List of child music prodigies

A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert performer. This is a list of young children (under age 10) who displayed a talent in music deemed to make them competitive with skilled adult musicians. The list is sorted by instrument.

Strings

 * Sarah Chang, violinist (born 1980)
 * Chloe Chua, violinist (born 2007)
 * Mischa Elman, violinist (1891–1967)
 * Jean Gérardy, cellist (1877–1929)
 * Ida Haendel, violinist (1928–2020)
 * Jascha Heifetz, violinist (1901–1987)
 * Bronisław Huberman, violinist (1882–1947)
 * Dylana Jenson, violinist (born 1961)
 * Joseph Joachim, violinist (1831–1907)
 * Yo-Yo Ma, cellist (born 1955)
 * Yehudi Menuhin, violinist (1916–1999)
 * Vadim Repin, violinist (born 1971)
 * Florizel von Reuter, violinist (1890–1985)
 * Joseph Szigeti, violinist (1892–1973)
 * János Starker, cellist (1924–2013)
 * Maxim Vengerov, violinist (born 1974)