List of female violinists

This is a chronological list of female classical professional concert violinists.

Those without a known date of birth are listed separately in alphabetical order.

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Total listed: 415

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Plunkett, Catherine |  | 1725 c. | Dublin, Ireland | 1745 or later |  | Irish | [1]
della Pietà, Santa | Sanza (Samaritana) della Pietà | 1725–1750 c. | Venice, Italy | 1775 or later | Venice, Italy | Italian | Also contralto and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
della Pietà, Anna Maria | Anna Maria della Pietà | 1696 | Venice, Italy | 1782 | Venice, Italy | Italian | Also singer, musician and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
della Pietà, Chiara | Chiara della Pietà | 1718 | Venice, Italy | 1791 | Venice, Italy | Italian | Also singer and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi
Gambarini, Elisabetta | Mrs. Chazal | 1730/09/07 | Italy | 1765/02/09 | England | Italian-English | Also composer/conductor
Sirmen, Maddalena | Maddalena (Madelena) Laura Sirmen (Syrmen) b. Lombardini | 1745/12/9 | Venice, Italy | 1818/05/18 | Venice, 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 /[2]
Bayer, Caroline | Karoline Bayer (Beyer, Beyern) | 1758 | Vienna, Austria | 1803 | Austria | Austrian | Also composer
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 /[3]
Gautherot, Louise | M.me Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps | 1763 | France | 1808/07/28 | London | French | Pupil of Nicolas Capron /[4]
Larrivée, Henriette | L’Arrivée (Agathe-Elisabeth) Henriette / Henriette Larrivée-Borghese | 1764/11/06 | Paris, France | 1839/03/26 | Paris, France | French | Violinist, pianist and composer / Performed in the French provinces and in London
Paravicini, Giulia | Giulia Parravicini-Albergandi | 1769 | Turin, Italy | 1843 or later |  | Italian | Pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti, Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer /[5]
Gerbini, Luigia | Luigia (Lugia, Luisa, Louise), Garbini (Gardini) | 1770 c. | Turin, Italy | 1819 or later |  | Italian | Pupil of Gaetano Pugnani / [6]
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 [fr] /[7]
Filipowicz, Elisabeth | Filipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli | 1794 | Rastatt, Germany | 1841/05/4 | London, England | Polish | Also composer /[8]
Krähmer, Caroline | Madame Krahmen / b. Carolina (Maria) Schleicher | 1794 | Bodensee, Germany | 1868 | Vienna, Austria | German | Also clarinettist, pianist, guitarist /[9]
Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta |  | 1798 | Götheborg, Sweden | 1884 | Stockholm, Sweden | Swedish |
Neumann, Eleonore | Neumann, Leonore/Eleonore/Eleonora | 1819 | (Lissa, Prussia) Leszno, Poland | 1840/02/15 | Triest, Italy | (Prussian, Russian?), Polish?, Italian, Jewish | [10][11]
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) /[12]
Ferni, Vincenzina |  | 1837 c. | Como, Italy | 1926/06 | Turin, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni /[13]
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 /[14]
Neruda, Maria | Madame Arlberg-Neruda / b. Anna Marie Rudolfina Neruda | 1840/03/26 | Brno, Moravia | 1920/11/07 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Moravian | Pupil of Leopold Jansa /[15]
Iacovino, Mariuccia |  | 1912/12/12 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2008/05/16 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Brazilian | Also Instructor
Ferni, Carolina |  | 1839/02/20 | Como, Italy | 1926/06/04 | Milan, 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 /[13]
Brousil, Bertha | Brousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha | 1842 | Pisek, Czechoslovakia | 1919/11 | London, England | Czechoslovakian | Pupil of František Němec /[16]
Urso, Camilla |  | 1842/06/13 | Nantes, France | 1902/01/20 | New York, New York US | American | [17]
Grünner, Marie | Marie (Grünner, Grüner, Gruner) Grünner-Messerschmidt | 1847 | Vienna, Austria | 1895/10/15 | Vienna, Austria | Austrian | Cousin of composer Johann Schrammel /[18]
Lebouys, Catherine | Catherine (Catarina, Anna, Nina, Marie-Claire) Lebouys-Waldteufel | 1847 | Rome, Italy | 1876 or later |  | Italian | Pupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/[19]
Ferni, Virginia |  | 1849 | Turin, Italy | 1934/02/04 | Turin, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni /[13]
Drechsler-Hamilton, Bertha | Bertha Drechsler Adamson | 1849/03/25 | Edinburgh, Scotland | 1934/02/04 | Toronto, Canada | English | Also conductor /[20]
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 /[21]
Liebé, Therese | Liebe, Thérèse (Jeanne Berthe) | 1854/04/07 | Straßburg, Austria | 1897 or later | London, England | Austrian | Pupil of Teresa Milanollo /[22]
Franko, Jeanne |  | 1855 | New Orleans, Louisiana, US | 1940/12/03 | New York, New York US | American | Also pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps /[23]
Tayau, Marie |  | 1855/06/12  | Pau, France  | 1892/08  | Paris, France  | French  | Violinist and violin teacher
Brehm, Mathilde | Mathilde Brem-Heim | 1856/12/03 | Oberdorf, Germany | 1886/03/02 | Davos-Platz, Germany | German | [24]
Scharwenka, Marianne | born Stresow | 1856/02/25 | Germany | 1918/10/24 | Berlin, Germany | German | Violinist and composer
Shattuck, Lillian |  | 1857 | Boston, Massachusetts US | 1940 | US | American | Student of Julius Eichberg / chamber musician / founded a women's string quartet
Bauer-Lechner, Natalie | b. Nathalie Lechner | 1858/05/09 | Vienna, Austria | 1921/06/8 | Austria | Austrian | Also violist in the Maria Soldat-Roeger String Quartet / Close friend of Gustav Mahler
Barbi, Alice | Alice Laura Barbi | 1858/06/01 | Modena, Italy | 1948/09/04 | Rome, 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 /[25]
Pommereul, Marguerite | Pommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier | 1859/03 | Saint Mihiel, France | 1879 or later | France | French | Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard /[26]
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) /[27]
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" /[28]
Soldat-Roeger, Maria | Marie Soldat-Röger / 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 | born Anna Loretta Harkness | 1864/06/06 | Williamson, New York, US | 1900/09/03 | Weimar, Germany | American | Student of Arno Hilf, Henryk Wieniawski and Joseph Lambert Massart / first prize at Conservatoire de Paris / successful performances throughout Europe
Osgood, Marion | Marion G. Osgood | 1859/1/4 | Chelsea, Massachusetts, US | 1948 |  | American | Violinist, composer and orchestral conductor / founded the all-female Marion Osgood's Ladies Orchestra
Tua, Teresina | Teresa (or Teresina, Maria Felicita) Tua / Suor Maria di Gesù | 1866/04/24 | Turin, Italy | 1956/10/29 | Rome, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Lambert Massart /[29] / 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 /[30]
Clench, Nora | Esther Leonora Clench | 1867/05/06 | St. Maris, Canada West | 1938/05/17 | Toorak, Victoria, Australia | Canadian |
Powell, Maud | Maud Powell | 1867/08/22 | Peru, Illinois, US | 1920/01/08 | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim /[31]
Robinson, Edith |  | 1867/10/29 | Manchester, England | 1940/04/18 |  | English | Pupil of Adolph Brodsky /[32]
Morgan, Geraldine |  | 1868/11/15 | New York, New York US | 1918 | US | American | Pupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim /[33]
Carpenter, Nettie | Nettie Carpenter-Stearn | 1869 | New York, New York US | 1940 or later |  | American | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate /[34][35]
Rode, Mina | Minna Rode | 1870 c. | Germany | 1901 or later | Berlin, Germany | German | Granddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann /[36]
Becker Shaffer, Dora | b. Dora Valesca Becker | 1870/03/07 | Galveston, Texas, US | 1958/05/19 | Pennsylvania | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / first women to play on a musical recording in 1898 on a wax Bettini Phonograph cylinder
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
Scotta, Frida | Frida von Kaulbach / born Frida Schytte | 1871/03/31 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1948/04/29 | Ohlstadt, Germany | Danish | Student of Joseph Massart / performed in Austria, England, Germany and Russia
Speyer, Leonora | b. Leonora von Stosch / Lady Speyer | 1872/11/07 | Washington DC, US | 1956/02/10 | New York, US | American | Also poet
Mudocci, Eva | born Evangeline Hope Muddock / Rose Lynton | 1872 | Brixton, London, England | 1953 |  | English | Performed widely with the pianist Bella Edwards / close friend of the painter Edvard Munch
Brennerberg, Irene | Irene (Rosa) von Brennerberg | 1873/03/14 | Brașov, Transylvania | 1922/10/01 | Brașov, Romania | Romanian | Pupil of Martin Marsick /[37]
Barns, Ethel | Ethel Barns Phillips | 1874 | London, England | 1948/12/31 | Maidenhead, England | English | Pupil of Émile Sauret / Also composer
Mead, Olive |  | 1874 | US | 1946 |  | American | Pupil of Julius Eichberg and Franz Kneisel / Founded the all-female Olive Mead Quartet
Schindler, Rosa | Róża Szyndler-Suess | 1874/09/02 | Gleiwitz, Oberschlesien, German Empire (Gliwice, Poland) | 1925 or later | Łódź, Poland | (Prussian, Russian), Polish, Jewish | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate and Joseph Joachim /[38][39][40] / mother of Ilona Ralf Sues[41]
Jackson McKim, Leonora | Leonora Jackson | 1879/02/20 | Boston, Massachusetts, US | 1969/01/07 | US | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim /[42]
Hood, Florence |  | 1880/10/14 | Melbourne, Australia | 1968 |  | Australian | Pupil of Hermann T. Schrader and Hans von Bülow / member of the Montreal String Quartet / concert tours and radio broadcasts in Australia
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 /[43]
Waddell, Leila | Leila (Laylah) Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell | 1880 | Bathurst, Australia | 1932/09/14 | Sydney, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Leopold Auer /[44]
Clarke, Rachel Steinman |  | c. 1882 | Włocławek, Poland | 1944/11/04 | Miami, Florida US | Polish-American | Student of Jacques Thibaud / toured the US as a violinist and as head of the Rachel Steinman Concert Company / educator
Hegner, Anna |  | 1881/03/01 | Basel, Switzerland | 1963/02/03 | Basel, Switzerland | Swiss | soloist appearing in concerts in Basel, Berlin, Leipzig and London
Bartlett, Floy Little |  | 1883/03/07 | Burlington, Iowa US | 1956/03/07 | Burlington, Iowa | American | Studied violin in Paris / accompanist and soprano singer / writer
Fonaroff, Vera |  | 1883/06/14 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 1962/07/23 | New York, New York US | American | soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and educator
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 | [45]
Bell Collier, Bessie |  | 1885/04/03 | Cohasset, Massachusetts, US | 1969/04/04 | Massachusetts, US | American | Student of Franz Kneisel / soloist with various orchestras performed benefit concerts during World War I
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,[46][47]
Luboshutz, Lea |  | 1885/02/22 | Odesa, Ukraine | 1965/03/18 | Odesa, Ukraine | Russian | Child prodigy / pupil of Emil Młynarski / chamber musician / toured widely in Europe and the US
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)
Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène |  | 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) /[48]
Stillings, Kemp | Katharine Kemp Stillings | 1888/06/30 | Roxbury, Massachusetts, US | 1967/04/30 | New York City, US | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim and Leopold Auer / Performed in Russian and Finland before World War I / after becoming blind in 1920s, concentrated on teaching
Breittmayer, Maggy |  | 1888/09/02 | Geneva, Switzerland | 1961/05/06 | Geneva, Switzerland | Swiss | Pupil of Carl Flesch / Performed in Europe before World War I / teacher at Geneva Conservatory
Southgate, Elsie | Miss Elsie Southgate "The Royal Violinist" | 1880/1/23 | London, England | 1946/05/05 | London, England | English |
Chemet, Renée | Renée Henriette Joséphine Chemet | 1887/01/09 | Boulogne-sur-Seine, France | 1977/01/02 | Paris, France | French | Leading international soloist for decades / recording artist and broadcaster
Azpiroz, Marie |  | 1889/11/27 | Madrid, Spain | after 1919 | Los Angeles, US | Spanish | Performed in Cuba, Mexico, South America and the United States / educator
Viëtor, Alba Rosa |  | 1889/07/18 | Milan, Italy | 1979/04/15 | US | Scottish | Pupil of César Thomson and Otakar Ševčík / violinist and composer
Cullen, Jenny |  | 1890 | Scotland | 1957 |  | Scottish | Pupil of Henri Verbrugghen / concert master of the State Symphony Orchestra of Sydney / first female member of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Parlow, Kathleen |  | 1890/09/20 | Fort Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 1963/08/19 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Canadian | Pupil of Leopold Auer
Breuning-Storm, Gunna |  | 1891/01/25 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1966/04/24 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Danish | Pupil of Johannes Schiørrin, Torben Anton Svendsen and Henri Marteau / performed as a soloist in German cities and played for Empress Augusta Viktoria / founded her own chamber orchestra and played in the Breuning-Bache Quartet
Lincoln Kerr, Louise |  | 1892/04/24 | Cleveland, Ohio, US | 1977/12/10 | Cottonwood, Arizona, US | American | Violinist, violist and composer / performed with the Pasadena Symphony / studied with Stravinsky and Prokofiev
d'Arányi, Jelly |  | 1893/05/30 | Budapest, Hungary | 1966/03/30 |  | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay / concert tours in Europe and America / chamber trio with Pablo Casals
Canales, Marta |  | 1893/06/17 | Santiago, Chile | 1986/12/06 |  | Chilean | founded chamber ensemble / worked later as a composer and conductor
Burrows, Grace |  | 1893/06/29 | Leicester, England | 1980 |  | English | played viola in The Birmingham Quartet / founding leader of the Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Chartres, Vivien | Vivian Chartres, Vivien Vivanti-Chartres, Vivien Chartres Burns, Vivien (Chartres) Young | 1893/06/25 | Turin, Italy | 1941/09/01 | Hove Sussex, England | English | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík[49] / She owned an "Alessandro Gagliano" violin
Evrard, Jane | Jeanne Chevallier | 1893/02/05 | Neuilly-Plaisance | 1985/11/04 | Paris, France | French | Pupil of M. Lefort / founded and conducted the all-women Orchestre féminin de Paris
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) /[50][51]
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 /[52]
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)
Healy, Gertrude |  | 1894/03/18  | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  | 1984/10/6  | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  | Australian  | Concert violinist, taught at Albert Street Conservatorium of Music, and conducted the chamber orchestra.[53]
Barstow, Vera | Miss Vera Barstow | 1895 | Pasadena, California, US | 196? | US | American | Pupil of Luigi von Kunits / Premiered Leo Ornstein's Violin Sonata Op.26 (1915) /[54][55] / Premiered Charles Wakefield Cadman's Violin Sonata in G major (1930) / Played the "Giovan Battista Guadagnini", 1745
Rudge, Olga |  | 1895/04/13 | US | 1985/03/15 | Venice, Los Angeles, California US | American | Concert violinist / performed in Italy with Ildebrando Pizzetti / mistress of the poet Ezra Pound
Andjelkovitch, Eileen | Eileen Constance Smith, Eileen Russell Worby, Eileen C. Tcherniak, Eileen C. Cathie  | 1896-03-18  | Ireland  | 1941-10-15  | Worthing, U.K.  | British  | violinist, musical director, and music educator based in London; made recordings
Given, Thelma |  | 1896 | US | 1977 |  | American | [56][57][58]
Stevens, Cecile | Cecile Ann Stevens, Cecile Molloy  | 1896  | Sydney, Australia  |  |  | Australian  | Child musician, won scholarship to study at Royal Academy of Music; toured internationally in 1920s; lived in East Africa after marriage
Stolofsky, Irene | Irene Stolofsky Davis | 1896/07/28 | Chicago, Illinois US | 1950/07/28 |  | American | Student of Hugh (Harry) Dimond / Toured US and Canada in the 1920s / member of Bohumir Kryl's Orchestral Sextette / educator
Moodie, Alma | Alma Templeton Moodie | 1898/09/12 | Rockhampton, Australia | 1943/03/7 | Frankfurt, Germany | Australian | Pupil of César Thomson / No recordings exist
Merrill Warren, Winifred |  | 1898/06/24 | Atlanta, Georgia US | 1990/03/11 | Illinois | American | Soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / formed the Indiana University Trio / educator
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 /[59]
Harrison, Margaret |  | 1899 | Chatham, England | 1965/12/24 | Limpsfield, England | English | Pupil of Achille Rivarde from the age of 5 / performed Delius works with her sisters
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 / [60][61]
Wegener, Emmy | Emmy Heil Frensel-Wegener | 1901/06/14 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1973/01/11 | Laren, Netherlands | Dutch | Violinist, pianist, poet and composer
Fehér, Ilona | Ilona Feher | 1901/12/3 | Budapest, Hungary | 1988/01 | Holon, Israel | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1920
Hribar, Vida Jeraj |  | 1902/05/04 | Vienna, Austria | 2002/05/06 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenian | Violinist and music educator
Welge, Gladys |  | 1902/05/23 | Austin, Illinois | 1976/07/27 | California, US | American | Violinist and conductor / conductor of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago / educator
Rubinstein, Erna | Erna Rubenstein | 1903/03/3 | Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Hungary | [?]1966 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1918 / New protégée of Willem Mengelberg /[62] / On August 13, 1945 she divorced from screenwriter George Bruce / Owned the "Gudgeon" Stradivari, 1672
Kramer, Tosca | Dr. Tosca Berger Kramer | 1903/06/17 | New Zealand | 1976/12/27 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, US | American | Pupil of Eugène Ysaÿe
Wilson, Marie |  | 1903/11/30 | Epping Forest, England | 1959 | London, England | English | [63][64]
Morini, Erika | Erica Morini | 1904/01/5 | Vienna, Austria | 1995/10/31 | New York, US | Austrian-American | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík
Kersey, Eda |  | 1904/05/16 | Goodmayes, Essex | 1944/07/13 | London, England | English |
Delbos, Claire | Louise Justine Delbos | 1906/11/02 | Paris, France | 1959/04/22 | Hauts-de-Seine, France | French | Studied at Paris Conservatoire / recitals with her composer husband Olivier Messiaen
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
De Vito, Gioconda | Gioconda Anna Clelia De Vito | 1907/07/27 | Martina Franca, Italy | 1994/10/24 | Rome, Italy | Italian |
Macnaghten, Anne |  | 1908/08/09 | Northern Ireland | 2000/12/31 |  | English | Pupil of Jelly d'Arányi and Walther Davisson / founded the all-female Macnaghten String Quartet and the New Macnaghten Concerts
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 US | 1962/11/3 | Dallas, Texas, US | American | Mother of cellist Lynn Harrell
Umińska, Eugenia |  | 1910/10/4 | Warsaw, Poland | 1980/11/20 | Kraków, Poland | Polish |
Barinova, Galina [ru] | Galina Vsevolodovna Barinova | 1910/10/7 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2006/09/20 | Leningrad, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Jacques Thibaud /[65]
Stark, Ethel |  | 1911/08/25 | Montreal, Canada | 2012/02/16 | Montreal, Canada | Canadian | Violinist and conductor / founded and conducted the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra / educator
Pashkus, Alice |  | 1911/02/21 | Germany | 1972/02/3 | Vienna, Austria | German | [66]
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 | US | 1990/06/8 | US | American | violinist and actress / played with the 'All-Girl Orchestra' of her husband Phil Spitalny /[67][68][69]
Carmirelli, Pina |  | 1914/01/23 | Varzi, Italy | 1993/02/26 | Capena, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Michelangelo Abbado [it] / Owned three violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1941, 1954 and 1956
Shapiro, Eudice |  | 1914/02/25 | Buffalo, NY US | 2007/09/17 | Los Angeles, California, US | American | [70]
Lidka, Maria | Marianne Louise Liedtke | 1914/05/27 | Berlin, Germany | 2013/12/12 | London, England | 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 /[71]
Posselt, Ruth | Ruth Pierce Posselt | 1914/09/6 | Medford, Massachusetts, US | 2007/02/19 | New York, US | American | Pupil of Emanuel Ondříček [de] / Wife of Richard Burgin (Auer pupil) who was concertmaster of the BSO for many years under Serge Koussevitzky.
Lephay-Belthoise, Yvonne |  | 1914/09/27 | Dieppe, France | 2011/11/17 |  | French | Pupil of Jules Boucherit / orchestral violinist and recitalist touring for the Alliance Française
Field, Joan |  | 1915/04/28 | Long Branch, New Jersey, US | 1988/03/18 | Miami Beach, Florida, US | American | Pupil of Franz Kneisel, Albert Spalding, Michel Piastro, Marcel Chailley, Jacques Thibaud and George Enescu
Dunicz-Niwińska, Helena |  | 1915/07/28 | Vienna, Austria | 2018/06/12 | Krakow, Poland | Polish | Performed in the Auschwitz orchestra
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) www.musimem.com /[72]
Bustabo, Guila | b. Teressina Bustabo | 1916/02/25 | Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US | 2002/04/27 | Birmingham, Alabama, US | American | Dedicatee of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto Op.26 (1944) and Otmar Nussio's [de] Violin Concerto (1959)
Zorian, Olive |  | 1916 | Manchester, England | 1965 |  | English | Founder of the Zorian Quartet
Behrend, Louise |  | 1916/10/3 | Washington, DC, US | 2011/08/3 | New York, US | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger /[73]
Hendrickson, Lyndall |  | 1917 | b. Balaklava (South Australia) | 2017/07/22 | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Ludwik Schwab/Renowned violin pedagogue / Member of AUSTA /[74]
DeLay, Dorothy |  | 1917/03/31 | Medicine Lodge, Kansas, US | 2002/03/24 | New York, US | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Canberg, Mary |  | 1918 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | 2004/06/15 | West Nyack, New York, US | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Gründer, Anne-Marie | Anne-Marie Gründer | 1918/05/17 | Chexbres, Switzerland | 1996/11/22 | Berne, Switzerland | Swiss | Pupil of Carl Flesch / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1944 /[75]
Glenn, Carroll | Elizabeth Carroll Glenn | 1918/10/28 | Richmond, Virginia, US | 1983/04/25 | New York, US | American | Pupil of Édouard Dethier / Wife and Duo partner of pianist Eugene List
Rapaport, Rosemary | Nancy Rosemary Peace Rapaport | 1918/03/19 | St Albans, England | 2011/06/08 | Olney, England | English | Pupil of Rowsby Woof and Frederick Grinke / member of the Halle Orchestra / founded the Purcell School for musically gifted children
Luzzato, Wanda [it] | Wanda Luzzato, b. Carpi | 1919/06/19 | Varese, Italy | 2002/09/25 | Milan, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1935 / Dedicatee of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Divertimento in D major, for Violin and Orchestra (1959/60) / [76][77][78]
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 | Odesa, 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 /[79]
Tuttle, Karen |  | 1920/03/28 | Lewiston, Idaho, US | 2010/12/16 |  | American | Switched to viola; Pupil of William Primrose /[80]
Pardee, Margaret |  | 1920/05/10 | Valdosta, Georgia, US | 2016/01/26 | Westbury, New York, US | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian, Sascha Jacobsen, Albert Spalding, and Louis Persinger
Havas, Kató |  | 1920/11/05 | Târgu Secuiesc, Romania (Transylvania/Hungary) | 2018/12/31 | London | Hungarian-British | Pedagogue[81]
Lengyel, Gabrielle | Gabriella / Gaby Lengyel | 1920/11/20 | Budapest, Hungary | 1993/03/22 | Paris | Hungarian-French | the last pupil of Jenő Hubay / studied with Ede Zathureczky / awards: "Eduard Rémenyi Prize" (Budapest, 1934); 2nd "Vienna Competition" (Vienna, 1937); 2nd "International Long-Thibaud Competition" (Paris, 1946); Hungarian National "Pro Arte" medal (Budapest, 1947); Grand Prix "Carl Flesch Competition" (London, 1948) / she performed in Duo with her brother Attila (Atty Lengyel) and founded the Trio Lengyel (with Atty, piano and Endre Lengyel, cello)
Stucki, Aida |  | 1921/02/19 | Cairo, Egypt | 2011/06/9 | Winterthur, Switzerland | Swiss | [82]
Bobesco, Lola | Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco (Bobescu) | 1921/08/9 | Craiova, Romania | 2003/09/4 | Spa, Belgium | Romanian |
Solovieff, Miriam |  | 1921/11/04 | San Francisco, California, US | 2004/03/04 | Paris, France | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger and Carl Flesch / solo violinist and pianist; played at the Hollywood Bowl
Lack, Fredell |  | 1922/02/19 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, US | 2017/08/20 | Houston, Texas, US | 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 | Rome, Italy | Italian | violinist and violist [83]
Pegreffi, Elisa |  | 1922/06/10 | Genova, Italy | 2016/01/14 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Arrigo Serato / Wife of Paolo Borciani and 2nd violin of Quartetto Italiano,[84] / Owns two violins by "Marino Capicchioni", 1942 and 1943
Liivak, Evi |  | 1924 | Viljandi, Estonia | 1996 | New York, New York US | Estonian-American | Pupil of Ede Zathureczky and Max Strub / in 1962 she acquired the "Lipiński" Stradivarius, 1715 /[85]
Ajemian, Anahid |  | 1924/01/26 | Brooklyn, New York, US | 2016/06/13 | New York, US | American | Pupil of Edouard Dethier / in 1960s founded the Composers String Quartet.
Gilels, Zinaida | Zinaida Grigoryevna Gilels | 1924/02/24 | Odesa, Ukraine, USSR | 2000/05/07 | US | Soviet-American | Pupil of Pyotr Stolyarsky, Abram Yampolsky and David Oistrakh / Niece of Elizabeth Gilels and Emil Gilels
Van Dyke, Marcia |  | 1924/03/26 | US | 2002/09/03 | US | 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 /[86]
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 /[87]
Glezarova, Maya |  | 1924/12/10 | Russia | 2017/07/17 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Russian violin professor, pupil and assistant of Yuri Yankelevich /[88]
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[89] / Played at "BBC Proms" in 1960, 1961 and 1964 / Her Duo partner was pianist Géza Frid / Wife of Árpád Gérecz [fr].
Mari, Iwamoto | Marry Esther | 1927/01/19 | Japan | 1979/05/11 | Tokyo, Japan | Japanese | Pupil of Anna Bubnova-Ono and Louis Persinger /[79]
Liddell, Nona |  | 1927/06/09 | Ealing, London, England | 2017/04/13 |  | English | Pupil of Rowsby Woof / soloist, leader of chamber music ensembles and educator
Kaverzneva, Olga [ru] | Olga Viktorovna Kaverzneva | 1926/05/12 | Odesa, USSR | 2006/12/25 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Benjamin Z. Mordkovich [ru] and David Oistrach
Tsitsikian, Anahit | Anahit Tsitsikyan | 1926/08/26 | Leningrad, USSR | 1999/05/2 | Yerevan, Armenia | Armenian | [90]
Zerounian, Ara |  | 1926/11/26 | Detroit, Michigan, US | 2012/10/29 | Ridgefield, Connecticut, US | American-Armenian | [91]
Monosoff, Sonya |  | 1927 | US | living |  | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / Pioneer of baroque violin /[92]
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 /[93]
Kwalwasser, Helen |  | 1927/10 | US | 2017 | US | American | Pupil of Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. and Ivan Galamian / Violin pedagogue
Travers, Patricia |  | 1927/12/5 | Clifton, New Jersey, US | 2010/02/9 | Clifton, New Jersey, US | American | Played the "Tom Taylor" Stradivarius, 1732 / After 1951 she quit performing concerts
Parchomienko, Olga [de; uk] | Olga Parkhomenko | 1928/04/7 | Kyiv, 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 | Odesa, Ukraine, USSR | living | Baltimore, Maryland, US | Russian-American |
Kimber, Beryl |  | 1928/06/03 | Perth, Australia | 2022/11/25 | Sydney, Australia | Australian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 /[94]
Leonhardt, Marie [de] | b. Marie Amsler | 1928/11/06 | Netherlands | 2022/07/23 | 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, US | living |  | American-Norwegian | [95]
Haendel, Ida |  | 1928/12/15 | Chelm, Poland | 2020/07/1 | London, England | English | Pupil of Carl Flesch and George Enescu / 7th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1935
Hodgkins, Claire |  | 1929 | Portland, Oregon, US | 2011 | Thousand Oaks, California, US | American | Pupil of Jascha Heifetz / international violinist, educator, chamber musician, and founder of the Jascha Heifetz Society
Barbara Penny |  | 1929 |  | 2007 |  | British | The first woman to play in the strings section of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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 | Odesa, Ukraine, USSR | 2025/02/10 |  | Russian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 1st prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957[96]
Elphège, Flora |  | 1930s ? | Grénoble, France | living ? | Grénoble, France | French | Renowned violin pedagogue / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 /[97] / Piano Trio: Jean Martin (piano), Flora Elphège (violin), Claude Burgos (cello) /[98]
Steiner, Diana |  | 1932 | US | living | US | American | sister of cellist and conductor Frances Steiner /[99]
Varga, Norma | b. Norma Jones | 1936 | England | deceased 2012 | US | English | Pupil of Isolde Menges / Wife of violinist Ruben Varga (1928–1984) / Mother of violinist Rachel Varga / Mother of composer David Varga /[100]
Givskov, Tutter | Tutter Ellen Margrethe Givskov | 1930/04/30 | Copenhagen, Denmark | living |  | Danish | Pupil of Thorvald Nielsen and Erling Bloch / leader of the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra / founder of the Copenhagen String Quartet
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 | 2016/12/29 |  | Canadian | Pupil of Ludwig Becker and Ivan Galamian / 3rd Grand Prix Concours-Long-Thibaud, 1951 (when Ivry Gitlis was 5th) /[101]
Paetsch, Priscilla | Priscilla McClure Johnson Paetsch | 1931/11/18 | Evanston, Illinois, US | 2017/07/19 | Colorado Springs, US | American | Violinist, violist, chamber musician and educator
Theuveny, Marie Claude | Marie-Claude Theuveny-Petit | 1931 | Paris, France | 2012/07/23 | Paris, France | French | 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1948 /[102]
Schneidermann, Dina |  | 1931? | Odesa, 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 /[103]
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 | [104]
Yashvili, Marina [ru] | Jasvili (Iashvili) Marine Luarsabovna | 1932/10/2 | Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR | 2012/07/9 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Konstantin Mostras / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 /[105]
Berkova, Sandra | Saundra Berkova / b. Maazel / Sandra Macaulay | 1933 | Los Angeles, California, US | 1978/01/11 | Los Angeles, California US | American | Daughter of violinist Frances Berkova / Cousin of conductor Lorin Maazel /[106][107]
Tarjus, Blanche |  | 1933 | France | 1990 | France | French | Pupil of René Benedetti, George Enescu and Alice Pashkus / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952[108] / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1952 / 2nd prize ex-aequo 'Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud', 1953 /[109]
Spirk, Margit |  | 1933/04/12 | Trento, Italy | living |  | Italian | Pupil of Sandor Vegh and Váša Příhoda /[110]
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 | 2025/01/07 |  | Turkish | Pupil of Karl Berger, Ivan Galamian, Zino Francescatti, David Oistrakh / 5th prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1957[111] / iKSV 2007 Award[112]
Ruppert, Christa | Christa Ruppert Leira | 1935/04/02 | Frankfurt, Germany | 2010/05/06 | Cascais, Portugal | German-Portuguese | Pupil of Ricardo Odnoposoff and Oskar Back / concert soloist in various European cities / in Lisbon, concertmaster of the National Radio Orchestra
Kaliszewska, Jadwiga |  | 1936 | Warsaw, Poland | 2012 | Poznań, Poland | Russian | Pupil of Eugenia Umińska / Award Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962[113]
Kan, Suna |  | 1936/10/21 | Adana, Turkey | 2023/06/11 |  | Turkish |
Beilina, Nina | Nina Michailowna Beilina / Nina Beilina-Chudnovsky | 1937 | Odesa, Ukraine, USSR | 2018 | New York, US | 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) /[114]
Kaine, Carmel |  | 1937/03/22 | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | 2013/04/21 |  | Australian | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / soloist and chamber musician / recording artist and educator
Peinemann, Edith |  | 1937/03/3 | Mainz, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Max Rostal
Vamos, Almita |  | 1938 | US | 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[115]
Gotkovsky, Nell |  | 1939/09/26 | Paris, France | 1997/07/15 | Brigham, Utah, US | French | [116][117]
Givens, Shirley |  | 1940s ? | Louisville, Kentucky US | living | New York, New York US | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian / Renowned violin pedagogue at Juilliard School / Wife of cellist/conductor Harry Wimmer /[118]
Kuronuma, Yuriko |  | 1940/06/04 | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | Japanese | Award-winning Japanese violinist
Le Dizès, Maryvonne |  | 1940 | France | 2024 | Paris, France | French | 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1962 / Active with Ensemble Intercontemporain /[119]
Lozada, Carmencita |  | 1940 | Manila, Philippines | 2006/08/15 | Pasig, Philippines | Filipino | 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 /[120]
Yu Lina |  | 1940 | Nigbo, China | living |  | Chinese | Soloist and educator
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, Massachusetts US | Japanese |
Alsted, Birgitte |  | 1942/06/15 | Odense, Denmark | living |  | Danish | Educated at Royal Danish Academy of Music / violinist in Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Abel, Jenny |  | 1942/11/13 | Bredstedt, Kreis Husum, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Max Rostal and Henryk Szeryng / Duo with pianist Roberto Szidon /[121]
Armstrong, Helen |  | 1943/08/09 | Rockford, Illinois, US | 2006/04/28 | Greenwich, Connecticut, US | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian
Perenyi, Eszter |  | 1943/12/15 | Budapest, Hungary | living |  | Hungarian | Classical violinist and educator
Spitzner, Renate |  | 1943/05/28 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | living | Vienna, Austria | Austrian | Violinist, composer, educator / founder of the Music-social Method
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"
Lara, Catherine | born Catherine Bodet | 1945/05/17 | Poissy, France | living |  | French | originally classical violinist and chamber musician / established the Lara Quartet / now mainly neo-classical, rock and pop
Milanova, Stoika |  | 1945/08/05 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | living |  | Bulgarian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / 2nd prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition, 1967[122]
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 | Tbilisi, Georgia | living |  | Georgian | [123]
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
Shiokawa, Yūko |  | 1946/06/01 | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | Japanese | Student of Eugen Cremer / International soloist with major orchestras / chamber musician and recitalist
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 and 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 / [124] / Owned a "Giuseppe Guarnieri", 1741 /[125]
Thompson, Gwen | Gwendoline Linda Louise Thompson | 1947/03/30 | Winnipeg, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Ivan Galamian
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 /[126] / in 1969 she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices, for DGG 'Debut Collection' /[127]
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, New York US | 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 | 2023/08/01 |  | 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 |
Comberti, Micaela |  | 1952/09/28 | London, England | 2003/03/04 |  | English | Pupil of Manoug Parikian and Sándor Végh / played in a number of ensembles / final performance in 2003
Marcovici, Silvia |  | 1952/01/30 | Bacău, Romania | living | Strasbourg France | Romanian | Performs internationally as a soloist / also chamber musician, recitalist and educator
Wallfisch, Elizabeth | b. Elizabeth Hunt | 1952/01/28 | Australia | living |  | English | Baroque violin / Wife of cellist Raphael Wallfisch /[128]
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
Milanova, Vanya |  | 1954/01/12 | Bulgaria | living |  | Bulgarian | 3rd Prize "Paganini International Competition" in 1973 / one of the first female violinists to record Paganini's 24 Caprices – LP Simax PS 1020 (p)1985
Bury, Alison |  | 1954/01/20 | Woking, England | living |  | British | Leader of the English Baroque Soloists (1983–2008) / co-leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment[129]
Ishikawa, Shizuka |  | 1954 | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | Japanese | 2nd prize Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1972
Carruzzo, Madeleine |  | 1956 | Sion, Switzerland | living |  | Swiss | Pupil of Tibor Varga / first women engaged by the Berlin Philharmonic
Smith, Wilma |  | 1956 | Fiji | living |  | Fijan / New Zealand | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay and Louis Krasner / founder of the New Zealand String Quartet / concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Chase, Stephanie | Lynnette Seah Mei Tsing / born Seah Mei Tsing | 1957 | Evanston, Illinois, US | living |  | American | Pupil of Arthur Grumiaux / concerts and recitals in US and Mexico / recording artist and educator
Seah, Lynnette |  | 1957 | Singapore | living |  | Singaporean | Pupil of Goh Soon Tioe / co-leader of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra / soloist and recitalist
Müllejans, Petra |  | 1959 | Düsseldorf, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Rainer Kussmaul / specialist in Baroque violin / educator
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.
Wishart, Stevie |  | 1959 | United Kingdom | living |  | English | Violinist and composer, specializing in early music and the medieval violin / member of the Sinfonye ensemble / recording artist
Juillet, Chantal |  | 1960/12/19 | Montreal, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Award-winning young classical violinist /founded Saratoga Chamber Music Festival / educator
Malgoire, Florence |  | 1960/03/09 | Dugny, France | living |  | French | Baroque violin / Pupil of Sigiswald Kuijken / daughter of Jean-Claude Malgoire
Weiling, Vera Tsu | Vera Tsu / Vera Tsu Wei Ling | 1960 | Shanghai, China | living |  | Chinese | Prominent classical violinist / suffered under the cultural revolution / studied in America under Daniel Heifetz / soloist and chamber musician / educator
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, US | living | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | American | Pupil of Nathan Milstein and Josef Gingold
Paetsch, Michaela | Michaela Paetsch Neftel | 1961/11/12 | Colorado Springs, Colorado, US | living | Bern, Switzerland | American |
Dubeau, Angèle |  | 1962/03/24 | Saint-Norbert, Quebec | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / international performer, recording artist and broadcaster for Radio-Canada
Kimura, Mari | Kimura Mari | 1962 | Japan | living |  | Japanese | Violinist and composer / educator / recording artist
Newman, Maria | Maria Louise Newman | 1962/01/18 | Los Angeles, California US | living |  | American | Violinist, violist, composer, conductor, arranger
Mutter, Anne-Sophie |  | 1963/06/29 | Rheinfelden, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Erna Honigberger [de] and Aida Stucki / Owns the "Emiliani" Stradivari, 1703 (Karajan's gift, 1979) and the "Lord Dunn-Raven" Stradivari, 1710 (that belonged to Jelly d'Arányi)
Peters, Jane |  | 1963 | Adelaide, Australia | living |  | Australian | Violinist / Arts ambassador for Australia
Buchdahl, Kate |  | 1964/09/30 | Canberra, Australia | 1992/12/10 |  | Australian | Pupil of Sándor Végh / toured internationally
Rolland, Brigitte |  | 1964/19/08 | Montreal, Canada | living |  | Australian | Pupil of Mildred Goodman and Rodney Friend / soloist and recitalist
Gravoin, Anne |  | 1965/11/04 | Montauban, France | living |  | French | Pupil of Gérard Poulet / soloist and chamber musician / founded the Régie Orchestre
Little, Tasmin |  | 1965/05/13 | London, England | living |  | English |
Mellem, Kristin |  | 1965/03/21 | Norway | living |  | Norwegian | violinist, composer and conductor / educator
Petrozzi, Clara |  | 1965/12/30 | Lima, Peru | living | Finland | Peruvian | violinist and viola soloist / chamber musician / composer and educator
Popov, Katia |  | 1965/03/03 | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2018/05/18 | US | Bulgarian-American | soloist / chamber musician / concertmaster / session musician
Takezawa, Kyoko |  | 1966/10/30 | Ōbu, Aichi, Japan | living | US | Japanese |
Keulen, Isabelle van |  | 1966/12/16 | Mildrecht, Netherlands | living | Netherlands | Dutch | Pupil of Davina van Wely. Also violist. Won Eurovision Young Musicians contest 1984. Chamber musician and educator
Lee Chin, Siow |  | 1966 | Singapore | living |  | Singaporean | Pupil of Aaron Rosand, Jascha Brodsky, Felix Galimir / international soloist / educator
Frank, Pamela |  | 1967/06/20 | New York, New York US | living |  | American |
Bossert, Laura Anne |  | 1968/04/24 | Chatham Township, New Jersey US | living |  | American | Studied at the Eastman School of Music / has been leader of various orchestras
Ikuko Kawai, Ikuko Kawai | Kawai Ikuko | 1968/01/19 | Takamatsu, Japan | living |  | Japanese | Violinist and composer / international soloist / recording artist
Podger, Rachel |  | 1968 | England | living |  | English | Studied under David Takeno, Pauline Scott and Micaela Comberti / specializes in Baroque chamber music
Cantoreggi, Sandrine |  | 1969/05/29 | Bègles, France | living |  | Luxembourg | Pupil of Pierre Amoyal and Carlo Van Neste / performances in concert halls across Europe / now educator at the Luxembourg Conservatoire
Korkeala, Sonja |  | 1969 | Oulu, Finland | living |  | Finnish | Pupil of Ari Angervo, Maria Vermes nad Ana Chumachenco / chamber musician and educator
Astrand, Christina |  | 1969/06/06 | Skanderborg, Denmark | living |  | Danish | Leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Brava, Linda | Linda Cullberg Lampenius | 1970/02/26 | Helsinki, Finland | living |  | Finnish | child prodigy / leader of the Helsinki Strings / pupil of Jorma Panula and Eri Klas / has played internationally with leading orchestras
Kim Chee-yun | Chee-Yun | 1970 | Seoul, South Korea | living | Dallas, Texas, US | South Korean | Pupil of Dorothy Delay, Hyo Kang and Felix Galimir / recitalist and soloist / educator
Meyers, Anne Akiko |  | 1970/05/15 | San Diego, California, US | living |  | American | [130]
Anthony, Adele |  | 1970/10/01 | Singapore | living |  | Australian | Pupil of Lyndall Hendrickson and Beryl Kimber / now based in the United States
Båtnes, Elise |  | 1971/06/24 | Trondheim, Norway | living |  | Norwegian | Pupil of Dorothy Delay, Ruggiero Ricci, David Takeno and Arve Tellefsen / leader several orchestras, currently the Oslo Philharmonic
Gotō, Midori | Midori | 1971/10/25 | Osaka, Japan | living |  | Japanese | [131] / she plays the "ex Huberman – Ricci" Guarneri del Gesù
Krasko, Julia |  | 1971/04/06 | Moscow, Russia | living |  | Russian | Pupil of Maya Glezarova / educator at the Moscow Conservatory
Reuter, Sophia |  | 1971 | Dresden, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Yehudi Menuhin and Alberto Lysy / violinist and violist / soloist, orchestral performer, chamber musician and educator
St. John, Lara |  | 1971/04/15 | London, Ontario, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Linda Cerone, Gérard Jarry and Felix Galimir / international soloist with major symphony orchestras
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
Thorsen, Marianne |  | 1972/03/13 | Trondheim, Norway | living |  | Norwegian | Pupil of Bjarne Fiskum and György Pauk / founded and led the Leopold String Trio / educator
Szilvay, Réka |  | 1972 | Helsinki, Finland | living |  | Finnish | Classical violinist
Pitcairn, Elizabeth |  | 1973/12/05 | Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US | living |  | American | Performs as soloist / president of the Luzerne Music Center
Barton, Rachel | Rachel Barton Pine | 1974/10/11 | Chicago, Illinois, US | living |  | American | Studied with Roland and Almita Vamos
Khitruk, Anastasia | Анастасия Хитрук | 1974/08 | Moscow, USSR | living |  | Russian-American | Studied with Dorothy DeLay at Juilliard School
Scheublé, Marie |  | 1974 | France | living |  | French | Pupil of Gérard Poulet / first prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition / post-romantic repertoire
Todorova, Mariana |  | 1974 | Varna, Bulgaria | living |  | Bulgarian | Soloist with various European orchestras / concertmaster of the Spanish Radiotelevision orchestra / chamber musician
Belcea, Corina |  | 1975 | Romania | living |  | Romanian | Pupil of Natalia Boyarskaya at the Yehudi Menukin School / founded the Belcea Quartet
Baker, Jenny Oaks |  | 1975/05/27 | Provo, Utah US | living |  | American | Former member of the National Symphony Orchestra / successful recording artist
Ecker, Haylie |  | 1975/10/09 | Perth, Australia | living |  | Australian | founding member of the Bond string quartet / artistic director of the children's classical concert series PLAY!
Kam Ning |  | 1975 | Singapore | living |  | Singaporean | Student of Yehudi Menuhin and later Donald Weilerstein / Soloist with leading orchestras
Misbakhova, Elvira | Elvira Rafailovna Misbakhova | 1975/06/20 | Nizhnekamsk, Russia | living | Montreal | Russian-Canadian | violinist and violist / chamber musician / recording artist / international soloist
Zgraggen, Simone |  | 1975/08/08 | Altdorf, Switzerland | living |  | Swiss | Pupil of Alexander van Wijnkoop and Ulf Hoelscher / concertmaster of Basel Sinfonietta / educator
Widmann, Carolin |  | 1976 | Munich, Germany | living |  | German | Studied with Igor Ozim, Michèle Auclair and David Takeno / Plays a 1782 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
Contzen, Mirijam |  | 1976 | Münster, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Tibor Varga /[132]
Özyürek, Hande |  | 1976 | Istanbul, Turkey | living |  | German | Pupil of Çiğdem İyicil / award-winning soloist and chamber musician across Europe
Hagner, Viviane |  | 1977 | Munich, Germany | living |  | German | soloist with leading orchestras / chamber musician
Hou, Susanne | Yi-Jia Susanne Hou | 1977 | Shanghai, China | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay, Naoko Tanaka, and Cho-Liang Lin / Violinist / recording artist
Li I-ching |  | 1977/12/18 | Taiwan | living |  | Taiwanese | International soloist / concertmaster of Taiwan's National Symphony Orchestra
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.
Laurenceau, Geneviève |  | 1977/11/02 | Strasbourg, France | living |  | French | Pupil of Wolfgang Marschner and Zakhar Bron / international soloist, chamber musician and recording artist / educator
Masin, Gwendolyn |  | 1977/11/77 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | living |  | Dutch | Pupil of Herman Krebbers / tours as soloist and chamber musician / performances with various orchestras / educator
Tokareva, Nadezda |  | 1977/11/27 | Penza, Russia | living | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Russian-Slovenian | Pupil of Eduard Grach / international soloist / chamber musician / educator
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
Petcu-Colan, Ioana |  | 1978 | Cork, Ireland | living |  | Irish | soloist and widely performed chamber musician / interest in contemporary music
Trobäck, Sara | born Sara Katarina Trobäck | 1978 | Örebro, Sweden | living | Gothenburg | Swedish | Pupil of György Pauk / co-founder of Trio Poseidon / leader of the Gothenburg Symphony orchestra
Batiashvili, Lisa | b. Elisabed Batiashvili | 1979 | Tbilisi, Georgia | living |  | Georgian | 2nd Prize Sibelius Competition, 1995 / Plays the "Engleman" Stradivari, 1709
Cantagrill, Marie |  | 1979 | France | living |  | French | Pupil of Igor Oïstrakh / soloist with orchestras and in recitals
Favier, Amanda |  | 1979/04/07 | Paris, France | living |  | French | Pupil of Gérard Poulet and Igor Ozim / soloist from age 9 / chamber musician / recording artist
Gebert, Anna |  | 1979 | Warsaw, Poland | living |  | Finnish | Pupil of Igor Bezrodny and Magdalena Rezler / concert master of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra / chamber musician
Ferschtman, Liza |  | 1979 | Hilversum, Netherlands | living |  | Dutch | Pupil of Yvry Gitlis, Igor Oistrakh and Aaron Rosand / soloist appearing with several orchestras / chamber musician
Hahn, Hilary |  | 1979/11/27 | Lexington, Kentucky, US | living |  | American | Pupil of Klara Berkovich and Jascha Brodsky / Plays an 1864 copy of Paganini's Cannone made by Vuillaume
Ninomiya, Ayano |  | 1979 | Takamatsu, Japan | living |  | Japanese-American | Pupil of Robert Mann / chamber musician performing internationally with various ensembles
Saeijs, Frederieke |  | 1979/01/25 | The Hague, Netherlands | living |  | Dutch | International soloist with various orchestras / educator
Vänskä, Satu |  | 1979 | Kinki, Japan | living | Australia | Finnish-Australian | Studied under Ilya Grubert, Zinaida Gilels and Pavel Vernikov / Award-winning soloist / assistant leader of the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Chang, Sarah | b. Young Joo Chang | 1980/12/10 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | living |  | Korean-American | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / Plays the "ex Isaac Stern" Guarneri del Gesù, 1717
Grether, Elsa |  | 1980/06/28 | Mulhouse, France | living |  | French | Pupil of Ruggiero Ricci / soloist and recitalist performing in music festivals in France and abroad
Canellakis, Karina |  | 1981/08/23 | New York, New York US | living |  | American | Pupil of Ida Kavafian / violinist who later became a conductor
Chiche, Marina |  | 1981/11/10 | Marseille, France | living |  | French | Pupil of Jean Ter-Merguerian and Ana Chumachenco / international soloist and recitalist / educator, recording artist and radio producer / Plays a Giuseppe Gagliano, 1762
Kolly d'Alba, 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
Manoukian, Catherine |  | 1981/06/02 | Toronto, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / débuted with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra when 12 / soloist with many prominent orchestras / now based in Sweden
Montgomery, Jessie |  | 1981 | New York, New York US | living |  | American | violinist, composer, chamber musician and music educator
Nemtanu, Sarah |  | 1981 |  | living |  | Franco-Romanian | soloist with Luc Héry / concertmaster of the Orchestre national de France / recording artist
Skride, Baiba | Riga, Latvia | 1981 |  | living |  | Latvian | International performer with various orchestras / recording artist
Steinbacher, Arabella |  | 1981/11/14 | Munich, Germany | living |  | German | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay and Ivry Gitlis / Plays the "Booth" Stradivari, 1716
Lee, Min | Lee Huei Min | c. 1982 | Singapore | living |  | Singaporean | Pupil of Erick Friedman / soloist with leading orchestras
Batikian, Ani |  | 1982/11/22 | Yerevan, Armenia | living |  | Armenian | Studied at the Royal Academy of Music, receiving top violin prize / later pupil of Salvatore Accardo in Italy / solo concert performer
Lunny, Cora Venus |  | 1982 | Dublin, Ireland | living |  | Irish | Student of Joji Hattori and Vladimir Spivakov / award-winning classical musician / also folk music / recording artist
Shaw, Caroline |  | 1982/08/01 | Greenville, North Carolina, US | living |  | American | Violinist and composer / Pulitzer Prize for Music / chamber musician
Borrani, Lorenza |  | 1983 | Florence, Italy | living |  | Italian | Leader, director, soloist and chamber musician / educator
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
Linnebach, Jessica |  | 1983 | Edmonton, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Founding member of the Zukerman Chamber Players / soloist and chamber musician
Pečeny, Oksana |  | 1983/04/23 | Kyiv, Ukraine | living |  | Ukrainian | Student of Primož Novsak / soloist with Slovenian orchestras / chamber musician
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
Yang Jing |  | 1983 | Gulangyu, China | living |  | Chinese | award-winning violinist, violist and five-string violist / viola principal of Camerata Salzburg, principal violist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Deutsch, Lindsay |  | 1984/11/28 | Houston, Texas, US | living |  | American | Pupil of Robert Lipsett / soloist performances from the age of 11 /

appearances with orchestras throughout US and Canada

Kramperová, Iva |  | 1984 | Czechoslovakia | living |  | Czech | Concert master of the Barocco sempre giovane / concert performer and recording artist / educator
Samuelsen, Mari |  | 1984/12/21 | Hamar, Norway | living |  | Norwegian | Child prodigy / pupil of Arve Tellefsen and Stephan Barratt-Due / frequently performs with her brother Håkon, a cellist
Chen, Catharina |  | 1985 | Norway | living |  | Norwegian | Concert master of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
Moreno, Leticia |  | 1985 | Madrid, Spain | living |  | Spanish | Pupil of Zakhar Bron / performed from an early age / extensive repertoire
Yoon, Soyoung |  | 1984/10/18 | Seoul, South Korea | living |  | South Korean | Pupil of Zakhar Bron / award-winning violinist
Ibragimova, Alina |  | 1985/09/28 | Polevskoy, Russia | living |  | Russian | Pupil of Valentina Korolkova and Natalya Boyarskaya / recitalist, soloist and recording artist based in London
Yukawa, Diana | Daiana Yukawa | 1985/09/16 | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | British | Violinist and composer / Classical and modern performer
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 protégé 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
Lott, Maria-Elisabeth | Clara-Jumi Kang | 1987/06/02 | Schramberg, Germany | living |  | German | International orchestral soloist
Shin, Zia Hyunsu | Hyun-Soo Shin | 1987/07/16 | Jeonju, South Korea | living |  | South Korean | Award-winning violinist
Abrigo, Irene | Irene Abrigo  | 1988/12/03  | Turin, Italy  | living  | Winterthur, Switzerland  | Italian  | Solo concert violinist, student of Marie-Annick Nicolas, Pierre Amoyal and Corina Belcea. She plays a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1758
Azaiez, Yasmine |  | 1988/10/16 | London, England | living |  | British | Studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School / now based in Tunisia
Eberle, Veronika |  | 1988/12/26 | Donauwörth, Germany | living |  | German | She plays the "ex Busch" Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1783
Hemsing, Ragnhild |  | 1988/02/15 | Nord-Aurdal, Norway | living |  | Norwegian | débuted with the Bergan Philharmonic when 13 / appearances at major festivals and concert halls in Norway
Nobile, Carlotta |  | 1988/12/20 | Rome, Italy | 2013/07/16 | Benevento, Italy | Italian | violinist, art historian and writer / artistic director of Santa Sophia Academy chamber orchestra
Kim, Bomsori |  | 1989/12/13 | Daegu, South Korea | living | New York City, USA | Korean | Pupil of Young Uck Kim, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Ronald Copes / Plays a J.B. Guadagnini Turin, 1774
Pike, Jennifer |  | 1989/11/09 | England | living |  | English | At age 12 was BBC Young Musician of the Year / performances with various orchestras
Suzuki, Airi | Suzuki Airi | 1989/11/09 | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | Japanese | Award-winning young violinist
Soumm, Alexandra |  | 1989/05/17 | Moscow, Russia | living | Paris | French | Award-winning violinist / international soloist with several orchestras
Šūmane, Paula |  | 1989/05/04 | Riga, Latvia | living |  | Latvian | Soloist, student of Yair Kless and Boris Garlitsky [133]
Hemsing, Eldbjørg |  | 1990/02/16 | Nord-Aurdal, Norway | living |  | Norwegian | child prodigy / pupil of Boris Kuschnir / collaboration with Tan Dun / chamber musician and soloist with numerous orchestras
Steele, Emma |  | 1990/04/11 | Chicago, Illinois | living |  | American | Soloist and concertmaster, Royal Danish Orchestra [134]
Chen, Stella |  | 1992  | US  | living  |  | Asian-American  | An alumnus of the New England Conservatory of Music and student of Li Lin and Catherine Cho at Juilliard as of July 2020.
Goicea, Ioana Crstina |  | 1993/11/06 | Bucharest, Romania | living |  | Romanian | Pupil of Mariana Sîrbu / recitalist, soloist and chamber musician
Brabetz, Christina |  | 1993/10/08 | Windhoek, Namibia | living |  | South African | Pupil of Thomas Christian at Hochschule für Musik Detmold / winner of TONALi Grand Prix
Fisher, Salina |  | 1993/10/06 | New Zealand | living |  | New Zealand | Violinist and composer
Nuez Suarez, Rebeca | Rebeca Nuez | 1993/11/10 | Las Palmas, Spain | living | London, England | Spanish | Violinist interested in contemporary classical music
Petryshak, Anastasiya |  | 1994/04/12 | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | living |  | Ukrainian | Classical violinist working with Andrea Bocelli
Yoo, Esthe |  | 1994/06/11 | US | living |  | American | pupil of Ana Chumachenco / international soloist with various orchestras / chamber musician / recording artist
Taglioretti, Ana Lucrecia |  | 1995/12/25 | Paraguay | 2020/1/7 | Asunción, Paraguay | Paraguan | Played with the Paraguayan National Symphonic Orchestra and other groups / cause of death unknown
Matsumoto, Hiroka | Matsumoto Hiroka | 1995 | Yokohama, Japan | living |  | Japanese | student of Koichiro Harada and Gérard Poulet / award-winning classical violinist who played from an early age
Stapf, Judith |  | 1997/05/31 | Rheinbach, Germany | living |  | German | Soloist with various orchestras
Elders, Hawijch |  | 1998/10/31 | Grenoble, France | living |  | Dutch | Pupil of Ilya Grubert / performances in the Netherlands and abroad
Stirling, Lindsey |  | 1986/09/21 | Santa Ana, California, US | living |  | American |
Ramsay, Meredith Ezinma | Ezinma | 1991/01/11 | Lincoln, Nebraska US |  |  | American | [135]
Dueñas Fernández, María | María Dueñas  | 2002/12/04  | Granada, Spain  | living  |  | Spanish  | Deutsche Grammophon artist & composer, 2021 First Prize winner of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists (Senior Category)

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Aller, Judith |  | 2000s | Los Angeles, US | living |  | American | Pupil of Jascha Heifetz / recitalist and soloist with the Pori Symphony Orchestra and with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Augustyn, Kinga |  | 2000s | Wrocław, Poland | living | New York City | Polish-American | Pupil of Zbigniew Szuflat and Dorothy DeLay / soloist with various orchestras / recording artist
Babut du Marès, Camille |  | 2000s | Belgium | living | Belgium | Belgian | Pupil of Véronique Bogaerts and Yuzuko Horigome / international soloist and recitalist
Benjamin, Mira |  | 2010s | Vancouver, Canada | living | London, England | Canadian | Violinist and chamber musician / former member of Quatuor Bozzini / recording artist
Black, Zoë |  | 2010s | Australia | living |  | Australian | Recitalist and soloist / plays with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Chebotareva, Anastasia |  | 2000s | Odesa, Ukraine | living |  | Ukrainian | Tours in Italy, UK, France and German / recording artist
Dahn, Nancy |  | 1990s | Canada | living |  | Canadian | Classical violinist and violist / educator / co-founded the Tuckamore Festival
Derome, Julie-Anne |  | 1990s | Montreal, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Pupil of Taras Gabora and Sonia Jelinkova / Interested in 20th-century music / chamber musician and soloist / recording artist
Frautschi, Jennifer |  | 2000s | Pasadena, California, US | living | Brookline, Massachusetts, US | American | Pupil of Robert Lipsett and Robert Mann / soloist with various orchestras
Gomyo, Karen |  | 2010s | Tokyo, Japan | living |  | Canadian | Student of Mauricio Fuks, Dorothy DeLay and Donald Weilerstein / soloist and chamber musician
Gould, Clio |  | 2000s | England | living |  | English | Classical violinist, educator, director of the Royal Academy Soloists and leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Grigoreva, Viktoria |  | 1990s | Kharkiv, Ukraine | living | London, England | Ukrainian | Studied under Semion Mikitiansky and Irina Grebneva / Concert violinist and educator
Kouznetsova, Maria |  | 1991 | Ryazan, Russia | living |  | Russian | Award-winning young violinist
Ingolfsson, Judith |  | 1990s | Reykjavik, Iceland | living | Stuttgart, Germany | Icelandic | Student of Jascha Brodsky / international soloist appearing with many orchestras / chamber musician
Johnson, Karen |  | 2000s | Gilbert, Arizona, US | living |  | American | Chamber musician and concertmaster
Kokas, Katalin |  | 2000s | Kaposvár, Hungary | living |  | Hungarian | Student of Ferenc Halász and Dénes Kovács / Chamber musician performing with various orchestras
Kwon, Yoon |  | 1990s | Seoul, South Korea | living |  | Korean-American | Child prodigy / student of Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Cho-Liang Lin and Donald Weilerstein / duos with pianist sister Min Kwon / chamber musician / educator
Lester, Gabrielle |  | 1980s | London, England | living |  | English | Classical violinist, orchestra leader and chamber musician / discography of classical, popular and soundtrack music
León, Eva |  | 1990s | Las Palmas, Spain | living |  | Spanish | International classical violinist, performances with leading orchestras / recording artist
Makhnev, Elena |  | 2000s | Guanajuato, Mexico | living |  | Mexican | Virtuoso violinist currently studying in Moscow
Mason, Frances |  | 1960s | United Kingdom | living |  | British | Studied under Alan Loveday / specializing in chamber music but also soloist / educator
Michell, Edna |  | 1960s | Tel Aviv, Israel | living |  | Israeli-American | Studied under Lorand Fenyves, Ödön Pártos and Ivan Galamian / international recitalist and soloist / founder of the Cantilena Chamber Players / educator
Olujić, Tatjana |  | 1970s | Belgrade, Serbia | living |  | Serbian | Award-winning violinist and educator
Palmer, Ruth |  | 2000s | United Kingdom | living |  | British | award-winning recitalist and recording artist
Paulet, Stéphanie |  | 2010s | Rhône-Alpes, France | living | Paris | French | First violin in French Baroque ensembles / chamber musician and educator
Peña, Adela |  | 1990s | New York City, US | living |  | American | Student of Rochelle Walton / founding member of the Eroica Trio
Piérot, Alice |  | 1980s | France | living |  | French | Chamber musician, Baroque violinist and recording artist / member of the Amarillis ensemble / educator
Raum, Erika |  | 1990s | Canada | living |  | Canadian | Student of Lorand Fenyves / recitalist and chamber musician / orchestral appearances in Canada and abroad
Robert, Lucie |  | 1980s | Montreal, Canada | living |  | Canadian | Student of Josef Gingold / violinist, composer and educator
Safonova, Ania |  | 1990s | Tomsk, Russia | living | London, England | Russian-Israeli | Student of Svetlanda Goffman and later Felix Andrievsky / Concertmaster of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / chamber musician
Sakharova, Julia |  | 2000s | Zheleznovodsk, Russia | living | US | Russian | Child prodigy / student of Taras Gabora, Almita Vamos, Milan Vitek and Donald Weilerstein / assistant concertmaster, chamber musician, educator
Schnarch, Ani |  | 2000s | Bucharest, Romania | living | London, England | Israeli-British | Student of Felix Andrievsky / Soloist and chamber musician performing with various orchestras / educator
Schmitt, Hélène |  | 1990s | France | living | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | French | Chamber musician specializing in Baroque music / recording artist / educator
Shihoten, Lisa |  | 1990s | Chicago, US | living | Houston, US | American | Student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke / chamber musician and recitalist / educator
Simpson, Mary |  | 2000s | Virginia, US | living | Houston, US | American | Classically trained violinist, now playing bluegrass
Sîrbu, Mariana |  | 1960s | Iași, Romania | living | Leipzig, Germany | Romanian | Student of Ștefan Gheorghiu / international soloist / founder of the Academia String Quartet / educator
Stefanovich-Gruppman, Vesna |  | 1990s | Serbia | living | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Serbian | Soloist and chamber musician / performances with various orchestras / recording artist / educator
Sung, Janet |  | 2000s | New York City, US | living | Chicago, US | American | Student of Josef Gingold / soloist with numerous orchestras / educator
Tcholakova, Ralitsa |  | 2000s | Bulgaria | living |  | Canadian | International soloist and chamber musician / music writer / recording artist
Tenenbaum, Mela |  | 1970s | Ukraine | living |  | American | Soloist and chamber musician / recording artist
Thompson, Candida |  | 2000s | Glasgow, Scotland | living | Amsterdam, Netherlands | British | Student of David Takeno / International chamber musician and soloist / leader of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta / recording artist
Thompson, Shirley J. |  | 1990s | London, England | living | London, England | British | Composer, conductor, violinist and academic
Udagawa, Hideko |  | 2000s | Japan | living | London, England | Japanese | International soloist / recording artist

## See also

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* List of women classical pianists
* Lists of women in music
* Women in music

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## General references

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* "Female Performers on the Violin", The Musical World, No.CLXVI – New Series No.LXXII, p. 34 (May 16, 1839)
* "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)
* "Violino e Violinisti", Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani (1937)
* "Violin virtuosos: from Paganini to the 21st century", Henry Roth (1997)
* "Allievi di Hubay (selezione)" Archived 2004-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Gianluca La Villa (2003)
* "Great female violinists of the past", Violinist.com – Blog (2010)
* "Violin works with connections to female violinists", Violinist.com – Blog (2011)
* "Great Female Violinists: A List" – Blog (2011)
* Article: "Addendum on Female Violinists" by George Dubourg (1852) – Blog (2011)
* "Who were the early female violinists?", The Strad (March 7, 2014)
* "musikwissenschaftliche Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung", search page in German – Sophie Drinke Institut (c)2013