This is a list of Wikipedia articles on notable viola players. In cases where a violist has also achieved fame in another musical area, such as conducting or composing, this is noted.

Notable violists

A

  • Tasso Adamopoulos (1944–2021)
  • Julia Rebekka Adler (b. 1978)
  • Adolfo Alejo (b. 1986), conductor
  • Sir Hugh Allen (1869–1946), conductor
  • Kris Allen (b. 1985)
  • Vladimir Altshuler (b. 1946), conductor
  • Ruben Altunyan (1939–2021), composer, conductor
  • Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
  • B. Tommy Andersson (b. 1964), composer, conductor
  • Paul Angerer (1927–2017), composer
  • Steven Ansell (b. 1954)
  • Atar Arad (b. 1945), composer
  • Cecil Aronowitz (1916–1978)
  • Dino Asciolla (1920–1994)
  • Jean-Marie Auberson (1920–2004), violinist, conductor
  • Emilie Autumn
  • Eddie Ayres (b. 1967)

B

  • Joseph Baber (1937–2022), composer
  • Johann Aegidius Bach (1645–1716), organist
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
  • Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), composer, violinist
  • August Baeyens (1895–1966), composer
  • Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953), conductor, composer
  • Michael Balling (1866–1925), conductor
  • Alain Bancquart (1934–2022), composer
  • Rudolf Barshai (1924–2010), conductor
  • Hans-Christian Bartel (1932–2014), composer
  • Yuri Bashmet (b. 1953)
  • Cathy Basrak (b. 1977)
  • Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)
  • Sally Beamish (b. 1956), composer
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
  • Sviatoslav Belonogov (b. 1965)
  • 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 (1968–2020), violinist
  • Harry Berly (1905–1937)
  • Lise Berthaud (b. 1982)
  • Vasily Bessel (1843–1907), music publisher
  • Roger Best (1936–2013)
  • Mikhail Bezverkhny (b. 1947), violinist
  • Franz Beyer (1922–2018), musicologist
  • Hatto Beyerle (1933–2023), chamber musician, conductor
  • Luigi Alberto Bianchi (1945–2018)
  • Benjamin Blake (1751–1827), composer, violinist
  • Herbert Blendinger (1936–2020), composer
  • Joseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856), violinist, composer
  • Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
  • Emil Bohnke (1888–1928), composer, conductor
  • Vadim Borisovsky (1900–1972)
  • Jacques Borsarello (b. 1951)
  • York Bowen (1884–1961), composer, pianist
  • Máximo Arrates Boza (1859–1936), composer
  • Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), composer, conductor
  • Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer
  • Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer
  • Carolyn Waters Broe, composer, conductor
  • Sheila Browne (b. 1971)
  • František Brož (1896–1962), composer
  • Gerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935), composer
  • Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), composer, violinist
  • Peter Bucknell (b. 1977)
  • Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)
  • Caleb Burhans (b. 1980), composer

C

  • John Cale (b. 1942)
  • Helen Callus
  • Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827), composer, violinist
  • Giuliano Carmignola (b. 1951), violinist
  • David Aaron Carpenter (b. 1986)
  • Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
  • Gérard Caussé (b. 1948)
  • Eugenio Cavallini (1806–1881), violinist, conductor
  • Alain Celo (b. 1960), composer
  • Ladislav Černý (1891–1975)
  • Eugène Chartier (1893–1963), violinist, conductor
  • Roger Chase (b. 1953)
  • André Hippolyte Chélard (1789–1861), composer, conductor
  • Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), composer
  • Caroline Coade
  • Eric Coates (1886–1957), composer
  • Paul Coletti (b. 1959)
  • Anthony Collins (1893–1963), composer, conductor
  • Serge Collot (1923–2015)
  • Carlton Cooley (1898–1981), composer
  • Winifred Copperwheat (190576), performer, teacher
  • Paul Cropper (1913–2006)
  • Wayne Crouse (1924–2000)
  • John Curro (1932–2019), conductor

D

  • David Dalton (1934–2022)
  • Harry Danks (1912–2001)
  • Steven Dann (b. 1953)
  • Gyula Dávid (1913–1977)
  • Tania Davis (b. 1975)
  • Brett Dean (b. 1961)
  • Christophe Desjardins (1962–2020)
  • Jack Delano (1914–1997), composer
  • Alan de Veritch (b. 1947)
  • Brett Deubner (b.1968)
  • Patrizia Di Paolo
  • Roberto Díaz (b. 1960)
  • Viacheslav Dinerchtein (b. 1976)
  • Paul Doktor (1919–1989)
  • Demetrius Constantine Dounis (1886–1954), violinist, pedagogue
  • Dimitris Dragatakis (1914–2001), composer
  • Karen Dreyfus
  • Duncan Druce (1939–2015), composer
  • 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

  • Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865), violinist
  • Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010), composer, conductor

F

  • Ralph Farris (b. 1970)
  • Kristina Fialová
  • Federigo Fiorillo (1753–c.1823), violinist, composer, pedagogue
  • William Flackton (1709–1978), composer
  • Richard Fleischman (b. 1963)
  • Watson Forbes (1909–1997)
  • Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941), composer
  • Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010), composer
  • Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)
  • Arthur Furer (1924–2013), composer, violinist
  • Paul Walter Fürst (1926–2013), composer
  • Kenji Fusé (b. 1965), composer

G

  • Grigori Gamburg (1900–1967), composer, conductor
  • John Garvey (1921–2006), conductor
  • Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969), composer, conductor
  • Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductor
  • Bruno Giuranna (b. 1933)
  • Donald A. Glaser (1926–2013), Nobel Prize–winning physicist
  • Roland Glassl (b. 1972)
  • Rosemary Glyde (1948–1994), composer
  • Rivka Golani (b. 1946)
  • Richard Goldner (1908–1991)
  • Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead
  • Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
  • Amihai Grosz (b. 1979)
  • Guido Guerrini (1890–1965), composer, conductor

H

  • Veronika Hagen (b. 1963)
  • Dietmar Hallmann (b. 1935)
  • Hope Hambourg (1902–1989)
  • Harutyun Hanesyan (1911–1987), composer
  • John Harbison (b. 1938), composer
  • Kenneth Harding (1903–1992), composer
  • Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer
  • Donald Heins (1878–1949), violinist, conductor, composer
  • Jiří Herold (1875–1934)
  • Willy Hess (1859–1939), violinist
  • Raphael Hillyer (1914–2010)
  • Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer
  • Alfred Charles Hobday (1870–1942)
  • Manfred Honeck (b. 1958), conductor
  • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954–2006), mezzo-soprano

I

  • Nobuko Imai (b. 1943)
  • Yuko Inoue

J

  • Hanoch Jacoby (1909–1990), composer
  • Baudime Jam (b. 1972), composer
  • Janine Jansen (b. 1978), violinist
  • Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007)
  • Raymond Jeremy (1890–1969)
  • Otto Joachim (1910–2010), composer
  • Matthew Jones (b. 1974), violinist

K

  • Jiří Kabeš (b. 1946), singer, songwriter
  • Thomas Kakuska (1940–2005)
  • Jan Karlin (b. 1954), producer, administrator
  • 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
  • Louise Lincoln Kerr (1892–1977), composer
  • Isabelle van Keulen (b. 1966), violinist
  • Volker David Kirchner (1942–2020), composer
  • Dmitri Klebanov (1907–1987)
  • Paul Klengel (1854–1935), violinist, pianist
  • Garth Knox (b. 1956)
  • Ulrich Koch (1921–1996)
  • Vesko Kountchev (b. 1974)
  • František Kočvara (1730–1791), composer
  • Katalin Kokas (b. 1978), violinist
  • Johann Král (1823–1912), also played viola d'amore
  • Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
  • Alison Krauss (b. 1971)
  • Emil Kreuz (1867–1932)
  • Milan Křížek (1926–2018), composer
  • Boris Kroyt (1897–1969)
  • Theodore Kuchar (b. 1960), conductor
  • Ferdinand Küchler (1867–1937), violinist, composer
  • Michael Kugel (b. 1946)
  • Sigiswald Kuijken (b. 1944), violinist, conductor

L

  • Michelle LaCourse
  • Théophile Laforge (1863–1918)
  • Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), composer
  • Anne Lanzilotti (b. 1983), composer
  • Jaime Laredo (b. 1941), violinist
  • Victor Legley (1915–1994), composer
  • Pierre Lénert (b. 1966)
  • Harold Levin (b. 1956)
  • Avri Levitan (b. 1973)
  • Jodi Levitz
  • Teng Li
  • Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017), composer
  • Samuel Lifschey (1889–1961)
  • Lim Soon Lee (b. 1957), conductor
  • Alfred Lipka (1931–2010)
  • Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982), violinist, conductor
  • Lloyd Loar instrument designer, composer, played viola alta
  • James Lockyer (1883–1962)
  • James Lowe (b. 1976), conductor
  • Lydia Luce, singer-songwriter
  • Pál Lukács (1919–1981)

M

  • Jef Maes (1905–1996), composer
  • Virginia Majewski (1907–1995)
  • Sergey Malov (b. 1983), violinist
  • Mat Maneri (b. 1969), composer, violinist
  • Michael Mann (1919–1977), violinist
  • Jethro Marks
  • Carlo Martelli (b. 1935), composer
  • Tatjana Masurenko (b. 1965)
  • Uri Mayer (b. 1946), conductor
  • Donald McInnes (1939–2024)
  • Eduard Melkus (b. 1928), violinist
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composer
  • Vladimir Mendelssohn (1949–2021), composer
  • Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist
  • John Metcalfe (b. 1964)
  • Michel Michalakakos (b. 1954)
  • Miroslav Miletić (1925–2018), composer
  • Shlomo Mintz (b. 1957), violinist
  • Marco Misciagna (b. 1984), violinist, educator
  • Alexander Mishnaevski
  • Roberto Molinelli (b. 1963), composer, conductor
  • Nils Mönkemeyer (b. 1978)
  • Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor
  • Arie Van de Moortel (1918–1976), composer
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer
  • Janee Munroe (1923–2006)
  • Henry Myerscough (1927–2007)

N

  • Philipp Naegele (1928–2011), violinist
  • Naruhito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1960)
  • Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), composer
  • Paul Neubauer (b. 1962)
  • Václav Neumann (1920–1995), conductor
  • Maria Newman (b. 1962), violinist, composer
  • Casimir Ney (1801–1877)
  • Nokuthula Ngwenyama (b. 1976)

O

  • Heiichiro Ohyama (b. 1947)
  • David Oistrakh (1908–1974), violinist
  • Raphaël Oleg (b. 1959), violinist
  • Martin Outram

P

  • Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), composer, violinist
  • Johannes Palaschko (1877–1932), violinist, composer
  • Úna Palliser, vocalist, violinist
  • Ian Parrott (1916–2012), composer
  • Harry Partch (1901–1974), composer
  • Ödön Pártos (1907–1977), composer
  • Joseph de Pasquale (1919–2015)
  • Bruno Pasquier (b. 1943)
  • Pemi Paull (b. 1975)
  • Pierre Pasquier (1902–1986)
  • Clara Petrozzi (b. 1965), violinist, composer
  • Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), composer
  • Cynthia Phelps (b. 1961)
  • Robert Pikler (1909–1984), violinist
  • Ashan Pillai (b. 1969)
  • Enrico Polo (1868–1953), violinist
  • Jocelyn Pook (b. 1960), composer
  • Diemut Poppen (b. 1960)
  • Rita Porfiris (b. 1969)
  • Ari Poutiainen (b. 1972)
  • Lawrence Power (b. 1977)
  • William Presser (1916–2004), composer, violinist
  • Milton Preves (1909–2000)
  • Joseph Primavera (1926–2006), conductor
  • William Primrose (1904–1982)

Q

  • Karl Traugott Queisser (1800–1846)

R

  • Julian Rachlin (b. 1974), violinist
  • Mary Ramsey (b. 1963), violinist, singer, songwriter
  • Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), composer, conductor, violinist
  • Émile Pierre Ratez (1851–1934), composer
  • Mary Ruth Ray (1956–2013)
  • Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)
  • Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), composer
  • Sophia Reuter (b. 1971), violinist
  • Allard de Ridder (1887–1966), conductor, composer
  • Frederick Riddle (1912–1995)
  • Timothy Ridout (b. 1995)
  • Joaquín Riquelme García (b. 1983)
  • Karen Ritscher (1952–2025)
  • Hermann Ritter (1849–1926)
  • Carol Rodland
  • Jean Rogister (1879–1964), composer
  • Hartmut Rohde (b. 1966)
  • Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), composer
  • Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), violinist, composer
  • Paul Rolland (1911–1978)
  • Max Rostal (1905–1991), violinist
  • Simon Rowland-Jones (b. 1950)
  • Vincent Royer (b. 1961)
  • Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), composer
  • Thomas Ryan (1827–1903)
  • Maxim Rysanov (b. 1978)

S

  • Pauline Sachse (b. 1980)
  • Luigi Sagrati (1921–2008)
  • Philip Sainton (1891–1967), composer, conductor
  • Matthias Sannemüller (b. 1951)
  • Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (b. 1960), violinist
  • Guido Santórsola (1904–1994), composer
  • Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor
  • Peter Schidlof (1922–1987)
  • Ervin Schiffer (1932–2014)
  • Hanning Schröder (1896–1987), composer
  • Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer
  • Joseph Schubert (1754–1837), composer, violinist
  • Rudolf Schwarz (1905–1994), conductor
  • Leif Segerstam (1944–2024), conductor, composer, violinist
  • Albert Seitz (1872–1937), composer
  • Konstantin Sellheim (b. 1978)
  • Tibor Serly (1901–1978), composer
  • William Shield (1748–1829)
  • Bernard Shore (1896–1985)
  • Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978), violinist
  • Oscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist, conductor
  • Paul Silverthorne (b. 1951)
  • Robert Siohan (1894–1985), composer, conductor
  • Nadia Sirota
  • Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
  • Scott Slapin (b. 1974), composer
  • Kay Slocum
  • Peter Slowik (b. 1957)
  • Carolyn Sparey (b. 1960), composer
  • Anton Stamitz (1750–c.1800), composer
  • Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer
  • Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), composer
  • Helen Camille Stanley (1930–2021), composer
  • Jean Stewart (1914–2002)
  • Scott St. John (b. 1969)
  • Nathaniel Stookey (b. 1970), composer
  • Simon Streatfeild (1929–2019), conductor
  • Jennifer Stumm
  • Josef Suk (1929–2011), violinist
  • Jean Sulem (b. 1959)
  • Louis Svećenski (1862–1926)
  • Gusztáv Szerémi (1877–1952), composer

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T

  • Robert Talbot (1893–1954), conductor, composer, violinist
  • Václav Talich (1883–1961), conductor, violinist
  • Antoine Tamestit (b. 1979)
  • Will Taylor (b. 1968)
  • Jan Tausinger (1921–1980), composer, conductor
  • Arve Tellefsen, (b. 1936), violinist
  • Yuri Temirkanov (1938–2023), conductor
  • Mela Tenenbaum, violinist
  • Lionel Tertis (1876–1975)
  • Xaver Paul Thoma (b. 1953), composer
  • Marcus Thompson (b. 1946)
  • Katia Tiutiunnik (b. 1967), composer
  • Lars Anders Tomter (b. 1959)
  • Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), pedagogue, composer
  • Sabine Toutain (b. 1966)
  • Jacqueline Townshend (1912–1983), pianist, violinist
  • Walter Trampler (1915–1997)
  • Michael Tree (1934–2018)
  • Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), violinist, musicologist
  • Karen Tuttle (1920–2010)

U

  • Åke Uddén (1903–1987), composer, conductor
  • Alfred Uhl (1909–1992)
  • Chrétien Urhan (1790–1845)

V

  • Nancy Van de Vate (1930–2023), composer, pianist
  • Léon van Hout (1864–1945)
  • Roland Vamos (b. 1930)
  • Emanuel Vardi (1915–2011)
  • Maxim Vengerov (b. 1974), violinist
  • Robert Vernon (b. 1949)
  • Maurice Vieux (1884–1951)
  • Johann Georg Hermann Voigt (1769–1811), composer
  • Hermann Voss (b. 1934)
  • Ladislav Vycpálek (1882–1969), composer, violinist

W

  • Louis van Waefelghem (1840–1908)
  • Ernst Wallfisch (1920–1979)
  • Geraldine Walther (b. 1950)
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
  • Maurice Ward (1899–1957)
  • Harry Waldo Warner (1874–1945), composer
  • Melia Watras
  • John Webb (b. 1969), composer
  • Hieronymus Weickmann (1825–1895)
  • Justus Weinreich (1858–1927), composer
  • Franz Weiss (1778–1830)
  • Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), violinist
  • Emanuel Wirth (1842–1923), violinist
  • Lena Wood (1899–1982)
  • Mark Wood

X

  • Hong-Mei Xiao (b. 1963)
  • Pierre-Henri Xuereb (b. 1959)

Y

  • Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), violinist

Z

  • Bernard Zaslav (1926–2016)
  • Wen Xiao Zheng (b. 1981)
  • Grigori Zhislin (1945–2017), violinist
  • Lev Zhurbin (b. 1978), composer
  • Tabea Zimmermann (b. 1966)
  • Fidelis Zitterbart (1845–1915), composer
  • Đuro Živković (b. 1975), composer, violinist
  • León Zuckert (1904–1992), composer, violinist
  • Pinchas Zukerman (b. 1948), violinist

See also

  • Lists of musicians

References

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