List of violists

A

• Julia Rebekka Adler (b.1978)
• Sir Hugh Allen (1869–1946), conductor
• Kris Allen (b.1985)
• Steven Ansell (b.1954)
• Atar Arad
• Cecil Aronowitz (1916–1978)
• Dino Asciolla (1920–1994)

B

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
• Michael Balling (1886–1925)
• Rudolf Barshai (b.1924), conductor
• Yuri Bashmet (b.1953)
• Cathy Basrak (b.1977)
• Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
• Sviatoslav Belonogov
• Mitrofan Belyayev (1836–1904)
• František Benda (1709–1786), composer
• Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795), composer
• Daniel Benyamini (1925–1993)
• Wilhelm Georg Berger (1929–1993), composer
• Yehonatan Berick (b.1968), violinist
• Franz Beyer (b.1922)
• Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
• Vadim Borisovsky (1900–1972)
• York Bowen (1884–1961), composer, pianist
• Máximo Arrates Boza (1859–1936), composer
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer
• Sheila Browne (b.1971)
• Peter Bucknell (b.1977)

C

• John Cale (b.1942)
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827), composer, violinist
• David Aaron Carpenter (b.1986)
• Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
• Gérard Caussé (b.1948)
• Roger Chase (b.1953)
• Franck Chevalier (b.1973)
• Wiesław Chorosiński (b.1954), organist, conductor
• Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), composer
• Eric Coates (1886–1957), composer
• Paul Coletti (b.1959)
• Wayne Crouse (1924–2000)

D

• Steven Dann (b.1953)
• Gyula Dávid (1913–1977)
• Tania Davis (b.1975)
• Brett Dean (b.1961)
• Jack Delano (1914–1997), composer
• Alan de Veritch (b.1947)
• Roberto Díaz (b.1960)
• Viacheslav Dinerchtein
• Napoleon Distelmans
• Paul Doktor (1917–1989)
• Karen Dreyfus
• Fyodor Druzhinin (1932–2007)
• Matthias Durst (1815–1875), violinist, composer
• Charles Dutoit (b.1936), conductor
• Lawrence Dutton (b.1954)
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer

E

• Sila Eser (b.1979)

F

• Ralph Farris (b.1970)
• Watson Forbes (1909–1997)
• Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941), composer
• Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)

G

• Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductor
• Bruno Giuranna (b.1933)
• Roland Glassl (b.1972)
• Rosemary Glyde (1948–1994), composer
• Rivka Golani (b.1946)
• Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead
• Ebbe Grims-land (b.1915)

H

• Veronika Hagen
• John Harbison (b.1938), composer
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer
• Willy Hess (1859–1939), violinist
• Raphael Hillyer (b.1914)
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer

I

• Nobuko Imai (b.1943)
• Yuko Inoue

J

• Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007)
• Otto Joachim (b.1910), composer

K

• Thomas Kakuska (1940–2005)
• Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941), composer
• Gilad Karni
• Kim Kashkashian (b.1952)
• Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductor
• Martha Strongin Katz (b.1942)
• Hugo Kauder (1888–1972), composer, violinist
• Nigel Keay (b.1955), composer
• Nigel Kennedy (b.1956), violinist
• Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987)
• Michael Klotz (b.1978)
• Garth Knox (b.1956)
• Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
• Michael Kugel (b.1946)

L

• Michelle LaCourse
• Théophile Laforge (1863–1918)
• Jaime Laredo (b.1941), violinist
• Steve Larson
• Lim Soon Lee
• Victor Legley (1915–1994), composer
• Harold Levin (b.1956)
• Jodi Levitz
• Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982), violinist, conductor
• James Lowe (b.1976), conductor

M

• Jef Maes (1905–1996), composer
• Mat Maneri (b.1969), composer, violinist
• Michael Mann (1919–1977), violinist
• Jethro Marks
• Uri Mayer (b.1946), conductor
• Eduard Melkus (b.1928), violinist
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composer
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist
• John Metcalfe (b.1964)
• Miroslav Miletić (b.1925), composer
• Shlomo Mintz (b.1957), violinist
• Alexander Mishnaevski
• Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer
• Pedro Saglimbeni Muñoz
• Henry Myerscough (? –2007)

N

• Philipp Naegele (b.1928), violinist
• Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (b.1960)
• Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)
• Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), composer
• Paul Neubauer (b.1962)
• Václav Neumann (1920–1995), conductor
• Casimir Ney (1801–1877)
• Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b.1976)

O

• Heiichiro Ohyama (b.1947)
• David Oistrakh (1908–1974), violinist
• Martin Outram

P

• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), composer, violinist
• Ian Parrott (b.1916), composer
• Harry Partch (1901–1974), composer
• Ödön Pártos (1907–1977), composer
• Joseph de Pasquale (b.1919)
• Clara Petrozzi-Stubin (b.1965), violinist, composer
• Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), composer
• Cynthia Phelps (b.1961)
• Ashan Pillai (b.1969)
• Jocelyn Pook (b.1960), composer
• Diemut Poppen
• Ari Poutiainen (b.1972)
• Milton Preves (1909–2000)
• William Primrose (1904–1982)

Q

• Karl Traugott Queisser (1800–1846)

R

• Julian Rachlin (b.1974), violinist
• Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), composer
• Paul Reynolds (b.1973)
• Karen Ritscher
• Carol Rodland
• Ernesto Rodrigues (b.1959), violinist, composer
• Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), composer
• Paul Rolland (1911–1977)
• Max Rostal (1905–1991), violinist
• Simon Rowland-Jones (b.1950)
• Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), composer
• Thomas Ryan (1827–1903)

S

• Luigi Sagrati (1921–2008)
• Philip Sainton (1891–1967), composer, conductor
• Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor
• Peter Schidlof (1922–1987)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer
• Joseph Schubert (1754–1837), composer, violinist
• Tibor Serly (1901–1978), composer
• William Shield (1748–1829)
• Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist, conductor
• Paul Silverthorne (b.1951)
• Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
• Scott Slapin (b.1974)
• Kay Slocum
• Peter Slowik (b.1957)
• Anton Stamitz (1750–c.1800), composer
• Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer
• Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), composer
• Scott St. John (b.1969)
• Jennifer Stumm
• Josef Suk (b.1929), violinist
• Jean Sulem (b.1959)

T

• Antoine Tamestit (b.1979)
• Jan Tausinger (1921–1980), composer, conductor
• Lionel Tertis (1876–1975)
• Gunter Teuffel (b.1955)
• Marcus Thompson
• Katia Tiutiunnik (b.1967), composer
• Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), pedagogue, composer
• Walter Trampler (1915–1997)
• Michael Tree (b.1934)
• Karen Tuttle (b.1920)
• Michael Twomey (b.1963)

U

• Chrétien Urhan (1790–1845)

V

• Roland Vamos (b.1930)
• Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739–1813)
• Emanuel Vardi (b.1915)
• Maxim Vengerov (b.1974), violinist
• Robert Vernon (b.1949)
• Maurice Vieux (1884–1951)

W

• Ernst Wallfisch (1920–1979)
• Geraldine Walther
• Melia Watras
• John Webb (b.1969), composer
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), violinist
• Mark Wood

Y

• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), violinist

Z

• Lev Zhurbin (b.1978), composer
• Tabea Zimmermann (b.1966)
• Pinchas Zukerman (b.1948), violinist