domenica Maria) Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Milanollo-Parmentier | 1827/08/28 | Savigliano, Italy | 1904/10/25 | Paris, France | Italian | Sister 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" | 1832/07/19 | Savigliano, Italy | 1848/10/21 | Paris, France | Italian | Sister of Teresa Milanollo / Owned the small violin "Milanollo" F.Ruggieri, 1680 c. |
Wendheim, Gabriele von | Wendheim, Hoffmann, Hofmann von Wendheim, Hoffmann von Wendheim, Gabriele von, Gabrielle | 1835 c. | Graz, Austria | 1883 or later | Austrian | Pupil of and dedicatee of Joseph Joachim's Nocturno for violin and orchestra, Op.12 (1858) / German bio | |
Ferni, Vincenzina | 1837 c. | Como, Italy | 1926/06/? | Torino, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni / short bio | |
Blunt, Anne | Lady Ann Blunt / Anne Isabella Noel Blunt (15th Baroness Wentworth) / b. Annabella King-Noel | 1837/09/22 | England | 1917/12/15 | Cairo, Egypt | English | Owned the "Lady Blunt" Stradivari, 1721 |
Neruda, Wilma | Lady Hallé / b. Wilhelmine (Vilémina) Maria Franziska Neruda | 1838/03/21 | Brno, Moravia | 1911/04/15 | Berlin, Germany | Moravian | Pupil of Leopold Jansa / German bio |
Ferni, Carolina | 1839/02/20 | Como, Italy | 1926/06/04 | Milano, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Charles Dancla and Henri Vieuxtemps / Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Vincenzina Ferni / short bio | |
Brousil, Bertha | Brousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha | 1842 | Pisek, Czechoslovakia | 1919/11 | London, England | Czechoslovakian | Pupil of František Němec / German bio |
Urso, Camilla | 1842/06/13 | Nantes, France | 1902/01/20 | New York, USA | American | 'Camilla Urso Collection' | |
Grünner, Marie | Marie (Grünner, Grüner, Gruner) Grünner-Messerschmidt | 1847 | Vienna, Austria | 1895/10/15 | Vienna, Austria | Austrian | Cousin of composer Johann Schrammel / German bio |
Lebouys, Catherine | Catherine (Catarina, Anna, Nina, Marie-Claire) Lebouys-Waldteufel | 1847 | Roma, Italy | 1876 or later | Italian | Pupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/ German bio | |
Ferni, Virginia | 1849 | Torino, Italy | 1934/02/04 | Torino, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni / short bio | |
Drechsler-Hamilton, Bertha | Bertha Drechsler Adamson | 1849/03/25 | Edinburgh, England | 1934/02/04 | Toronto, Canada | English | Also conductor / German bio |
Maier, Amanda | Röntgen-Maier, marr. Röntgen, Carolina Amanda Erika | 1853/02/20 | Landskrona, Sweden | 1894/06/15 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Swedish | Also organist and composer / Wife of composer Julius Röntgen / German bio |
Liebé, Therese | Liebe, Thérèse (Jeanne Berthe) | 1854/04/07 | Straßburg, Austria | 1897 or later | London, England | Austrian | Pupil of Teresa Milanollo / German bio |
Franko, Jeanne | 1855/? | New Orleans, USA | 1940/12/03 | New York, USA | American | Also pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps / bio | |
Brehm, Mathilde | Mathilde Brem-Heim | 1856/12/03 | Oberdorf, Germany | 1886/03/02 | Davos-Platz, Germany | German | German bio |
Shattuck, Lilian | b. Elizabeth B. Shattuck | 1857/02/08 | Canton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA | 1940/? | Boston, USA | American | note |
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie | b. Nathalie Lechner | 1858/05/09 | Wien, Austria | 1921/06/8 | Austria | Austrian | Also violist in the Maria Soldat-Röger String Quartet / Close friend of Gustav Mahler |
Barbi, Alice | Alice Laura Barbi | 1858/06/01 | Modena, Italy | 1948/09/04 | Roma, Italy | Italian | Also mezzo-soprano / Wikipedia Italian page |
Tschetschulin, Agnes | 1859/02/24 | Helsinki, Finland | 1942/? | Finnish | Also composer / Together with Jean Sibelius, pupil of Mitrofan Wasiljeff / German bio | ||
Pommereul, Marguerite | Pommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier | 1859/03/? | Saint Mihiel, France | 1879 or later | France | French | Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard / German bio |
Riley, Lucy | 1861/? | England | 1897 or later | England | English | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / From 1886, 2nd violin of the "Shinner String Quartet" (leader, Emily Shinner) / German bio | |
Shinner, Emily | Emily Shinner-Liddell | 1862/07/07 | Cheltenham, England | 1901/07/17 | London, England | English | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Leader of the "Shinner String Quartet" / short bio |
Soldat-Röger, Maria | Marie Soldat-Roeger / b. Soldat | 1863/03/25 | Graz, Austria | 1955/09/30 | Graz, Austria | Austrian | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Played with Johannes Brahms / Owned a 'Guarnieri del Gesù', 1742 |
Senkrah, Arma | Anna Loretta Harkness | 1864/06/06 | New York, USA | 1900/09/04 | Germany | American | Suicided in Germany / Pupil of Henryk Wieniawski, Lambert Massart and Henri Vieuxtemps / note |
Tua, Teresina | Teresa (or Teresina, Maria Felicita) Tua / Suor Maria di Gesù | 1866/04/24 | Torino, Italy | 1956/10/29 | Roma, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Lambert Massart / Wikipedia Swedish page / note / The New York Times, 1887/10/18, article / Owned the "Mond-Tua" Stradivari, 1709 |
Wietrowetz, Gabriela | Gabriele Wietrovitz | 1866/01/13 | Ljubliana, Slovenia | 1937/04/06 | Berlin, Germany | Italian-Slovenian | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / German bio |
Bligh, Eldina | Eldina Mary Bligh-Meiszner | 1867 c. | Geneva, Switzerland | 1957/03/05 | England | English | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Owned the "Darnley-Bligh" Stradivari, 1712 |
Clench, Nora | Esther Leonora Clench | 1867/05/06 | St.Maris, Canada West | 1938/05/17 | Toorak, Victoria, Australia | Canadian | |
Robinson, Edith | 1867/10/29 | Manchester, England | 1940/04/18 | English | Pupil of Adolph Brodsky / German bio | ||
Powell, Maud | 1867/08/22 | Aurora, Illinois, USA | 1920/01/08 | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / "The Maud Powell Society" | |
Morgan, Geraldine | 1868/11/15 | New York, USA | 1918/? | USA | American | Pupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim / note | |
Carpenter, Nettie | Nettie Carpenter-Stearn | 1869/? | New York, USA | 1940 or later | American | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate / The New York Times, 1887/10/17, interview / note | |
Rode, Mina | Minna Rode | 1870 c. | Germany | 1901 or later | Berlin, Germany | German | Granddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann / German bio |
Becker Shaffer, Dora | b. Dora Valesca Becker | 1870/? | Galveston, Texas, USA | 1958/? | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / First female violinist on record (14 Bettini cylinders, 1898) |
Folville, Juliette | Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville | 1870/01/05 | Liège, Belgium | 1946/10/19 | Pyrénées région, France | Belgian | Pupil of Charles Malherbe / Also pianist |
Speyer, Leonora | b. Leonora von Stosch / Lady Speyer | 1872/11/07 | Washinghton D.C., USA | 1956/02/10 | New York, USA | American | Also poet |
Brennerberg, Irene | Irene (Rosa) von Brennerberg | 1873/03/14 | Brașov, Transylvania | 1922/10/01 | Brașov, Romania | Romanian | Pupil of Martin Marsick / German bio |
Barns, Ethel | Ethel Barns Phillips | 1874/? | London, England | 1948/12/31 | Maidenhead, England | English | Pupil of Émile Sauret / Also composer |
Schindler, Rosa | 1874/09/02 | Gliwice (Gleiwitz, Oberschlesien), Poland | 1909 or later | Germany | German | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate and Joseph Joachim / German bio | |
Gunning, Nella | Petronella (Adriana) Gunning | 1876/? | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1936 or later | Dutch | Pupil of César Thomson and Carl Flesch | |
Saenger-Sèthe, Irmgard | b. Irma Saenger | 1876/04/28 | Brussels, Belgium | 1958/? | New York, USA | Belgian | Pupil of August Wilhelmj and Eugène Ysaÿe / first wife of Eugène Ysaye |
Ruegger, Charlotte | 1876/11/17 | Lucerne, Switzerland | 1959/06/16 | Switzerland | Swiss | Pupil of César Thomson / Also composer / note | |
Bang, Maia | Maya Bang | 1877/? | Christiania, Norway | 1940/? | Norwegian | Teaching assistant of Leopold Auer / Maia Bang (L.Auer), "Violin Method" (1919) / article: "As I Found Miss Bang At Lake George", The Violinist (October 1920) | |
Jackson McKim, Leonora | Leonora Jackson | 1879/02/20 | Boston, USA | 1969/01/07 | USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / note |
Nichols, Marie | 1879/10/16 | Chicago, USA | 1969/01/07 | Boston, USA | American | Boston, Feb.11, 1903: she played Max Bruch's Serenade Op.75 with composer conducting | |
Waddell, Leila | Leila (Laylah) Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell | 1880/? | Bathurst, Australia | 1932/09/14 | Sydney, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Leopold Auer / note |
Dickenson-Auner, Mary | Dickenson-Auner, Auner, Mary (Frances Dorothée), b. Dickenson | 1880/10/24 | Dublin, Ireland | 1965/05/25 | Vienna, Austria | English | Also composer, under pseudonym of "Frank Donnell" / Pupil of Otakar Ševčík and Samuel Coleridge Taylor for composition / German bio |
Hall, Marie | Marie Pauline Hall | 1884/04/08 | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 1956/11/11 | Cheltenham, England | English | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / Dedicatee of Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending (1920) |
Pászthory, Pálma von | 1884/05/23 | Budapest, Hungary | 1958/? | Weilheim/Oberbayern, Germany | Hungarian | Wikipedia German page / short bio | |
Luboschutz, Lea | Lyubishitz, Luboshitz, "Lubo" | 1885/02/22 | Odessa, Russia | 1965/03/18 | Rockport, Maine, USA | American-Russian | Sister of pianist Pierre Luboshutz, (1891/06/17 - 1971/04/17) and cellist Anna Luboschutz, (1887/07/25 - 1975/02/20) / Duo with pianist Josef Hofmann / In 1961 established the Bay Chamber Concerts |
Hayward, Marjorie | Marjorie Olive Hayward | 1885/08/14 | Greenwich, England | 1953/01/10 | London, England | English | Pupil of Émile Sauret and Otakar Ševčík / 1st violin, leader of the Virtuoso String Quartet, note + 78rpm Audio / note + 78rpm Audio |
Forté, Carmen | Carmen Forte | 1886 | Italy | 1964 | Paris, France | Italian-French | 1st violin Prize, at Paris Conservatoire / 1st violin at Concerts Colonne Orchestra / Dedicatee, with Pierre Brun and Louis Fournier, of Jean Cras's String Trio (1925) / She recorded extensively for Pathé |
Fachiri, Adila | 1886/02/26 | Budapest, Hungary | 1962/12/15 | London, England | Hungarian | Sister of violinist Jelly d'Arányi / Dedicatee, with her sister Jelly d'Arányi, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929) | |
Chemet, Renée | Renée Henriette Josephine Chemet | 1887/01/07 | Boulogne-sur-Seine, France | 1977/01/02 | Villiers le Bel, Val d'Oise, France | French | Wikipedia Italian page / note + 78rpm Audio / Never before released CD |
Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène | 1888/01/30 | France | 1961/05/15 | Paris, France | French | Wikipedia French page / Dedicatee of Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata (1927) | |
Geyer, Stefi | Stefy Geyer | 1888/06/28 | Budapest, Hungary | 1956/12/11 | Zürich, Switzerland | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1902 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 (1907–08) and Othmar Schoeck Violin Concerto Op.21 (1912) / note |
Law, Mary | 1889/? | England | 1919/? | England | British | note + audio / Played the "Bello, Marie Law" Stradivari, 1687 c. | |
Teschner Tas, Helen | Helen Tas (Teschner) | 1889/? | New York, USA | 1975/02/15 | Westport, Connecticut, USA | American | note / Owned the "Cobbett, Holloway" Stradivari, 1683 |
Zedeler, Nicoline | Nicoline Zedeler-Mix | 1889/? | USA | 1961 | New York, USA | American | Violin soloist in John Philip Sousa's Band / memorial |
Astruc, Yvonne | 1889/04/27 | Asnières, France | 1980/10/17 | Paris, France | French | Wife of pianist Marcel Ciampi / note | |
Southgate, Elsie | Miss Elsie Southgate "The Royal Violinist" | 1890/? | London, England | 1946/05/? | London, England | English | foto |
Bubnova, Anna | Anna Dimitrevna Bubnova / Anna Bubnova-Ono | 1890/03/14(23) | St. Petersburg, Russia | 1979/05/8 | Sukhumi, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Leopold Auer / Wife of scientist Ono Shun’ichi (uncle of John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono) / Japanese Official Website |
Harrison, May | 1890/08/23 | Roorkee, North-West India | 1959/06/08 | London, England | English | Sister of cellist Beatrice H. and violinist Margareth H. / Pupil of Leopold Auer | |
Parlow, Kathleen | 1890/09/20 | Fort Calgary, Alberta | 1963/08/19 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Canadian | Pupil of Leopold Auer | |
Chartres, Vivien | Vivian Chartres, Vivien Vivanti-Chartres, Vivien Chartres Burns, Vivien (Chartres) Young | 1893/06/25 | Torino, Italy | 1941/09/01 | Hove Sussex, England | English | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / German detailed bio / She owned an "Alessandro Gagliano" violin |
Kennedy, Daisy | Daisy Fowler Kennedy | 1893/01/16 | Burra, South Australia, Australia | 1981/07/30 | Hammersmith, London, England | Australian-English | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / Wife of pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch (1914–24) / note + 78rpm Audio / bio |
Menges, Isolde | Isolde Marie Menges | 1893/05/16 | Sussex, England | 1976/01/13 | London, England | English | Pupil 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 / note + 78rpm Audio |
Carelle, Beatrice | 1890 c. | England | 1950 or later | England | English | 2nd violin of the Isolde Menges String Quartet, founded in 1931 / Played in "Sadler's Wells" Orchestra, London | |
Arányi, Jelly d' | Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár | 1893/05/30 | Budapest, Hungary | 1966/03/30 | Firenze, Italy | Hungarian | Pupil 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) |
Honigberger, Erna | 1894/10/28 | Brandholz, Germany | 1974/02/14 | Wehr, Germany | German | Wikipedia German page | |
Barstow, Vera | Miss. Vera Barstow | 1895 | Pasadena, California, USA | 196? | USA | American | Pupil of Luigi von Kunits / Premiered Leo Ornstein's Violin Sonata Op.26 (1915) / Carnegie Hall, concert review, 1912/11/26 / note / Premiered Charles Wakefield Cadman's Violin Sonata in G major (1930) / Played the "Giovan Battista Guadagnini", 1745 |
Caslova, Marie | Miss. Marie Caslova | 1895 | USA | 19?? | USA | American | Columbia Daily Spectator, Volume LIX, Number 66, 1915/12/16, review / Played the "Flüsshöh" G.B.Guadagnini, 1750 c. |
Given, Thelma | 1896 | USA | 1977 | American | The New York Times, 1919/10/19, review / The New York Times, 1920/10/28, article / Thelma Given "Violinist of a Generation", promotional brochure | ||
Seydel, Irma | 1896/09/27 | Boston, USA | 19?? | New York, USA | American | ||
Hansen, Cecilia | 1897/02/16 | Staniza Kamenskaja, Russia | 1989/06/24 | London, England | Russian | Pupil of Leopold Auer together with Jascha Heifetz, 1910 / Wikipedia German page | |
Bohnke, Lilli | b. Lili von Mendelssohn | 1897/11/30 | Berlin, Germany | 1928/05/11 | Pasewalk, Germany | German | Wikipedia German page |
Gautier, Jeanne | 1898/09/18 | Asnières, France | 1974/01/06 | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | French | Member of Trio de France and Duo with pianist Yvonne Lefébure / Never before released CD | |
Moodie, Alma | Alma Templeton Moodie | 1898/09/12 | Rockhampton, Australia | 1943/03/7 | Frankfurt, Germany | Australian | Pupil of César Thomson / No recordings exist |
Lorand, Edith | 1898/12/17 | Budapest, Hungary | 1960/03/7 | New York, USA | Hungarian | Also conductor / Pupil of Jenő Hubay and Carl Flesch / Wikipedia German page / bio | |
Linz, Marta | Márta Linz | 1898/12/21 | Budapest, Hungary | 1982/01/11 | Berlin, Germany | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, Carl Flesch and Zoltán Kodály / She was also an actress and composer, known for movies "Volo sul deserto" (1938) and "Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit" (1937) |
Berkova, Frances | Frances Berkova Maazel / b. Berkowitz | 1899/04/10 (or 1906) | Russia | 1982/10/9 | Los Angeles, California, USA | American-Russian | Pupil of Leopold Auer and Carl Flesch / Mother of violinist Sandra Berkova / grave memorial / Played the "Berkova" Guadagnini, 1755 / / "The careers of Frances (née Berkowitz) & Saundra Berkova (née Maazel), mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990 |
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie Carmen | b. Sofia (Sonia) Fridman-Kochevskaya | 1899/01/06 | Moscow, Russia | 1974/12/02 | Stuttgart, Germany | Canadian | Composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist. |
Harrison, Margareth | 1899/04/20 | London, England | 1995/12/24 | London, England | English | Sister of cellist Beatrice Harrison and violinist May Harrison / Retired from concerts in 1958 | |
Sampigny, Hortense de | Hortense de Sampigny-Bailly | 189? | France | 1970 | France | French | Member of Trio Trillat / Dedicatee of Bohuslav Martinů's Violin Sonata No.2 (1931) |
Ferrari, Albertina | Alberta Lovrich or Lovrič | 1900 | Zara-Zadar, Austro-Hungary (now Croatia) | 1986 | Trieste, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1924 / Founder of Trio di Milano, 1932 / Mother of Giorgio Strehler (1921-1997), Italian director / note 1 / note 2 |
Fehér, Ilona | Ilona Feher | 1901/12/3 | Budapest, Hungary | 1988/01 | Holon, Israel | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1920 |
Rubinstein, Erna | Erna Rubenstein | 1903-1906 c. | Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Hungary | 1952 or later | Pittsburg, USA | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1918 / Protegée of Willem Mengelberg / article - Canadian Jewish Review, 1922/06/2 / On August 13, 1945 she divorced from screenwriter George Bruce / Owned the "Gudgeon" Stradivari, 1672 |
Kramer, Tosca | Dr. Tosca Berger Kramer | 1903/06/17 | New Zealand | 1976/12/27 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | American | Pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe |
Wilson, Marie | 1903/11/30 | Epping Forest, England | 1959 | London, England | English | Article from The Strad, 1935 / note | |
Morini, Erika | Erica Morini | 1904/01/5 | Vienna, Austria | 1995/10/31 | New York, USA | Austrian-American | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík |
Kersey, Eda | 1904/05/16 | Goodmayes, Essex | 1944/07/13 | London, England | English | ||
Rosé, Alma | Alma Rosé b. Rosenblum | 1906/11/3 | Vienna, Austria | 1944/04/4 | Auschwitz | Austrian | Daughter of Arnold Rosé / Wife of Váša Příhoda / Director of the "Women's Orchestra" at Auschwitz / note |
Zilzer, Ibolyka | 1906/? | Budapest, Hungary | 1971/? | Falster, Denmark | Hungarian | Pupil of Carl Flesch in Berlin / She won the 1930 "Mendelssohn-Prize" in Leipzig / years active: 1920s-1960s | |
De Vito, Gioconda | Gioconda Anna Clelia De Vito | 1907/07/27 | Martina Franca, Italy | 1994/10/24 | Roma, Italy | Italian | Never before released CD |
Bacewicz, Grażyna | Grazyna Bacewicz | 1909/02/5 | Łódź, Poland | 1969/01/19 | Warsaw, Poland | Polish | Pupil of Carl Flesch / Also composer |
Fulton, Marjorie | Marjorie Harrell / b. Marjorie McAllister Fulton | 1909/12/28 | Oklahoma City, USA | 1962/11/3 | Dallas, Texas, USA | American | Mother of cellist Lynn Harrell |
Sardo, Maria Luisa | Mary Luisa Sardo | 191? | Italy | 1937 or later | Italy | Italian | 6th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935 / Concert Program - S.Cecilia, Roma, 1936 |
Umińska, Eugenia | 1910/10/4 | Warsaw, Poland | 1980/11/20 | Kraków, Poland | Polish | Wikipedia Polish page | |
Barinova, Galina | Galina Vsevolodovna Barinova / Галина Всеволодовна Баринова | 1910/10/7(20) | St.Petersburg, Russia | 2006/09/20 | Leningrad, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Jacques Thibaud / note |
Albore, Lilia d' | Emilia d'Albore | 1911/01/4 | Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy | 1988/08/21 | Grottaferrata, Italy | Italian | Wikipedia Italian page / Never before released CD |
Pashkus, Alice | 1911/02/21 | Germany | 1972/02/3 | Vienna, Austria | German | website | |
Ignatius, Anja | Anja Hirvensalo | 1911/06/2 | Tampere, Finland | 1995/04/10 | Helsinki, Finland | Finnish | |
Kaye, Evelyn | Evelyn / Evelyn Kaye Klein (a.k.a. Evelyn Silverstone) | 1911/10/19 | USA | 1990/06/8 | USA | American | violinist and actress / played with the 'All-Girl Orchestra' of her husband Phil Spitalny / short bio / bio at IMDb / Sarasate 'Zigeunerweisen' |
Fenyves, Alice | Alice Fenyves-Rosenberg | 1912/06/2 | Budapest, Hungary | 1973/03/19 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Israeli | Wikipedia Israeli page |
Murray, Isobel | ???? | ???? | British | Pupil of Isolde Menges / Professor Isobel Murray Emeritus Professor at University of Aberdeen | |||
Carmirelli, Pina | 1914/01/23 | Varzi, Italy | 1993/02/26 | Capena, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Michelangelo Abbado / Owned three violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1941, 1954 and 1956 | |
Shapiro, Eudice | 1914/02/25 | Buffalo, NY | 2007/09/17 | Los Angeles, California, USA | American | In memoriam | |
Lidka, Maria | Marianne Louise Liedtke | 1914/05/27 | Berlin | 2013/12/12 | London | British | Pupil 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 / obituary |
Posselt, Ruth | Ruth Pierce Posselt | 1914/09/6 | Medford, Massachusetts, USA | 2007/02/19 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Emanuel Ondříček / Wife of Richard Burgin (Auer pupil) who was concertmaster of the BSO for many years under Serge Koussevitzky. |
Field, Joan | 1915/04/28 | Long Branch, NJ, USA | 1988/03/18 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA | American | Pupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding, Michel Piastro, Marcel Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu | |
Devries, Gabrielle | b. Gabrielle Rossi | 1915/10/19 | Nice, France | 2001/11/04 | Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), France | French | Pupil of Marcel Reynal and Gabriel Bouillon / Wife of the composer Ivan Devries (1909-1997) / Obituary and short bio (in French) / video playing Bach (British Pathé) |
Soriano, Denise | 1916/01/15 | Cairo, Egypt | 2006/03/3 | Paris, France | French | searchbox: 'Denise Soriano' / Never before released CD | |
Bustabo, Guila | b. Teressina Bustabo | 1916/02/25 | Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA | 2002/04/27 | Birmingham, Alabama | American | Never before released CD / Dedicatee of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto Op.26 (1944) and Otmar Nussio's Violin Concerto (1959) |
Zorian, Olive | 1916 | Manchester, England | 1965 | English | Founder of the Zorian Quartet | ||
DeLay, Dorothy | 1917/03/31 | Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA | 2002/03/24 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian | |
Behrend, Louise | 1916/10/3 | Washington D.C., USA | 2011/08/3 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / obituary | |
Hendrickson, Lyndall | 1917 | Adelaide, Australia | living | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Renowned violin pedagogue / Member of AUSTA / ABC interview, 2004 | |
Canberg, Mary | 1918 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | 2004/06/15 | West Nyack, New York, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian | |
Kozolupova, Marina | Marina Semёnovna Kozolupova | 1918/04/25 | Orenburg, Russia | 1978/10/26 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Miron Polyakin |
Gründer, Anne-Marie | Anne-Marie Grunder | 1918/05/17 | Chexbres, Switzerland | 1996/11/22 | Berne, Switzerland | Swiss | Pupil of Carl Flesch / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1944 / French bio |
Andrade, Janine | 1918/11/13 | Besançon, France | 1997/10/24 | Levallois-Perret | French | Never before released CD | |
Luzzato, Wanda | Wanda Luzzato, b. Carpi | 1919/06/19 | Varese, Italy | 2002/09/25 | Milano, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1935 / foto with Hubay, 1935 / Dedicatee of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Divertimento in D major, for Violin and Orchestra (1959/60) / article of Australian Tour, 20 July 1964 / "Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte", 1987/07/27 / "Wanda Luzzato, l’allieva italiana di Jenö Hubay", page.43 - short bio, 2003 / CDs: The German Radio Recordings, 2CD Meloclassic; The Italian and Swiss (1955-1979) recordings, 8CD box Rhine Classics |
Magnes, Frances | 1919/04/27 | USA | 2010/03/24 | Madison, New Jersey, USA | American | Her violin Nicolò Amati 1641 (owned 1944-1963) | |
Neveu, Ginette | 1919/08/11 | Paris, France | 1949/10/28 | Azores, Portugal | French | 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935 | |
Gilels, Elizabeth | Elizaveta / Yelizaveta Gilels | 1919/09/30 | Odessa, Ukraine, USSR | 2008/03/13 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky / Sister of Emil Gilels, wife of Leonid Kogan |
Benda, Lola | 1920s? | Thonon-les-Bains, Switzerland | living | Swiss | Also composer and pedagogue / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1940 / Sister of pianist Sebastian Benda / Wikipedia German page | ||
Lengyel, Gabriella | Gabrielle Lengyel | 1920/? | Budapest, Hungary | 1993/03/22 | Paris, France | Hungarian-French | Classmate of Wanda Luzzato, Johanna Martzy, Robert Virovai and Ede Zathureczky under Jenő Hubay, 1935/1936 / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1946 / Dedicatee of Julien-François Zbinden's Violin Sonata (1950) / Member of Piano Trio Lengyel with her brothers, pianist Atty Lengyel and cellist Endre Lengyel |
Sturzenegger, Heidi | 1920/? | Switzerland | living? | Swiss | 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1940 | ||
Suwa, Nejiko | b. Nejiko Oga | 1920/01/23 | Tokyo, Japan | 2012/03/6 | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono / Never before released CD / "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2 |
Tuttle, Karen | 1920/03/28 | Lewiston, Idaho, USA | 2010/12/16 | American | Switched to viola; Pupil of William Primrose / obituary | ||
Pardee, Margaret | 1920/05/10 | Valdosta, Georgia, USA | 2016/01/26 | Westbury, New York, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, and Louis Persinger | |
Havas, Kató | 1920/11/05 | Târgu Secuiesc, Romania | living | London | Hungarian-British | Pedagogue Official website | |
Stucki, Aida | 1921/02/19 | Cairo, Egypt | 2011/06/9 | Winterthur, Switzerland | Swiss | Wikipedia German page / website | |
Bobesco, Lola | Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco (Bobescu) | 1921/08/9 | Craiova, Romania | 2003/09/4 | Spa, Belgium | Romanian | Never before released CD |
Solovieff, Myriam | Miriam Soloviev | 1921/11/04 | San Francisco, California, USA | 2004/10/03 | Paris, France | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / Never before released CD |
Gigler, Hedi | Hedi Gigler-Dongas | 1923/02/19 | Berlin, Germany | 2017/02/19 | Charlottenburg, Germany | Austrian-German | Daughter of music critic Herbert Gigler and composer Grete von Zieritz / Pupil of Jenö Hubay, Marie Roeger-Soldat and Georg Kulenkampff / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1951 / Film/Video "Geigerin Hedi Gigler-Dongas" (1993) Goran Krainow, director |
Lama, Lina | 1922/04/22 | Faenza, Italy | 2014/11/28 | Roma, Italy | Italian | violinist and violist obituary (IT) | |
Pegreffi, Elisa | 1922/06/10 | Genova, Italy | living | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Arrigo Serato / Wife of Paolo Borciani and 2nd violin of Quartetto Italiano, note / Owns two violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1942 and 1943 | |
Liivak, Evi | 1924 | Viljandi, Estonia | 1996 | New York, USA | Estonian-American | Pupil of Ede Zathureczky and Max Strub / in 1962 she acquired the "Lipiński" Stradivarius, 1715 / note | |
Gilels, Zinaida | Zinaida Grigoryevna Gilels | 1924/02/24 | Odessa, Ukraine, USSR | 2000/05/07 | USA | Soviet-American | Pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky, Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Niece of Elizabeth Gilels and Emil Gilels |
Van Dyke, Marcia | 1924/03/26 | USA | 2002/09/03 | USA | American | ||
Martzy, Johanna | 1924/10/26 | Timișoara, Transylvania | 1979/08/13 | Glarus, Switzerland | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenö Hubay / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1947 / note | |
Auclair, Michèle | 1924/11/16 | Paris, France | 2005/06/10 | Paris, France | French | Pupil of Jules Boucherit, Boris Kamensky and Jacques Thibaud / 1st prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1943 / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1945 / website / Never before released CD | |
Cserfalvi, Elisabeth | Elise Cserfalvi | 1926/? | Budapest, Hungary | 1970s ? | London | Hungarian | Pupil of Ede Zathureczky / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1946 / 3rd Prize Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, 1951 Cserfalvi page / Played at "BBC Proms" in 1960, 1961 and 1964 / Her Duo partner was pianist Géza Frid / Wife of Árpád Gérecz. |
Mari, Iwamoto | 1926/? | Japan | 1979/05/11 | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono and Louis Persinger / "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2 | |
Hisako, Tsuji | 1926/? | Japan | living | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | "Three Violin Maidens": Part 1; Part 2 | |
Kaverzneva, Olga | Olga Viktorovna Kaverzneva | 1926/05/12 | Odessa, USSR | 2006/12/25 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Benjamin Z. Mordkovich and David Oistrach |
Tsitsikian, Anahit | Anahit Tsitsikyan | 1926/08/26 | Leningrad, USSR | 1999/05/2 | Yerevan, Armenia | Armenian | Anahit Tsitsikian Cultural Foundation |
Zerounian, Ara | 1926/11/26 | Detroit, USA | 2012/10/29 | Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA | American-Armenian | obituary | |
Monosoff, Sonya | 1927/? | USA | living | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / Pioneer of baroque violin / Cornell.edu profile | ||
Hidy, Marta | 1927/01/11 | Budapest, Hungary | 2010/11/4 | Hamilton, Canada | Hungarian Canadian | Pupil of Ede Zathureczky, Leo Weiner and Zoltán Kodály / 1st prize Franz Liszt Academy's Remenyi Competition, 1943 / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / obituary | |
Kwalwasser, Helen | 1927/10/?? | USA | living | USA | American | Pupil of Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. and Ivan Galamian / Violin pedagogue | |
Travers, Patricia | 1927/12/5 | Clifton, NJ, USA | 2010/02/9 | Clifton, New Jersey, USA | American | Played the "Tom Taylor" Stradivarius, 1732 / After 1951 she quit concerts / obituary | |
Parchomienko, Olga | Olga Parkhomenko | 1928/04/7 | Kiev, Ukraine, USSR | 2011/06/5 | USSR | Russian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / Wikipedia German page / Wikipedia Ukrainian page |
Berkovich, Klara | Klara Yefimovna Berkovich / b. Klara Gordion | 1928/05/19 | Odessa, Ukraine, USSR | living | Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Russian-American | |
Leonhardt, Marie | b. Marie Amsler | 1928/05/30 | Netherlands | living | Amsterdam | Dutch | Baroque violin / Pupil of Max Rostal / Wife of Gustav Leonhardt / Wikipedia German page |
Nelli Shkolnikova | Nelly Chkolnikova / Nelli Efimovna Shkolnikova | 1928/07/8 | Zolotonosha, Ukraine, USSR | 2010/02/2 | Melbourne, Australia | Russian | Pupil of Yuri Yankelevich / 1st great prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1953 |
Wicks, Camilla | Camilla Dolores Wicks | 1928/08/9 | Long Beach, California, USA | living | American-Norwegian | Official website | |
Haendel, Ida | 1928/12/15 | Chelm, Poland | living | London, England | English | Pupil of Carl Flesch and George Enescu / 7th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935 | |
Boussinot, Michèle | Francine Dourfeille-Boussinot | 1929/? | Bordeaux, France | living ? | French | 5th prize at 'Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud' in 1953; 4th Prize - Concours Reine Elisabeth / pupil of Jules Boucherit and of David Oistrakh in Moscow in 1954/55 / Dedicatee of "Musique en sol", pièce pour violon et orchestre (1965) by french composer Louis Saguer (1907-1991). | |
Wiłkomirska, Wanda | Wanda Wilkomirska | 1929/01/11 | Warsaw, Poland | living | Australia | Polish | 2nd 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, Rosa | Roza Fajn | 1929/01/19 | Odessa, Ukraine, USSR | living | Russian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957; Wieniawski Competition, note | |
Elphège, Flora | 1930s ? | Grénoble, France | living ? | Grénoble, France | French | Renowned violin pedagogue / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 / newspaper article + picture, 1957 / Piano Trio: Jean Martin (piano), Flora Elphège (violin), Claude Burgos (cello) / ina.fr - audio clip, 1973/09/12 | |
Frasca-Colombier, Monique | 1930s ? | France | 2012 or later (living?) | France | French | Wife of conductor Paul Kuentz / Concertmaster of Kuentz Chamber Orchestra / Plays also viola d'amore /ina.fr - Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No.5, 1965/1/19 | |
Kimber, Beryl | 1930s ? | Perth, Australia | living ? | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 / note / photo | |
Mihailović, Marija | Marija Mihailovic / Марија Михаиловић | 1930s ? | Belgrade, Serbia (ex Jugoslavia) | living ? | Serbian | Jury member in 3rd Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957 | |
Steiner, Diana | 1930s ? | USA | living ? | USA | American | sister of cellist and conductor Frances Steiner / The Miami News -concert review, 1954 | |
Varga, Norma | b. Norma Jones | 1930s ? | England | living ? | USA | English | Pupil of Isolde Menges / Wife of violinist Ruben Varga (1928-1984) / Mother of violinist Rachel Varga / bio / Mother of composer David Varga [1][2] |
Berkova, Sandra | Saundra Berkova / b. Maazel / Sandra Macaulay | 1930 (1933 ?) | Los Angeles, California, USA | 1978/01/11 | Los Angeles, USA | American | Daughter of violinist Frances Berkova / Cousin of conductor Lorin Maazel / article, 1957/05/6 / "The careers of Frances (née Berkowitz) & Saundra Berkova (née Maazel), mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990 |
Harnoncourt, Alice | b. Alice Hoffelner | 1930/09/26 | Vienna, Austria | living | Vienna | Austrian | Baroque violin / Wife of Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Hagen, Betty-Jean | Betty-Jeanne Hagen | 1930/10/17 | Edmonton, Canada | living | Canadian | Pupil of Ludwig Becker and Ivan Galamian / 3rd Grand Prix Concours-Long-Thibaud, 1951 (when Ivry Gitlis was 5th) / bio (The Canadian Encyclopedia) | |
Theuveny, Marie Claude | Marie-Claude Theuveny-Petit | 1931/? | Paris, France | 2012/07/23 | Paris, France | French | 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1948 / Short biography |
Schneidermann, Dina | 1931/? | Odessa, Ukraine | 2016/08/09 | Uppsala, Sweden | Russian-Bulgarian-Swedish | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1960 / Played Paganini's "Il Cannone" by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, 1743 | |
Fernández, Huguette | Fernandez Huguette / b. Delsol | 1932/? | Spain | 2012/12/10 | Decazeville, France | French | 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1950 / Till 1969, concertmaster of the Orchestre de chambre Jean-François Paillard / obituary |
Lautenbacher, Susanne | Suzanne or Susi Lautenbacher | 1932/04/19 | Augsburg, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Karl Freund and Henryk Szeryng (briefly) | |
Garnier, Liliane | 1932/09/13 | Dijon, France | living | French | note | ||
Yashvili, Marina | Jasvili (Iashvili) Marine Luarsabovna | 1932/10/2 | Tblisi, Georgia, USSR | 2012/07/9 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Konstantin Mostras / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / 'The Strad' - obituary |
Tarjus, Blanche | 1933/? | France | 1990s ? | France | French | Pupil of René Benedetti, George Enescu and Alice Pashkus / Rameau (Ysaye) recordings, 1946 / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952; Wieniawski Competition - note / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1952 / 2nd prize ex-aequo 'Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud', 1953 / article, 1954/02/13 | |
Spirk, Margit | 1933/04/12 | Trento, Italy | living | Italian | Pupil of Sandor Vegh and Váša Příhoda / short bio | ||
Shikhmurzayeva, Zoria | Zoria Szichmurzajewa / Зоря Шихмурзаева | 1933/10/26 | Kazan, Tatarstan, USSR | 2010/04/24 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | FB page / Mother of violinists Julia Bushkova (b.1959) and Evgeny Bushkov (b.1968) / "Moscow Conservatory", Russian page |
Bagdasarjanz, Ursula | 1934/? | Winterthur, Switzerland | living | Swiss | Pupil of Aida Stucki, Marcel Reynal, Sándor Végh, Joseph Calvet and Max Rostal | ||
Erduran, Ayla | 1934/09/22 | Istanbul, Turkey | living | Turkish | Pupil of Karl Berger, Ivan Galamian, Zino Francescatti, David Oistrakh / 5th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957; Wieniawski Competition - note / Wikipedia Turkish page / iKSV 2007 Award | ||
Jodry, Annie | 1935/10/4 | Reims, France | 2007/06/3 | Teinteillac, France | French | Pupil of Marcel Reynal / 1st prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 / Wife of composer, conductor Jean-Jacques Werner / "an hommage" / Owned a "Battista Ruggieri", 1690 | |
Kaliszewska, Jadwiga | 1936/? | Warsaw, Poland | 2012/? | Poznań, Poland | Russian | Pupil of Eugenia Umińska / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962; Wieniawski Competition - note | |
Kan, Suna | 1936/10/21 | Adana, Turkey | living | Turkish | Wikipedia Turkish page | ||
Beilina, Nina | Nina Michailowna Beilina / Nina Beilina-Chudnovsky | 1937/? | Odessa, Ukraine, USSR | living | New York, USA | Russian-American | Pupil of Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Wikipedia German page / Dedicatee of Alfred Schnittke Suite in the Old Style (1972) and Boris Tischenko Violin Fantasy, Op.118 (1994) / interview, 2008 / note |
Peinemann, Edith | 1937/03/3 | Mainz, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Max Rostal | ||
Vamos, Almita | 1938/? | USA | living | American | Wife of violin pedagogue Roland Vamos | ||
Petrosyan, Zoya | Isabella Petrosian | 1939/? | Russia | living | Russian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 4th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962; Wieniawski Competition - note | |
Gotkovsky, Nell | 1939/09/26 | Paris, France | 1997/07/15 | Brigham, Utah, USA | French | note / 'Chevalier des Arts and Letters' | |
Courtois, Catherine | 1940s ? | France | living | France | French | 2nd prize ex-aequo Geneva International Music Competition, 1965 / Duo with pianist Catherine Collard / In 90s stopped playing, dedicating to teaching | |
Givens, Shirley | 1940s ? | Louisville, Kentucky USA | living | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / Renowned violin pedagogue at Juilliard School / Wife of cellist/conductor Harry Wimmer / note | |
Le Dizès, Maryvonne | 1940s ? | France | living | Paris, France | French | 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1962 / Active with Ensemble Intercontemporain / French interview | |
Lozada, Carmencita | 1940/? | Manila, Philippines | 2006/08/15 | Pasig, Philippines | Philippine | Pupil 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 / obituary | |
Brown, Iona | 1941/01/07 | Salisbury, England | 2004/06/05 | Salisbury, England | English | Concertmaster and Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | |
Ushioda, Masuko | 1942/04/04 | Shenyang, Manchuria | 2013/05/28 | Boston, USA | Japanese | ||
Abel, Jenny | 1942/11/13 | Bredstedt, Kreis Husum, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Max Rostal and Henryk Szeryng / Duo with pianist Roberto Szidon / note | ||
Armstrong, Helen | 1943/080/9 | Rockford, Illinois, USA | 2006/04/28 | Greenwich, CT, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian | |
Nishizaki, Takako | 1944/04/14 | Japan | living | Hong Kong | Japanese | Pupil of Joseph Fuchs / Spouse of Klaus Heymann, "Naxos" label owner | |
Mordkovitch, Lydia | b. Lydia Shtimerman | 1944/04/30 | Saratov, Russia | 2014/12/09 | London, England | Russian-British | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 5th prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969 |
Eggebrecht, Renate | 1944/08/12 | Selent, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | living | German | |||
Edinger, Christiane | 1945/03/20 | Potsdam, Poland | living | German | Pupil of Joseph Fuchs and Nathan Milstein / Wikipedia German page | ||
Chumachenco, Ana | Chumachenko | 1945/06/23 | Padova, Italy | living | Italian-German | Studied with Ljerko Spiller, Yehudi Menuhin, Joseph Szigeti. Sandor Vegh / Teaches at the "Kronberg Academy" | |
Ambrose, Penny | Priscilla Ann Ambrose | 1946/? | Connecticut, USA | 1963/09/10 | Coventry, Conn., USA | American | 5th prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962 / Suicided at 17 |
Fujikawa, Mayumi | 1946/? | Asahigawa, Japan | living | London | Japanese | bio | |
Dael, Lucy van | 1946/? | Amsterdam, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Baroque violin | ||
Schwarzberg, Dora | Dora (Isadora) Schwartzberg | 1946/03/27 | Tashkent, USSR | living | Russian-Austrian | Wikipedia Russian page | |
Grindenko, Tatiana | Tatjana Grindenko | 1946/03/29 | Kharkiv, Ukraine, URSS | living | Russian | 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972 | |
Beths, Vera | 1946/06/01 | Haarlem, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Pupil of Herman Krebbers and Ivan Galamian | ||
Isakadze, Liana | 1946/08/02 | Tblisi, Georgia | living | Georgian | official website | ||
Fried, Miriam | 1946/09/09 | Satu Mare, Romania | living | Israeli | Pupil of Alice Fenyves, Josef Gingold and Ivan Galamian / 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1968; 1st Prize Grand prix international Reine Elisabeth, 1971 | ||
Banchini, Chiara | 1946/10/07 | Lugano, Switzerland | living | Swiss | Baroque violin / Wikipedia Italian page | ||
Carfi, Anahi | 1947/? | Buenos Aires, Argentina | living | Milano | Argentinian-Italian | Pupil of Zino Francescatti / from 1973 concertmaster at Teatro alla Scala, Milan / former spouse of Riccardo Chailly (1974) | |
Kakudo, Kaoru | 1947/? | Japan | 2004/04/05 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Japanese | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / Also concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | |
Spitková, Jela | 1947/01/01 | Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia | living | Slovak-Austrian | Pupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff and Igor Oistrakh | ||
Bernard, Claire | 1947/? | Rouen, France | living | French | Pupil of Henryk Szeryng / 1st prize George Enescu International Competition, 1964 / note / Owned a "Giuseppe Guarnieri", 1741 / interview in French, 2012 | ||
Thompson, Gwen | Gwendoline Linda Louise Thompson | 1947/03/30 | Winnipeg, Canada | living | Canadian | Pupil of Ivan Galamian | |
Pierrou, Nilla | Gunilla Elisabet Pierrou | 1947/10/02 | Sweden | living | Floda, Sweden | Swedish | Pupil of André Gertler / 3CDs, recorded legacy / Played the "ex Joachim" Stradivarius, 1723; own the "Januarius Gagliano", 1748 / Wikipedia Swedish page |
Sindell, Carol | 1948/? | USA | living | Portland, Oregon, USA | American | Pupil of Josef Gingold and Jascha Heifetz / Member of Florestan Trio / short bio | |
Chung, Kyung-Wha | 1948/03/26 | Seoul, South Korea | living | Korean | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / 1st Prize "Leventritt International Competition", 1967 | ||
Kavafian, Ani | 1948/05/10 | Istanbul, Turkey | living | American-Armenian | Pupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian / professor of violin at Yale University / plays the 1736 "Muir McKenzie" Stradivarius violin | ||
Vasile, Cornelia | 1948/12/10 | Timişoara, Romania | 2010/09/01 | Munich, Germany | Romanian | Pupil of Ivry Gitlis in Salzburg and Paris, 1969-70 / In 1973 she is said to have made a suicide attempt after she had not come in a competition (Premio Paganini, Genoa) to the final; Rumors of a completed suicide are wrong. Later, a certain stabilization seems to have occurred - Cornelia Vasile was (it will probably have been about from the early 80s) concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra Graunke in Munich (today Munich Symphony Orchestra). In 1983 with this orchestra an LP on which, among other works of the orchestra's founder and -leiters Kurt Graunke a perpetual motion machine was included for violin and orchestra, with Cornelia Vasile as a soloist. / article / in 1969 she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices, for DGG 'Debut Collection' / Cornelia Vasile - Memorial for a violinist and memory of a case | |
Verhey, Emmy | 1949/03/13 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Pupil of Herman Krebbers, Wolfgang Schneiderhan and David Oistrakh | ||
Danczowska, Kaja | 1949/03/25 | Kraków, Poland | living | Kraków, Poland | Polish | Pupil of David Oistrakh and Ruggiero Ricci / 3rd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1967 / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1970 / Wikipedia Polish page | |
Lamon, Jeanne | 1949/08/14 | New York, USA | living | Ontario, Canada | American | Baroque violin / Pupil of Robert Koff and Herman Krebbers | |
Volckaert, Edith | 1949/08/27 | Gand, Belgium | 1992/07/02 | Paris, France | Belgian | Wikipedia French page | |
Sato, Yoko | Yōko Satō | 1949/10/14 | Japan | living | Japanese | pupil of Leonid Kogan, 1959-1971 / played Khachaturian's Concerto under composer's baton, 1963 / 3rd Prize 'Tchaikovsky' Competition, 1966 / 2nd Prize 'Paganini' Competition, 1972 / lifetime companion, of the Japanese painter Masuo Ikeda | |
Kiesewetter, Erica | 1950s ? | Centerport, Long Island, New York, USA | living | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / short bio (Naxos records), bio (Long Island Youth Orchestra) | ||
Sîrbu, Mariana | Mariana Sirbu | 1950s ? | Iaşi, Romania | living | Romanian | Pupil 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, Sylvie | 1950/01/30 | Orléans, France | living | French | Wikipedia French page | ||
Bon, Charlotte | 1951/? | Amsterdam, Netherlands | living | Dutch | note / official website | ||
Colan, Ruxandra | Ruxandra Colan-Petcu | 1951/04/01 | Brașov, Romania | living | Ireland | Romanian | 2nd violin of Academica String Quartet |
Wallfisch, Elizabeth | b. Elizabeth Hunt | 1952/01/28 | Australia | living | English | Baroque violin / Wife of cellist Raphael Wallfisch / official website | |
Marcovici, Silvia | 1952/01/30 | Bacău, Romania | living | Graz, Austria | Romanian | Pupil of Stefan Gheorghiu / 2nd prize Long-Thibaud Competition, 1969 | |
Kavafian, Ida | 1952/10/29 | Istanbul, Turkey | living | American-Armenian | Pupil of Ara Zerounian, Mischa Mischakoff and Ivan Galamian | ||
Huggett, Monica | 1953/05/16 | London, England | living | English | Baroque violin / Pupil of Manoug Parikian, Kato Havas and Sigiswald Kuijken | ||
Gorzynska, Barbara | Barbara Górzyńska | 1953/12/04 | Lodz, Poland | living | Polish | 3rd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972 / 'Festival Bled', bio | |
Homburger, Maya | 1953/12/17 | Zürich, Switzerland | living | Swiss | Baroque violin / Pupil of Ivan Galamian and Eduard Melkus / Wikipedia German page | ||
Milanova, Vanya | 1954/01/12 | Bulgaria | living | Bulgarian | 3rd Prize "Paganini International Competition" in 1973 / one among the very first female violinist that recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices - LP Simax PS 1020 (p)1985 | ||
Ishikawa, Shizuka | 1954/? | Tokyo, Japan | living | Japanese | 2nd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972 | ||
Horigome, Yuzuko | 1957/12/04 | Tokyo, Japan | living | Belgium | Japanese | Pupil of Ryosaku Kubota and Toshiya Eto / Plays a 1741 Guarneri del Gesù. | |
Martin, Mihaela | 1958/? | Bucharest, Romania | living | Köln, Germany | Romanian | Pupil of Stefan Gheorghiu / Soloist, pedagogue and first violin of the Michelangelo String Quartet / Plays a "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini", 1748 | |
Bushkova, Julia | 1959/? | Moscow, Russia | living | Dallas, Texas, USA | Russian | Daughter and pupil of Zoria Shikhmurzaeva; sister of violinist Evgeny Bushkov / official website | |
Mullova, Viktoria | Viktoria Yurievna Mullova | 1959/11/27 | Zhukovsky, Moscow, Russia | living | London, England | Russian | Pupil of Leonid Kogan / Plays the "Jules Falk" Stradivari, 1723 c. and a "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini", 1750 c. |
Malgoire, Florence | 1960/03/09 | Dugny, France | living | French | Baroque violin / Pupil of Sigiswald Kuijken / Son of Jean-Claude Malgoire / Wikipedia French page | ||
Tchakerian, Sonig | 1960/07/02 | Armenia | living | Italian | Pupil of Giovanni Guglielmo, Salvatore Accardo, Franco Gulli and Nathan Milstein / Wikipedia Italian page | ||
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja | b. Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg | 1961/01/10 | Rome, Italy | living | Italo-American | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay | |
Angelescu, Cristina | 1961/02/22 | Bucharest, Romania | living | Rumanian | Pupil of Ștefan Gheorghiu / 1st Prize Sibelius Competition, 1990 | ||
Jenson, Dylana | 1961/05/14 | Los Angeles, California, USA | living | Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | American | Pupil of Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold | |
Paetsch, Michaela | Michaela Paetsch Neftel | 1961/11/12 | Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | living | Bern, Switzerland | American | |
Senju, Mariko | 1962/? | Japan | living | Japanese | Pupil of Toshiya Eto / 1st Prize at "26th Paganini Violin Competition" in 1979 / official website | ||
Mutter, Anne-Sophie | 1963/06/29 | Rheinfelden, Germany | living | German | Pupil 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) | ||
Henriette de Vrijer | 1963/11/04 | Netherlands | living | Dutch | Pupil of Jan Hulst and Tessa Robins-Khambatta / Founder of Pro-Am Strings | ||
Little, Tasmin | 1965/05/13 | London, England | living | English | |||
Takezawa, Kyoko | 1966/10/30 | Ōbu, Aichi, Japan | living | USA | Japanese | ||
Keulen, Isabelle van | 1966/12/16 | Mijdrecht, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Wikipedia Dutch page / website | ||
Weithaas, Antje | 1966/? | Guben, DDR Germany | living | German | Leader of Camerata Bern / Plays on a 2001 Peter Greiner violin | ||
Frank, Pamela | 1967/06/20 | New York, USA | living | American | |||
Astrand, Christina | 1969/06/06 | Skanderborg, Denmark | living | Aarhus, Denmark | Danish | Leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra | |
Izaks, Aija | 1969/06/27 | Karsava, Latvia | living | American, Latvian | website | ||
Rabin, Shira | 1970/05/01 | Tel-Aviv, Israel | living | Israeli | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay | ||
Meyers, Anne Akiko | 1970/05/15 | San Diego, California, USA | living | American | website | ||
Gotō, Midori | Midori | 1971/10/25 | Osaka, Japan | living | Japanese | website | |
Suwanai, Akiko | 1972/02/07 | Japan | living | Japanese | Pupil of Toshiya Eto / 1st Prize "International Tchaikovsky Competition" in 1990 | ||
Faust, Isabelle | 1972/03/19 | Esslingen am Neckar, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Christoph Poppen / 1st Prize Paganini Competition, 1993 / Plays the "Bella addormentata" Stradivari, 1704 | ||
Korsakova, Natascha | Natascha Korsakowa | 1973/01/24 | Moscow, Russia | living | Russian-German | Studied with her father Andrei Korsakov (1946–1991), Ulf Klausenitzer, and Saschko Gawriloff / Plays a 1770 Vincenzo Panormo (Bergonzi school) | |
Khitruk, Anastasia | Анастасия Хитрук | 1974/08/? | Moscow, USSR | living | Russian-American | Studied with Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard School | |
Barton, Rachel | Rachel Barton Pine | 1974/10/11 | Chicago, USA | living | American | Studied with Roland and Almita Vamos | |
Yoko Henkel, Susanna | 1975/? | Freiburg, Germany | living | German | Studied with Rainer Kussmaul, and Ana Chumachenco / Plays the 1710 "Ex Leslie Tate" Stradivari | ||
Widmann, Carolin | 1976/? | Munich, Germany | living | German | Studied with Igor Ozim, Michèle Auclair and David Takeno / Plays a 1782 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini | ||
Kopatchinskaja, Patricia | 1977/? | Chișinău, Moldova | living | Moldavian-Swiss | Plays a 1834 Giovanni Francesco Pressenda (Torino) | ||
Josefowicz, Leila | Leila Bronia Josefowicz | 1977/19/20 | Mississauga, Ontario | living | Canadian | Studied with Jaime Laredo, Joseph Gingold, Felix Galimir and Jascha Brodsky / Plays the 1739 "Ebersolt" Guarneri del Gesù. | |
Jansen, Janine | 1978/01/07 | Soest, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Pupil of Philippe Hirschhorn and Boris Belkin / Plays the "Barrere" Stradivari, 1727 | ||
Becker-Bender, Tanja | 1978/02/11 | Stuttgart, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Helmut Zehetmair, Wolfgang Marschner and Wilhelm Melcher | ||
Mae, Vanessa | Vanessa Mae Vanakorn Nicholson / Chén Měi | 1978/10/27 | Singapore | living | British | Genres: Classical, techno, electronic and pop | |
Batiashvili, Lisa | b. Elisabed Batiashvili | 1979/? | Tbilisi, Georgia | living | Georgian | 2nd Prize Sibelius Competition, 1995 / Plays the "Engleman" Stradivari, 1709 | |
Hahn, Hilary | 1979/11/27 | Lexington, USA | living | American | Pupil of Klara Berkovich and Jascha Brodsky / Plays an 1864 copy of Paganini's Cannone made by Vuillaume | ||
Chang, Sarah | b. Young Joo Chang | 1980/12/10 | Philadelphia, USA | living | Korean-American | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / Plays the "ex Isaac Stern" Guarneri del Gesù, 1717 | |
Steinbacher, Arabella | 1981/11/14 | Munich, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay and Ivry Gitlis / Plays the "Booth" Stradivari, 1716 | ||
Kim, So-Ock | So'Ock Kim | 1982/? | Seoul, South Korea | living | London, UK | Korean, British | Pupil of Itzhak Rashkovsky, Felix Andrievsky and David Takeno. |
Fischer, Julia | 1983/06/15 | Munich, Germany | living | German | Also concert pianist / Pupil of Lydia Dubrowskaya and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Philipp Augustin violin, 2012 | ||
Hristova, Bella | 1985/? | Pleven, Bulgaria | living | Bulgarian-American | Pupil of Ruggiero Ricci and Ida Kavafian / Plays a 1655 Nicolò Amati violin, once owned by the violinist Louis Krasner. | ||
Tifu, Anna | 1986/01/01 | Cagliari, Italy | living | Italian | Pupil of Salvatore Accardo | ||
Kamio, Mayuko | 1986/06/12 | Osaka, Japan | living | Japanese | Pupil of Zakhar Bron / 1st Prize at Tchaikovsky Competition, 2007 / Plays the 1727 "ex Joseph Joachim" Stradivarius, on loan from Suntory. | ||
Frang, Vilde | 1986/08/19 | Oslo, Norway | living | Norvegian | Pupil of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kolja Blacher and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, 1864 | ||
Yang, Tianwa | Yáng Tianwa | 1987/04/08 | Bejing, China | living | Chinese | Pupil of Lin Yaoji and protegé by Isaac Stern / Plays a Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri del Gesù, 1730 | |
Benedetti, Nicola | 1987/07/19 | West Kilbride, Scotland, UK | living | English | Pupil of Yehudi Menuhin and Natasha Boyarskaya | ||
Marzadori, Laura | 1989/01/09 | Bologna, Italy | living | Italian | Pupil of Salvatore Accardo and Zachar Bron / Soloist and Concertmaster at Teatro alla Scala, Milan | ||
Dego, Francesca | 1989/03/17 | Lecco, Italy | living | Italian | Pupil of Salvatore Accardo and Shlomo Mintz / Plays a Francesco Ruggieri, 1697 | ||
Goicea, Ioana Cristina | 1992/11/06 | Bucharest, Romania | living | Rumanian | 1st Prize at Michael Hill International Violin Competition, 2017 |
References
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- ^ "Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday", Chapter X. "Women as Violini", Henry C. Lahee (1899)
- ^ "Lady Violinists", The Musical Times, Vol. 47, No. 764, pp. 662-668 (Oct. 1, 1906)
- ^ "An Encyclopedia of the Violin", Alberto Bachmann (1926)
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