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.
NOTE: In the main table, names should be added in chronological order by birth date.
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Total listed:| Name | Alias | Birth date | Birthplace | Died | Place last living | Nationality | Notes |
| Diamantina, la | "La Diamantina" | 1715 c. | Rome, Italy | 1741 or later | Rome, Italy | Italian | Also singer / |
| Plunkett, Catherine | 1725 c. | Dublin, Ireland | 1745 or later | Irish | |||
| della Pietà, Santa | Sanza 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 | 1696–1782 | Venice, Italy | Venice, Italy | Italian | Also singer, musician and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi | |
| della Pietà, Chiara | Chiara della Pietà | 1718–1791 | Venice, Italy | Venice, Italy | Italian | Also singer and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldi | |
| Nicholl, Anne | Anne Nichol | 1728 c. | England | ? | England | English | Also singer / |
| Gambarini, Elisabetta | Mrs. Chazal | 1730/09/07 | Italy | 1765/02/09 | England | Italian-English | Also composer/conductor |
| Sirmen, Maddalena | Maddalena Laura Sirmen 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 | 1749/02/23 | Kassel, Germany | 1833/01/20 | Reval, Estonia | German | Also guitarist, soprano and harpsichordist / |
| Bayer, Caroline | Karoline Bayer | 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 / |
| Gautherot, Louise | M.me Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps | 1763 | France | 1808/07/28 | London | French | Pupil of Nicolas Capron / |
| Larrivée, Henriette | L’Arrivée 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 | , Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer / | |
| Gerbini, Luigia | Luigia, Garbini | 1770 c. | Turin, Italy | 1819 or later | Italian | Pupil of Gaetano Pugnani / | |
| 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 / |
| Filipowicz, Elisabeth | Filipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli | 1794 | Rastatt, Germany | 1841/05/4 | London, England | Polish | Also composer / |
| Krähmer, Caroline | Madame Krahmen / b. Carolina Schleicher | 1794 | Bodensee, Germany | 1868 | Vienna, Austria | German | Also clarinettist, pianist, guitarist / |
| 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 | |
| Milanollo, Teresa | "Mademoiselle Adagio" / Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Milanollo-Parmentier | 1827/08/28 | Savigliano, Italy | 1904/10/25 | Paris, France | Italian | Sister of Maria Milanollo / Owned the and the |
| Milanollo, Maria | "Mademoiselle Staccato" | 1832/07/19 | Savigliano, Italy | 1848/10/21 | Paris, France | Italian | Sister of Teresa Milanollo / Owned the small violin |
| 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 / | |
| Ferni, Vincenzina | 1837 c. | Como, Italy | 1926/06 | Turin, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni / | |
| Blunt, Anne | Lady Ann Blunt / Anne Isabella Noel Blunt / b. Annabella King-Noel | 1837/09/22 | England | 1917/12/15 | Cairo, Egypt | English | Owned the |
| Neruda, Wilma | Lady Hallé / b. Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda | 1838/03/21 | Brno, Moravia | 1911/04/15 | Berlin, Germany | Moravian | Pupil of Leopold Jansa / |
| 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 / |
| Iacovino, Mariuccia | 1912/12/12 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2008/05/16 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Brazilian | Also Instructor / short bio | |
| 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 / | |
| Brousil, Bertha | Brousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha | 1842 | Pisek, Czechoslovakia | 1919/11 | London, England | Czechoslovakian | Pupil of František Němec / |
| Urso, Camilla | 1842/06/13 | Nantes, France | 1902/01/20 | New York, USA | American | ||
| Grünner, Marie | Marie Grünner-Messerschmidt | 1847 | Vienna, Austria | 1895/10/15 | Vienna, Austria | Austrian | Cousin of composer Johann Schrammel / |
| Lebouys, Catherine | Catherine Lebouys-Waldteufel | 1847 | Rome, Italy | 1876 or later | Italian | Pupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/ | |
| Ferni, Virginia | 1849 | Turin, Italy | 1934/02/04 | Turin, Italy | Italian | Also soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni / | |
| Drechsler-Hamilton, Bertha | Bertha Drechsler Adamson | 1849/03/25 | Edinburgh, England | 1934/02/04 | Toronto, Canada | English | Also conductor / |
| 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 / |
| Liebé, Therese | Liebe, Thérèse | 1854/04/07 | Straßburg, Austria | 1897 or later | London, England | Austrian | Pupil of Teresa Milanollo / |
| Franko, Jeanne | 1855 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | 1940/12/03 | New York, USA | American | Also pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps / | |
| Brehm, Mathilde | Mathilde Brem-Heim | 1856/12/03 | Oberdorf, Germany | 1886/03/02 | Davos-Platz, Germany | German | |
| Scharwenka, Marianne | born Stresow | 1856/02/25 | Germany | 1918/10/24 | Berlin, Germany | German | Violinist and composer |
| Shattuck, Lillian | 1857 | Boston, USA | 1940 | USA | 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 / | |
| Pommereul, Marguerite | Pommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier | 1859/03 | Saint Mihiel, France | 1879 or later | France | French | Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard / |
| Riley, Lucy | 1861 | England | 1897 or later | England | English | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / From 1886, 2nd violin of the "Shinner String Quartet" / | |
| 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" / |
| 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, NY, USA | 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 | c. 1865 | Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA | c. 1924 | American | Violinist, composer and orchestral conductor / founded the all-female Marion Osgood's Ladies Orchestra | |
| Tua, Teresina | Teresa Tua / Suor Maria di Gesù | 1866/04/24 | Turin, Italy | 1956/10/29 | Rome, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Lambert Massart / / , article / Owned the |
| Wietrowetz, Gabriela | Gabriele Wietrovitz | 1866/01/13 | Ljubliana, Slovenia | 1937/04/06 | Berlin, Germany | Italian-Slovenian | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / |
| 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 / | ||
| Powell, Maud | 1867/08/22 | Aurora, Illinois, USA | 1920/01/08 | Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / | |
| Morgan, Geraldine | 1868/11/15 | New York, USA | 1918 | USA | American | Pupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim / | |
| Carpenter, Nettie | Nettie Carpenter-Stearn | 1869 | New York, USA | 1940 or later | American | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate / , interview / | |
| Rode, Mina | Minna Rode | 1870 c. | Germany | 1901 or later | Berlin, Germany | German | Granddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann / |
| Becker Shaffer, Dora | b. Dora Valesca Becker | 1870/03/07 | Galveston, Texas, USA | 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 | Washinghton D.C., USA | 1956/02/10 | New York, USA | 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 von Brennerberg | 1873/03/14 | Brașov, Transylvania | 1922/10/01 | Brașov, Romania | Romanian | Pupil of Martin Marsick / |
| Barns, Ethel | Ethel Barns Phillips | 1874 | London, England | 1948/12/31 | Maidenhead, England | English | Pupil of Émile Sauret / Also composer |
| Mead, Olive | 1874 | USA | 1946 | American | Pupil of Julius Eichberg and Franz Kneisel / Founded the all-female Olive Mead Quartet | ||
| Schindler, Rosa | 1874/09/02 | Gliwice, Poland | 1909 or later | Germany | German | Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate and Joseph Joachim / | |
| Jackson McKim, Leonora | Leonora Jackson | 1879/02/20 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | 1969/01/07 | USA | American | Pupil of Joseph Joachim / |
| Nichols, Marie | 1879/10/16 | Chicago, USA | 1969/01/07 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | American | ||
| Hood, Florence | 1880/10/14 | Melbourne, Australia | 1968 | Australian | Pupil of Hermann T. Schrader and Hans von Bülow / member of the Montral String Quartet / concert tours and radio broadcasts in Australia | ||
| Dickenson-Auner, Mary | Dickenson-Auner, Auner, Mary, 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 / |
| Waddell, Leila | Leila Ida Nerissa Bathurst Waddell | 1880 | Bathurst, Australia | 1932/09/14 | Sydney, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Leopold Auer / |
| Clarke, Rachel Steinman | c. 1882 | Włocławek, Poland | 1944/11/04 | Miami, USA | Polish-American | Student of Jacques Thibaud / toured the USA 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 | 1956/03/07 | Burlington, Iowa | American | Studied violin in Paris / accompanist and soprano singer / writer | |
| Fonaroff, Vera | 1883/06/14 | Kiev, Ukraine | 1962/07/23 | New York City, USA | 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 |
| 1884/05/23 | Budapest, Hungary | 1958 | Weilheim/Oberbayern, Germany | Hungarian | |||
| Bell Collier, Bessie | 1885/04/03 | Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA | 1969/04/04 | Massachusetts, USA | 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, / |
| Luboshutz, Lea | 1885/02/22 | Odessa, Ukraine | 1965/03/18 | Odessa, Ukraine | Russian | Child prodigy / pupil of Emil Młynarski / chamber musician / toured widely in Europe and the USA | |
| 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 | |
| Jourdan-Morhange, Hélène | 1888/01/30 | France | 1961/05/15 | Paris, France | French | Dedicatee of Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata | |
| 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 and Othmar Schoeck Violin Concerto Op.21 / |
| Stillings, Kemp | Katharine Kemp Stillings | 1888/06/30 | Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA | 1967/04/30 | New York City, USA | 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 |
| Astruc, Yvonne | 1889/04/27 | Asnières, France | 1980/10/17 | Paris, France | French | Wife of pianist Marcel Ciampi / | |
| 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, USA | Spanish | Performed in Cuba, Mexico, South America and the United States / educator | |
| Viëtor, Alba Rosa | 1889/07/18 | Milan, Italy | 1979/04/15 | USA | 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, USA | 1977/12/10 | Cottonwood, Arizona, USA | 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 | ||
| Chartplayres, Vivien | Vivian Chartres, Vivien Vivanti-Chartres, Vivien Chartres Burns, Vivien Young | 1893/06/25 | Turin, Italy | 1941/09/01 | Hove Sussex, England | English | Pupil of Otakar Ševčík / / 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 / / |
| 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 / Leader of the , founded in 1931 / |
| 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 "" Stradivari, 1710 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók's Violin Sonatas No.1 Sz.75 & No.2 Sz.76, Maurice Ravel's Tzigane and, with her sister Adila Fachiri, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 |
| Barstow, Vera | Miss Vera Barstow | 1895 | Pasadena, California, USA | 196? | USA | American | Pupil of Luigi von Kunits / Leo Ornstein's Violin Sonata Op.26 / / / Charles Wakefield Cadman's Violin Sonata in G major / Played the |
| Rudge, Olga | 1895/04/13 | USA | 1985/03/15 | Venice, Los Angeles, USA | American | Concert violinist / performed in Italy with Ildebrando Pizzetti / mistress of the poet Ezra Pound | |
| Given, Thelma | 1896 | USA | 1977 | American | , review / , article / , promotional brochure | ||
| Stolofsky, Irene | Irene Stolofsky Davis | 1896/07/28 | Chicago, USA | 1950/07/28 | American | Student of Hugh Dimond / Toured USA 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, USA | 1990/03/11 | Illinois | American | Soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / formed the Indiana University Trio / educator | |
| Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie Carmen | b. Sofia 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 | |
| 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 / Dedicatee of Bohuslav Martinů's Violin Sonata No.2 |
| Ferrari, Albertina | Alberta Lovrich or Lovrič | 1900 | Zara-Zadar, Austro-Hungary | 1986 | Trieste, Italy | Italian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1924 / Founder of Trio di Milano, 1932 / Mother of Giorgio Strehler, Italian director / / |
| Wegener, Emmy | Emmy Heil Frensel-Wegener | 1901/06/14 | Amersterdam, 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, USA | American | Violinist and conductor / conductor of the Women's Symphony Orchestra of Chicago / educator | |
| Rubinstein, Erna | Erna Rubenstein | 1903/03/3 | Nagyszeben, Hungary | 1966 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA | Hungarian | Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1918 / of Willem Mengelberg / / On August 13, 1945 she divorced from screenwriter George Bruce / Owned the |
| 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 | / | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| Galina Vsevolodovna Barinova | 1910/10/7 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 2006/09/20 | Leningrad, Russia | Russian | Pupil of Jacques Thibaud / | |
| Stark, Ethel | 1911/08/25 | Montreal, Canada | 2012/02/16 | Montreal, Canada | Canadian | Violinist and conductor / founded and conducted the Montral Women's Symphony Orchestra / educator | |
| Pashkus, Alice | 1911/02/21 | Germany | 1972/02/3 | Vienna, Austria | German | ||
| Ignatius, Anja | Anja Hirvensalo | 1911/06/2 | Tampere, Finland | 1995/04/10 | Helsinki, Finland | Finnish | |
| Kaye, Evelyn | Evelyn / Evelyn Kaye Klein | 1911/10/19 | USA | 1990/06/8 | USA | American | violinist and actress / played with the 'All-Girl Orchestra' of her husband Phil Spitalny / / / |
| Carmirelli, Pina | 1914/01/23 | Varzi, Italy | 1993/02/26 | Capena, Italy | Italian | Pupil of / 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 | ||
| 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 / |
| Posselt, Ruth | Ruth Pierce Posselt | 1914/09/6 | Medford, Massachusetts, USA | 2007/02/19 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of / Wife of Richard Burgin who was concertmaster of the BSO for many years under Serge Koussevitzky. |
| Lephay-Belthoise, Yvonne | Ruth Pierce Posselt | 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, USA | 1988/03/18 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA | 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, France | French | Pupil of Marcel Reynal and Gabriel Bouillon / Wife of the composer Ivan Devries / / |
| Bustabo, Guila | b. Teressina Bustabo | 1916/02/25 | Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA | 2002/04/27 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA | American | / Dedicatee of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Violin Concerto Op.26 and Violin Concerto |
| Zorian, Olive | 1916 | Manchester, England | 1965 | English | Founder of the Zorian Quartet | ||
| Behrend, Louise | 1916/10/3 | Washington D.C., USA | 2011/08/3 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / | |
| Hendrickson, Lyndall | 1917 | b. Balaklava | 2017/07/22 | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of Ludwik Schwab/Renowned violin pedagogue / Member of / , 2004 | |
| DeLay, Dorothy | 1917/03/31 | Medicine Lodge, Kansas, USA | 2002/03/24 | New York, USA | American | Pupil of Ivan Galamian | |
| 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 Gründer | 1918/05/17 | Chexbres, Switzerland | 1996/11/22 | Berne, Switzerland | Swiss | Pupil of Carl Flesch / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1944 / |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 / , 20 July 1964 / , 1987/07/27 / , 2003 / CDs: The German Radio Recordings, ; The Italian and Swiss recordings, | |
| 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 / / "Three Violin Maidens": ; |
| Tuttle, Karen | 1920/03/28 | Lewiston, Idaho, USA | 2010/12/16 | American | Switched to viola; Pupil of William Primrose / | ||
| 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 | 2018/12/31 | London | Hungarian-British | Pedagogue | |
| 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” ; 2nd "Vienna Competition" ; 2nd “International Long-Thibaud Competition” ; Hungarian National “Pro Arte” medal ; Grand Prix “Carl Flesch Competition” / she performed in Duo with her brother Attila and founded the Trio Lengyel |
| Stucki, Aida | 1921/02/19 | Cairo, Egypt | 2011/06/9 | Winterthur, Switzerland | Swiss | ||
| Bobesco, Lola | Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco | 1921/08/9 | Craiova, Romania | 2003/09/4 | Spa, Belgium | Romanian | |
| 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 | Rome, Italy | Italian | violinist and violist | |
| 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, / 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 / | |
| 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 / | |
| 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 / / | |
| Glezarova, Maya | 1924/12/10 | Russia | 2017/07/17 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Distinguished Russian violin professor, pupil and assistant of Yuri Yankelevich / | |
| 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 / Played at in 1960, 1961 and 1964 / Her Duo partner was pianist Géza Frid / Wife of. |
| 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": ; |
| Liddell, Nona | 1927/06/09 | Ealing, London, England | 2017/04/13 | English | Pupil of Rowsby Woof / soloist, leader of chamber music ensembles and educator | ||
| Olga Viktorovna Kaverzneva | 1926/05/12 | Odessa, USSR | 2006/12/25 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | Pupil of and David Oistrach | |
| Tsitsikian, Anahit | Anahit Tsitsikyan | 1926/08/26 | Leningrad, USSR | 1999/05/2 | Yerevan, Armenia | Armenian | |
| Zerounian, Ara | 1926/11/26 | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 2012/10/29 | Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA | American-Armenian | ||
| Monosoff, Sonya | 1927 | USA | living | American | Pupil of Louis Persinger / Pioneer of baroque violin / | ||
| 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 / | |
| 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 / | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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, USA | 2011 | Thousand Oaks, California, USA | 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 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952 / Member or the "Wilkomirski-Trio", Maria / 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; | |
| Elphège, Flora | 1930s ? | Grénoble, France | living ? | Grénoble, France | French | Renowned violin pedagogue / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1954 / , 1957 / Piano Trio: Jean Martin, Flora Elphège, Claude Burgos / , 1973/09/12 | |
| Kimber, Beryl | 1930s ? | Perth, Australia | living ? | Adelaide, Australia | Australian | Pupil of David Oistrakh / Distinction prize at 1st Tchaikovsky International Competition, 1958 / / | |
| Steiner, Diana | 1930s ? | USA | living ? | USA | American | sister of cellist and conductor Frances Steiner / | |
| Varga, Norma | b. Norma Jones | 1930s ? | England | living ? | USA | English | Pupil of Isolde Menges / Wife of violinist / Mother of violinist / / Mother of composer David Varga |
| 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 | living | Canadian | Pupil of Ludwig Becker and Ivan Galamian / 3rd Grand Prix Concours-Long-Thibaud, 1951 / | |
| Paetsch, Priscilla | Priscilla McClure Johnson Paetsch | 1931/11/18 | Evanston, Illinois, USA | 2017/07/19 | Colorado Springs, USA | 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 / |
| 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 / |
| Lautenbacher, Susanne | Suzanne or Susi Lautenbacher | 1932/04/19 | Augsburg, Germany | living | German | Pupil of Karl Freund and Henryk Szeryng | |
| Garnier, Liliane | 1932/09/13 | Dijon, France | living | French | |||
| Jasvili 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 / | |
| 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 / / "The careers of Frances & Saundra Berkova, mother and daughter", The Strad, February 1990 |
| Tarjus, Blanche | 1933 | France | 1990 | France | French | Pupil of René Benedetti, George Enescu and Alice Pashkus / , 1946 / 3rd prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1952; / 2nd prize Geneva International Music Competition, 1952 / 2nd prize ex-aequo 'Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud', 1953 / , 1954/02/13 | |
| Spirk, Margit | 1933/04/12 | Trento, Italy | living | Italian | Pupil of Sandor Vegh and Váša Příhoda / | ||
| Shikhmurzayeva, Zoria | Zoria Szichmurzajewa / Зоря Шихмурзаева | 1933/10/26 | Kazan, Tatarstan, USSR | 2010/04/24 | Moscow, Russia | Russian | / Mother of violinists Julia Bushkova and Evgeny Bushkov / |
| 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; / | ||
| 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 / / Owned a "Battista Ruggieri", 1690 | |
| 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; | |
| 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 and Boris Tischenko Violin Fantasy, Op.118 / / |
| Kaine, Carmel | 1937/03/22 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, 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 | 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; | |
| Gotkovsky, Nell | 1939/09/26 | Paris, France | 1997/07/15 | Brigham, Utah, USA | French | / | |
| 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 / | |
| Kuronuma, Yuriko | 1940/06/04 | Tokyo, Japan | living | Japanese | Award-winning Japanese violinist | ||
| Le Dizès, Maryvonne | 1940s ? | France | living | Paris, France | French | 1st prize Paganini Competition, 1962 / Active with Ensemble Intercontemporain / | |
| 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 / | |
| Yu Lina | 1940 | Nigbo, China | living | Chinese | distinguist soloist and influential 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, USA | 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 / | ||
| Armstrong, Helen | 1943/08/09 | Rockford, Illinois, USA | 2006/04/28 | Greenwich, CT, USA | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ambrose, Penny | Priscilla Ann Ambrose | 1946 | Connecticut, USA | 1963/09/10 | Coventry, Conn., USA | American | 5th prize ex-aequo Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 1962 / |
| 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 | |||
| 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 / / Owned a "Giuseppe Guarnieri", 1741 / | ||
| 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 / | |
| 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 to the final; Rumors of a completed suicide are wrong. Later, a certain stabilization seems to have occurred – Cornelia Vasile was concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra Graunke in Munich. 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. / / in 1969 she recorded Paganini's 24 Caprices, for DGG 'Debut Collection' / | |
| 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 | |
| Gazeau, Sylvie | 1950/01/30 | Orléans, France | living | French | |||
| Comberti, Micaela | 1952/09/28 | London, England | living | 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 / | |
| 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 / | |
| 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 1985 | ||
| 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, USA | living | American | Pupil of Arthur Grumiaux / concerts and recitals in USA 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 | Dusseldorf, 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 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, 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 | |
| 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, USA | living | American | Violinist, violist, composer, conductor, arranger | |
| Mutter, Anne-Sophie | 1963/06/29 | Rheinfelden, Germany | living | German | Pupil of and Aida Stucki / Owns the "" Stradivari, 1703 and the "" Stradivari, 1710 | ||
| 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 | USA | Bulgarian-American | soloist / chamber musician / concertmaster / session musician | |
| Takezawa, Kyoko | 1966/10/30 | Ōbu, Aichi, Japan | living | USA | 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, USA | living | American | |||
| Bossert, Laura Anne | 1968/04/24 | Chatham Township, New Jersey | 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, USA | South Korean | Pupil of Dorothy Delay, Hyo Kang and Felix Galimir / recitalist and soloist / educator |
| Meyers, Anne Akiko | 1970/05/15 | San Diego, California, USA | living | American | |||
| 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 | / 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, USA | living | American | Performs as soloist / president of the Luzerne Music Center | ||
| Barton, Rachel | Rachel Barton Pine | 1974/10/11 | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 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 | 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 / | ||
| 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 / highly acclaimed 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, USA | 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, USA | 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 City, USA | 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 | Candaian | Pupil of Dorothy DeLay / débuted with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra when 12 / soloist with many prominet orchestras / now based in Sweden | ||
| Montgomery, Jessie | 1981 | New York City, USA | 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, USA | 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 | Kiev, 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, USA | living | American | Pupil of Robert Lipsett / soloist performances from the age of 11 / appearances with orchestras throughout USA 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, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pike, Jennifer | 1989/11/09 | England | living | English | At age 12 was BBC Young Musician of the Year / performances with various orchestras | ||
| 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 and concertmaster | ||
| Suzuki, Airi | Suzuki Airi | 1989/11/09 | Tokyo, Japan | living | Japanese | Award-winning young violinist | |
| 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 | ||
| Анастасия константиновна Ведякова | 1991 | Moscow region, Russia | living | Russian | Pupil of Wiktor Alexandrowitsch Pikaisen, Eduard Dawidowitsch Gratsch, Кобляков, Александр Александрович, Vladimir Tarnopolsky / recitalist, composer, songwriter, conductor, musicologist, music educator | ||
| Chen, Stella | 1992 | USA | living | Asian-American | An alumi 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 | Rebeca Nuez | 1994/04/12 | Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | living | Ukrainian | Classical violinist working with Andrea Bocelli | |
| Yoo, Esthe | 1994/06/11 | USA | living | American | Pupil of Ana Chumachenco / international soloist with various orchestras / chamber musician / recording artist | ||
| 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 |
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Total listed:| Name | Alias | Active from | Birthplace | Died | Place last living | Nationality | Notes |
| Aller, Judith | 2000s | Los Angeles, USA | 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 | Odessa, 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, USA | living | Brookline, Massachusetts, USA | 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, USA | 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, USA | 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 | USA | 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, USA | living | Houston, USA | American | Student of Betty Haag-Kuhnke / chamber musician and recitalist / educator | |
| Simpson, Mary | 2000s | Virginia, USA | living | Houston, USA | 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 | |
| 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, USA | living | Chicago, USA | 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 | |
| Udagawa, Hideko | 2000s | Japan | living | London, England | Japanese | International soloist / recording artist |