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|[[La Diamantina|Diamantina, la]] || "La Diamantina" || 1715 c. || Roma, Italy || 1741 or later || Roma, Italy || Italian || Also singer / [https://books.google.com/books?id=LE8D5zs2qTcC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=La+diamantina+violin&source=bl&ots=PW7M7dHZGY&sig=O1_XCNweM6_gYU1o8RktwRYOH3o&hl=it&sa=X&ei=S0NUU5HGFaS07QbAg4CwBg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=La%20diamantina%20violin&f=false cited in ''Gray'' by Edmund Nosse – note] |
|[[La Diamantina|Diamantina, la]] || "La Diamantina" || 1715 c. || Roma, Italy || 1741 or later || Roma, Italy || Italian || Also singer / [https://books.google.com/books?id=LE8D5zs2qTcC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=La+diamantina+violin&source=bl&ots=PW7M7dHZGY&sig=O1_XCNweM6_gYU1o8RktwRYOH3o&hl=it&sa=X&ei=S0NUU5HGFaS07QbAg4CwBg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=La%20diamantina%20violin&f=false cited in ''Gray'' by Edmund Nosse – note] |
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|[[Catherine Plunkett|Plunkett, Catherine]] || || 1725 c. || Dublin, Ireland || 1745 or later || || Irish ||[https://www.violinist.com/discussion/archive/19135/ Violinists] |
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|[[Barbara Penny]] || || 1929 || || 2007 || || British || The first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
|[[Barbara Penny]] || || 1929 || || 2007 || || British || The first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Revision as of 22:47, 8 December 2019
This is a chronological list of female classical professional concert violinists.
NOTE: any add should be done in chronological birth date order. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Total listed: 250
Sortable list
Name | Alias | Birth date (yyyy/mm/dd) | Birthplace | Died (yyyy/mm/dd) | Place last living | Nationality | Notes |
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Diamantina, la | "La Diamantina" | 1715 c. | Roma, Italy | 1741 or later | Roma, Italy | Italian | Also singer / cited in Gray by Edmund Nosse – note |
Plunkett, Catherine | 1725 c. | Dublin, Ireland | 1745 or later | Irish | Violinists | ||
Barbara Penny | 1929 | 2007 | British | The first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | |||
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 |
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 |
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 |
Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta | 1798/??/?? | Götheborg, Sweden | 1884/??/?? | Stockholm, 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 |
Iacovino, Mariuccia | 12 December 1912 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16 May 2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Brazilian | Also Instructor / short 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, Louisiana, 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 |
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 |
Tschetschulin, Agnes | 1859/02/24 | Helsinki, Finland | 1942/??/?? | Stockholm | 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 |
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 / 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 |
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 |
Kōda, Nobu | Nobu Kōda | 1870/04/19 | Tokyo, Japan | 1946/03/19 | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | 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 | |
Jackson McKim, Leonora | Leonora Jackson | 1879/02/20 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 1969/01/07 | USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / note |
Nichols, Marie | 1879/10/16 | Chicago, USA | 1969/01/07 | Boston, Massachusetts, 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 | short bio | |
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 |
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) | |
Hélène Jourdan-Morhange | 1888/01/30 | France | 1961/05/15 | Paris, France | French | 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 |
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" | 1880/1/23 | London, England | 1946/05/05 | London, England | English | foto |
Parlow, Kathleen | 1890/09/20 | Fort Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 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 |
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) |
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 |
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 | ||
Moodie, Alma | Alma Templeton Moodie | 1898/09/12 | Rockhampton, Australia | 1943/03/7 | Frankfurt, Germany | Australian | Pupil of César Thomson / No recordings exist |
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. |
Dubiska, Irena | 1899/09/26 | Inowrocław, Poland | 1990/06/01 | Warsaw, Poland | Polish | Pupil of Bronislaw Huberman and Carl Flesch / website: http://culture.pl/en/artist/irena-dubiska | |
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 | 1903/03/3 | Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Hungary | [?]1966 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 |
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, Oklahoma USA | 1962/11/3 | Dallas, Texas, USA | American | Mother of cellist Lynn Harrell |
Umińska, Eugenia | 1910/10/4 | Warsaw, Poland | 1980/11/20 | Kraków, Poland | Polish | ||
Barinova, Galina | Galina Vsevolodovna Barinova | 1910/10/7(20) | St.Petersburg, Russia | 2006/09/20 | Leningrad, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Jacques Thibaud / note |
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' |
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, New Jersey, 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) |
Bustabo, Guila | b. Teressina Bustabo | 1916/02/25 | Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA | 2002/04/27 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA | 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 | b. Balaklava (South Australia) | 2017/07/22 | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Ludwik Schwab/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 | |
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 |
Glenn, Carroll | Elizabeth Carroll Glenn | 1918/10/28 | Richmond, Virginia, USA | 1983/04/25 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Édouard Dethier / Wife and Duo partner of pianist Eugene List |
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", p. 43 – short bio, 2003 / CDs: The German Radio Recordings, 2CD Meloclassic; The Italian and Swiss (1955–1979) recordings, 8CD box Rhine Classics |
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, Abram Yampolsky and Miron Polyakin/ Sister of Emil Gilels, wife of Leonid Kogan |
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 | website | |
Bobesco, Lola | Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco (Bobescu) | 1921/08/9 | Craiova, Romania | 2003/09/4 | Spa, Belgium | Romanian | Never before released CD |
Lack, Fredell | 1922/02/19 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA | 2017/08/20 | Houston, Texas, USA | American | Noted concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and prolific teacher. Owner of "Baron Deurbroucq" Antonio Stradivari, 1727. Her bow: François Tourte. | |
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 | |
Ajemian, Anahid | 1924/01/26 | Brooklyn, New York, USA | 2016/06/13 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Edouard Dethier / in 1960s founded the Composers String Quartet. | |
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 | |
Glezarova, Maya | 1924/12/10 | Russia | 2017/07/17 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Distinguished Russian violin professor, pupil and assistant of Yuri Yankelevich / The Strad article for her 90th birthday | |
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 | Marry Esther | 1927/01/19 | Japan | 1979/05/11 | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono and Louis Persinger / "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, Michigan, 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, New Jersey, 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 |
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 |
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 | |
Wiłkomirska, Wanda | Wanda Wilkomirska | 1929/01/11 | Warsaw, Poland | 2018/05/01 | 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 | |
Kimber, Beryl | 1930s ? | Perth, Australia | living ? | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 / note / photo | |
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 | 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 | 1990/??/?? | 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 / 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 | |||
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 / 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' | |
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 | |||
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 |
Dael, Lucy van | 1946/??/?? | Amsterdam, Netherlands | living | Dutch | Baroque violin | ||
Grindenko, Tatiana | Tatjana Grindenko | 1946/03/29 | Kharkiv, Ukraine, URSS | living | Russian | 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972 | |
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 | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | |
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 | ||
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. |
Florence Malgoire | 1960/03/09 | Dugny, France | living | French | Baroque violin / Pupil of Sigiswald Kuijken / daughter of Jean-Claude Malgoire | ||
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja | b. Nadja Rose Catherine Salerno-Sonnenberg | 1961/01/10 | Rome, Italy | living | Italo-American | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay | |
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 | |
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) | ||
Little, Tasmin | 1965/05/13 | London, England | living | English | |||
Takezawa, Kyoko | 1966/10/30 | Ōbu, Aichi, Japan | living | USA | Japanese | ||
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 | |
Meyers, Anne Akiko | 1970/05/15 | San Diego, California, USA | living | American | website | ||
Gotō, Midori | Midori | 1971/10/25 | Osaka, Japan | living | Japanese | website / she plays the "ex Huberman – Ricci" Guarneri del Gesù | |
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 | ||
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, Illinois, USA | living | American | Studied with Roland and Almita Vamos | |
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 an 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, Kentucky, 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, Pennsylvania, USA | living | Korean-American | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / Plays the "ex Isaac Stern" Guarneri del Gesù, 1717 | |
Kolly d'Alba, Rachel | 1981/05/21 | Lausanne, Switzerland | living | Swiss | Studied with Igor Ozim, Franco Gulli, Thomas Kakuska, Thomas Brandis, Hansheinz Schneeberger and Ivry Gitlis / Plays a 1732 Stradivari | ||
Steinbacher, Arabella | 1981/11/14 | Munich, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay and Ivry Gitlis / Plays the "Booth" Stradivari, 1716 | ||
Shoji, Sayaka | 1983/01/30 | Tokyo, Japan | living | Japanese | Studied 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, Julia | 1983/06/15 | Munich, Germany | living | German | Also concert pianist / Pupil of Lydia Dubrowskaya and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Philipp Augustin violin, 2012 | ||
Pogostkina, Alina | 1983/11/18 | Leningrad, Russia | living | Russian-German | Pupil of Antje Weithaas / She won the 1997 Louis Spohr Competition and 1st Prize at the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, 2005 | ||
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 | Norwegian | Pupil of Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kolja Blacher and Ana Chumachenco / Plays a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, 1864 | ||
Kholodnaya, Olga | Olga Show | 1987/12/10 | Cheboksary, Russia | living | Russian | Pupil of Zakhar Bron, Marcus Wolf and Didier Lockwood / Plays an 1853 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume | |
Yang, Tianwa | Yáng Tianwa | 1987/04/08 | Beijing, 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 | ||
Hanslip, Cloé | Chloë Elise Hanslip | 1987/09/28 | Guildford, UK | living | English | Pupil of Natasha Boyarskaya and Zakhar Bron / Plays a 1737 Guarneri del Gesù | |
Kang, Clara-Jumi | Clara-Jumi Kang | 1987 | Mannheim, Germany | living | German, Korean-German | Pupil of Valery Gradov, Dorothy Delay and Hyo Kang / Plays a 1708 “Ex-Strauss” Stradivarius | |
Eberle, Veronika | 1988/12/26 | Donauwörth, Germany | living | German | She plays the “ex Busch” Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1783 |
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