List of contemporary classical violinists

This is a list of notable contemporary classical violinists.

For the names of notable violinists of all classical music eras see List of classical violinists.

A

 * Rochelle Abramson
 * Irene Abrigo (born 1988)
 * Salvatore Accardo (born 1941)
 * Diana Adamyan (born 2000)
 * Ayke Agus (born 1949)
 * Ruben Aharonyan (born 1947)
 * Sanford Allen (born 1939)
 * Levon Ambartsumian (born 1955)
 * Pierre Amoyal (born 1949)
 * Armen Anassian
 * Božena Angelova (born 1981)
 * Adele Anthony (born 1970)
 * Gilles Apap (born 1963)
 * Irvine Arditti (born 1953)
 * Cecylia Arzewski (born 1948)
 * Shmuel Ashkenasi (born 1941)
 * Christina Åstrand (born 1969)
 * Kinga Augustyn
 * Daniel Austrich (born 1984)

B

 * Alena Baeva (born 1985)
 * Jenny Oaks Baker (born 1975)
 * Kristine Balanas (born 1990)
 * Volodja Balžalorsky (born 1956)
 * Kristóf Baráti (born 1979)
 * William Barbini (born 1947)
 * Pedro Barreto (born 1991)
 * Lisa Batiashvili (born 1979)
 * Elise Båtnes (born 1971)
 * Martin Beaver (born 1967)
 * Tanja Becker-Bender (born 1978)
 * Corina Belcea (born 1975)
 * Boris Belkin (born 1948)
 * Joshua Bell (born 1967)
 * Noah Bendix-Balgley (born 1984)
 * Nicola Benedetti (born 1987)
 * Yehonatan Berick (born 1968)
 * Klara Berkovich (born 1928)
 * Dmitri Berlinsky (born 1968)
 * Pavel Berman (born 1970)
 * Andrew Bernardi (born 1965)
 * Oleg Bezuglov (born 1984)
 * Mikhail Bezverkhny (born 1947)
 * Ida Bieler (born 1950)
 * Lea Birringer (born 1986)
 * Marat Bisengaliev (born 1962)
 * Kolja Blacher (born 1963)
 * Dejan Bogdanović
 * Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (born 1985)
 * Benjamin Bowman (born 1979)
 * Guy Braunstein (born 1971)
 * Linda Brava (born 1970)
 * Vadim Brodski (born 1950)
 * Zakhar Bron (born 1947)
 * Bui Cong Duy (born 1981)
 * Oliver Butterworth

C

 * Caroline Campbell (born 1979)
 * Robert Canetti (born 1948)
 * Roberto Cani (born 1967)
 * Stuart Canin (born 1926)
 * Marie Cantagrill (born 1979)
 * Renaud Capuçon (born 1976)
 * Andrés Cárdenes (born 1957)
 * Giuliano Carmignola (born 1951)
 * Jonathan Carney (born 1963)
 * Zachary Carrettin (born 1972)
 * Charles Martin Castleman (born 1941)
 * David Cerone (born 1941)
 * Corey Cerovsek (born 1972)
 * David Chan
 * Lynn Chang (born 1953)
 * Sarah Chang (born 1980)
 * Corinne Chapelle (born 1976)
 * Olivier Charlier (born 1961)
 * Stephanie Chase (born 1957)
 * Anastasia Chebotareva (born 1972)
 * Eddy Chen (born 1993)
 * Jiafeng Chen (born 1987)
 * Ray Chen (born 1989)
 * Robert Chen (born 1969)
 * Stella Chen (born 1992)
 * Jennifer Choi (born 1974)
 * Nikki Chooi (born 1989)
 * Timothy Chooi (born 1993)
 * Chloe Chua (born 2007)
 * Ana Chumachenco (born 1945)
 * Kyung-wha Chung (born 1948)
 * Fanny Clamagirand (born 1984)
 * Jeremy Cushman (born 1990)

D

 * Alexandre Da Costa
 * John Dalley (born 1935)
 * Carlos Damas (born 1973)
 * Robert Davidovici (born 1946)
 * Beverley Davison
 * Brett Deubner (born 1968)
 * Lindsay Deutsch (born 1984)
 * Alma Deutscher (born 2005)
 * Glenn Dicterow (born 1948)
 * Philippe Djokic (born 1950)
 * Sergei Dogadin (born 1988)
 * Angèle Dubeau (born 1962)
 * María Dueñas (born 2002)
 * Augustin Dumay (born 1949)
 * Aaron Dworkin (born 1970)

E

 * Veronika Eberle (born 1988)
 * James Ehnes (born 1976)
 * Ayla Erduran (born 1934)
 * Vesko Eschkenazy (born 1970)
 * Ralph Evans (born 1953)

F

 * Luca Fanfoni (born 1964)
 * Ralph Farris (born 1970)
 * Isabelle Faust (born 1972)
 * Maxim Fedotov (born 1961)
 * Liza Ferschtman (born 1979)
 * Julia Fischer (born 1983)
 * Annar Follesø (born 1972)
 * Cyrus Forough
 * Fayiz Muhammed (born 1997)
 * Vilde Frang (born 1986)
 * Pamela Frank (born 1967)
 * Jennifer Frautschi (born 1973)
 * Miriam Fried (born 1946)
 * Rodney Friend (born 1939)
 * David Frühwirth (born 1974)

G

 * Taras Gabora (born 1932)
 * Xiang Gao
 * Ilian Gârnet (born 1983)
 * David Garrett (born 1980)
 * Saschko Gawriloff (born 1929)
 * Joseph Genualdi
 * Alexander Gilman (born 1982)
 * Jack Glatzer (born 1939)
 * Vadim Gluzman (born 1973)
 * Ioana Cristina Goicea (born 1992)
 * Malcolm Goldstein (born 1936)
 * Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1964)
 * Karen Gomyo (born 1982)
 * Randall Goosby (born 1996)
 * Midori Gotō (born 1971)
 * Ryu Goto (born 1988)
 * Clio Gould (born 1968)
 * Philippe Graffin (born 1964)
 * Endre Granat (born 1937)
 * Salvatore Greco (born 1964)
 * David Grimal (born 1973)
 * Tatiana Grindenko (born 1946)
 * Ilya Gringolts (born 1982)
 * Ilya Grubert (born 1954)
 * Igor Gruppman (born 1956)
 * Vijay Gupta (born 1987)

H

 * Augustin Hadelich (born 1984)
 * Viviane Hagner (born 1977)
 * Hilary Hahn (born 1979)
 * Kelly Hall-Tompkins
 * Ben Hancox
 * Chloë Hanslip (born 1987)
 * Edward W. Hardy (born 1992)
 * Maurice Hasson (born 1934)
 * Joji Hattori (born 1969)
 * Moné Hattori (born 1999)
 * Ziyu He (born 1999)
 * Daniel Heifetz (born 1948)
 * Eldbjørg Hemsing (born 1990)
 * Ragnhild Hemsing (born 1988)
 * Peter Herresthal (born 1970)
 * Feargus Hetherington (born 1979)
 * Ulf Hoelscher (born 1942)
 * Philippe Honoré (born 1967)
 * Daniel Hope (born 1974)
 * Bella Hristova (born 1985)
 * Hu Kun (born 1963)
 * Hu Nai-yuan (born 1961)
 * Frank Huang (born 1978)
 * Sirena Huang (born 1994)
 * Václav Hudeček (born 1952)
 * Fenella Humphreys

I

 * Alina Ibragimova (born 1985)
 * Aleksey Igudesman (born 1973)
 * Petteri Iivonen (born 1987)
 * Judith Ingolfsson (born 1973)
 * Liana Isakadze (born 1946)
 * Benjamin Izmajlov (born 1974)

J

 * Stefan Jackiw (born 1985)
 * Ignace Jang (born 1969)
 * Janine Jansen (born 1978)
 * Nana Jashvili
 * Dylana Jenson (born 1961)
 * Leila Josefowicz (born 1977)
 * Chantal Juillet (born 1960)

K

 * Ilya Kaler (born 1963)
 * Kam Ning (born 1975)
 * Mayuko Kamio (born 1986)
 * Koh Gabriel Kameda (born 1975)
 * Mayuko Kamio (born 1986)
 * Clara-Jumi Kang (born 1987)
 * Dong-Suk Kang (born 1954)
 * Hyo Kang
 * Judy Kang (born 1979)
 * Juliette Kang (born 1975)
 * Paul Kantor (born 1955)
 * Jean-Jacques Kantorow (born 1945)
 * Lewis Kaplan (born 1933)
 * Mark Kaplan (born 1953)
 * Daishin Kashimoto (born 1979)
 * Ani Kavafian (born 1948)
 * Ida Kavafian (born 1952)
 * Leonidas Kavakos (born 1967)
 * Tamaki Kawakubo (born 1979)
 * Yōsuke Kawasaki (born 1977)
 * Gaik Kazazian (born 1982)
 * Barnabás Kelemen (born 1978)
 * András Keller (born 1960)
 * Nigel Kennedy (born 1956)
 * Alexander Kerr (born 1970)
 * Sergey Khachatryan (born 1985)
 * Nadir Khashimov (born 1990)
 * Olga Kholodnaya (born 1987)
 * Benny Kim (born 1962)
 * Bomsori Kim (born 1989)
 * Kim Chee-yun (born 1970)
 * Chin Kim (born 1957)
 * David Kim (born 1963)
 * Dennis Kim (born 1975)
 * Fabiola Kim (born 1991)
 * Kim Kyung-Jun (born 1987)
 * Roman Kim (born 1991)
 * Soovin Kim (born 1976)
 * Mari Kimura (born 1962)
 * Rudolf Koelman (born 1959)
 * Pavel Kogan (born 1952)
 * Jennifer Koh (born 1976)
 * Katalin Kokas (born 1978)
 * Rachel Kolly (born 1981)
 * Christoph Koncz (born 1987)
 * Patricia Kopatchinskaja (born 1977)
 * Mikhail Kopelman (born 1947)
 * Laurent Korcia (born 1964)
 * Henning Kraggerud (born 1973)
 * Anna Katharina Kränzlein (born 1980)
 * Julia Krasko (born 1971)
 * Gidon Kremer (born 1948)
 * Sergei Krylov (born 1970)
 * Oleh Krysa (born 1942)
 * Erzhan Kulibaev
 * Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (born 1947)
 * Boris Kuschnir (born 1948)
 * Yevgeny Kutik (born 1985)
 * Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976)

L

 * Vladimir Landsman (born 1941)
 * Jaime Laredo (born 1941)
 * Tessa Lark (born 1989)
 * Susanne Lautenbacher (born 1932)
 * Anna Lee (born 1995)
 * Christel Lee (born 1990)
 * Ga-Yeon Lee (born 1992)
 * Shannon Lee (born 1992)
 * Jozsef Lendvay (born 1974)
 * Kerson Leong (born 1997)
 * Luz Leskowitz (born 1943)
 * Gabrielle Lester (born 1961)
 * Christian Li (born 2007)
 * Jack Liebeck (born 1980)
 * Lim Ji-young (born 1995)
 * Cho-liang Lin (born 1960)
 * Joseph Lin (born 1978)
 * Richard Lin (born 1991)
 * Jessica Linnebach (born 1983)
 * Robert Lipsett (born 1947)
 * Tasmin Little (born 1965)
 * Yang Liu (born 1976)
 * Daniel Lozakovich (born 2001)
 * Lü Siqing (born 1969)
 * Barbara Luisi
 * Cora Venus Lunny (born 1981)

M

 * Cristian Măcelaru (born 1980)
 * Nikolay Madoyan (born 1973)
 * Manoj George (born 1971)
 * Igor Malinovsky (born 1977)
 * Sergey Malov (born 1983)
 * Antonello Manacorda (born 1970)
 * Catherine Manoukian (born 1981)
 * Catya Maré (violinist, songwriter and music producer)
 * Yannos Margaziotis (born 1967)
 * Albert Markov (born 1933)
 * Alexander Markov (born 1963)
 * Edvin Marton (born 1974)
 * Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977)
 * Bohuslav Matoušek (born 1949)
 * Robert McDuffie (born 1958)
 * Anne Akiko Meyers (born 1970)
 * Franco Mezzena (born 1953)
 * Lucia Micarelli (born 1983)
 * Stoika Milanova (born 1945)
 * Vanya Milanova (born 1954)
 * Stefan Milenković (born 1977)
 * Shlomo Mintz (born 1957)
 * Madeleine Mitchell
 * Leticia Moreno (born 1985)
 * Amy Schwartz Moretti (born 1975)
 * Gil Morgenstern
 * Bijan Mortazavi (born 1957)
 * Viktoria Mullova (born 1959)
 * Aubrey Murphy
 * Tai Murray (born 1982)
 * Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963)

N

 * Stephen Nachmanovitch (born 1950)
 * Florin Niculescu (born 1967)
 * Gordan Nikolitch (born 1968)
 * Ning Feng (born 1982)
 * Ayano Ninomiya (born 1979)
 * Domenico Nordio (born 1971)

O

 * Sarah Oates (born 1976)
 * Elmar Oliveira (born 1950)
 * Peter Oundjian (born 1955)

P

 * Ji-hae Park (born 1985)
 * Mi-Young Park (born 1948)
 * Régis Pasquier (born 1945)
 * Mariusz Patyra (born 1977)
 * György Pauk (born 1936)
 * Adela Peña
 * Itzhak Perlman (born 1945)
 * Mark Peskanov (born 1958)
 * Ioana Petcu-Colan (born 1978)
 * Anastasiya Petryshak (born 1994)
 * Günter Pichler (born 1940)
 * Igor Pikayzen (born 1987)
 * Jennifer Pike (born 1989)
 * Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974)
 * Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973)
 * Ivan Pochekin (born 1987)
 * Alina Pogostkina (born 1983)
 * Kermit Poling (born 1960)
 * Blake Pouliot (born 1994)
 * Rachel Lee Priday (born 1988)
 * Liviu Prunaru (born 1969)

Q

 * Philippe Quint (born 1974)

R

 * Julian Rachlin (born 1974)
 * Nemanja Radulović (born 1985)
 * Itzhak Rashkovsky (born 1955)
 * Henry Raudales
 * Kenneth Renshaw (born 1993)
 * Vadim Repin (born 1971)
 * Yury Revich (born 1991)
 * Gerardo Ribeiro (born 1950)
 * André Rieu (born 1949)
 * Guido Rimonda (born 1969)
 * Shahrdad Rohani (born 1954)
 * Svetlin Roussev
 * Mary Rowell
 * Yaakov Rubinstein (born 1968)

S

 * Jorge Saade (born 1964)
 * Kaija Saarikettu (born 1957)
 * Nikolai Sachenko (born 1977)
 * Dilshad Said (born 1958)
 * Lara St. John (born 1971)
 * Scott St. John (born 1969)
 * Julia Sakharova (born 1979)
 * Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (born 1961)
 * Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (born 1960)
 * Eugene Sârbu (born 1950)
 * Giora Schmidt (born 1983)
 * Rainer Schmidt (born 1964)
 * Eduard Schmieder (born 1948)
 * Ani Schnarch (born 1957)
 * Lynnette Seah (born 1957)
 * Ilja Sekler (born 1971)
 * Gil Shaham (born 1971)
 * Hagai Shaham (born 1966)
 * Lisa Shihoten
 * Hyun Su Shin (born 1987)
 * Sayaka Shoji (born 1983)
 * Charlie Siem (born 1986)
 * Siow Lee Chin (born 1966)
 * Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983)
 * Dmitry Sitkovetsky (born 1954)
 * Baiba Skride (born 1981)
 * Alicja Smietana (born 1983)
 * Valeriy Sokolov (born 1986)
 * Sue Son (born 1985)
 * Josef Špaček (born 1986)
 * Vladimir Spivakov (born 1944)
 * Daniel Stabrawa (born 1955)
 * Sergei Stadler (born 1962)
 * Judith Stapf (born 1997)
 * Steven Staryk (born 1932)
 * Anton Steck (born 1965)
 * Vesna Stefanovich-Gruppman
 * Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981)
 * Arnold Steinhardt (born 1937)
 * Albert Stern (born 1937)
 * Curtis Stewart
 * Axel Strauss (born 1974)
 * Marius Stravinsky (born 1979)
 * Akiko Suwanai (born 1972)
 * Airi Suzuki (born 1989)
 * Martynas Švėgžda von Bekker (born 1967)
 * Vilmos Szabadi (born 1959)
 * Antal Szalai  (born 1981)
 * Agata Szymczewska (born 1985)

T

 * Kyoko Takezawa (born 1966)
 * Ilkka Talvi (born 1948)
 * Peter Tanfield (born 1961)
 * Veriko Tchumburidze (born 1996)
 * Arve Tellefsen (born 1936)
 * Ryo Terakado (born 1961)
 * Christian Tetzlaff (born 1966)
 * Gwen Thompson (born 1947)
 * Olivier Thouin
 * Hugo Ticciati (born 1980)
 * Anna Tifu (born 1986)
 * Diana Tishchenko (born 1990)
 * Emmanuel Tjeknavorian (born 1995)
 * Richard Tognetti (born 1965)
 * Alexandru Tomescu (born 1976)
 * Viktor Tretiakov (born 1946)
 * Lana Trotovšek (born 1983)
 * Kirill Troussov (born 1982)
 * Yu-Chien Tseng (born 1994)
 * Vera Tsu Weiling (born 1960)

U

 * Uto Ughi (born 1944)
 * Jourdan Urbach (born 1991)

V

 * Elina Vähälä (born 1975)
 * Almita Vamos (born 1938)
 * Roland Vamos (born 1930)
 * Vanessa-Mae (born 1978)
 * Satu Vänskä (born 1979)
 * Vasko Vassilev (born 1970)
 * Maxim Vengerov (born 1974)
 * Emmy Verhey (born 1949)
 * Zino Vinnikov (born 1943)
 * Milan Vitek (born 1938)

W

 * Stephen Waarts (born 1996)
 * Elisabeth Waldo (born 1918)
 * Gregory T.S. Walker (born 1961)
 * Jean-Pierre Wallez (born 1939)
 * Donald Weilerstein (born 1940)
 * Antje Weithaas (born 1966)
 * Rudolf Werthen (born 1946)
 * Noa Wildschut (born 2001)
 * Ross Monroe Winter (born 1981)
 * Jasper Wood (born 1974)
 * Bartosz Woroch (born 1984)

Y

 * Brett Yang (born 1992)
 * Charles Yang (born 1988)
 * In Mo Yang (born 1995)
 * Tianwa Yang (born 1987)
 * Yuval Yaron (born 1953)
 * Esther Yoo (born 1994)
 * Scott Yoo (born 1971)
 * Soyoung Yoon (born 1984)
 * Diana Yukawa (born 1985)

Z

 * Antal Zalai (born 1981)
 * Thomas Zehetmair (born 1961)
 * Ivan Ženatý (born 1962)
 * Simone Zgraggen (born 1975)
 * Jay Zhong (born 1973)
 * Nancy Zhou (born 1993)
 * Kevin Zhu (born 2000)
 * Leia Zhu (born 2006)
 * Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965)
 * Nikolaj Znaider (born 1975)
 * Pinchas Zukerman (born 1948)
 * Jaap van Zweden (born 1960)

Baroque violinists

 * Chiara Banchini (born 1946) (also conducts)
 * Fabio Biondi (born 1961) (also conducts)
 * Giuliano Carmignola (born 1951)
 * Lucy van Dael (born 1946)
 * Isabelle Faust (born 1972) (performs principally on the modern violin)
 * Enrico Gatti (born 1955)
 * Reinhard Goebel (born 1952) (also conducts)
 * Gottfried von der Goltz (born 1964) (also conducts)
 * Ilya Gringolts (born 1982) (performs principally on the modern violin)
 * Thomas Hengelbrock (born 1958) (primarily known for conducting)
 * John Holloway (born 1948)
 * Monica Huggett (born 1953) (also conducts)
 * Alina Ibragimova (performs principally on the modern violin)
 * Sigiswald Kuijken (born 1944) (also conducts)
 * Andrew Manze (born 1965) (also conducts)
 * Eduard Melkus (born 1928)
 * Viktoria Mullova (born 1959) (performs principally on the modern violin)
 * Petra Müllejans (born 1959)
 * Enrico Onofri (born 1967) (first violinist with Il Giardino Armonico)
 * Ioana Petcu-Colan (born 1978)
 * Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) (performs principally on the modern violin, also plays viola d'amore)
 * Rachel Podger (born 1968)
 * Hélène Schmitt
 * Dmitry Sinkovsky (born 1980) (also countertenor and conductor)
 * Simon Standage (born 1941)
 * Elizabeth Wallfisch (born 1952) (also conducts)