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David Kim
David Kim is an American violinist, writer, and pedagogue born (in Carbondale, Illinois) on May 24, 1963. He is known for being the long-time concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. His tenure...
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Francesca Dego
Francesca Dego is an Italian violinist, writer, and teacher born in Lecco, Italy, in 1989. (Lecco is about 20 miles north of Milan, Italy, and about 10 miles east of Lugano, Switzerland.) She is an...
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Sophie Heinrich
Sophie Heinrich is a German violinist, writer, and teacher known for being the first female concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (2019 to 2023.) Prior to that engagement, she was the...
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Alfred Dubois
Alfred Dubois was a Belgian violinist and teacher born (in Brussels) on November 19, 1898. He is one of many brilliant violinists who enjoyed wide recognition during his lifetime but was...
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Daniel Garlitsky
Daniel Garlitsky is a Russian violinist, composer, arranger, singer, and teacher born (in Moscow) on September 8, 1982. In addition to being a classical violinist, he is well-known for playing jazz...
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Alexis Cardenas
Alexis Cardenas is a Venezuelan violinist, teacher, arranger, and composer born (in Maracaibo, Venezuela) on March 24, 1976. (Maracaibo is in northwest Venezuela, about 300 miles west of Caracas, the...
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Daniel Kurganov
Daniel Kurganov (Daniel Alexandrovich Kurganov) is an American violinist, violist, pedagogue, musicologist, producer, and entrepreneur, born (in Minsk, Belarus, in the former USSR) on November 29,...
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Linus Roth
Linus Roth is a German violinist born (in Ravensburg, Germany) on May 31, 1977. (Ravensburg is about 100 miles west of Munich) In addition to his brilliant technique and uncompromising musicianship,...
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Maria Dueñas
María Dueñas (Maria Dueñas Fernandez) is a Spanish violinist and composer, born (in Granada) on December 4, 2002. She is very likely the best Spanish violinist since Pablo Sarasate (1844-1908.) She is...
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Orlando Barera
Orlando Barera was an Italian (some would say American) violinist and conductor born (in Bologna, Italy) on February 6, 1907. Two sources say he was born in Ferrara, Italy in 1908. (Ferrara is about...
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Ilya Gringolts
Ilya Gringolts is a Russian violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer born (in Leningrad) on July 2, 1982. He is known for being immersed in period-instrument performance as well as contemporary...
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Rodney Friend
Rodney Friend is an English violinist, teacher, and author born (in Bradford, England) in 1939. He is best known for being the concertmaster of three of the world’s best orchestras – the New York...
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Amihai Grosz
Amihai Grosz is an Israeli violist and teacher born (in Jerusalem) in 1979. He is well-known as the Principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic. Nevertheless, he is also in great demand as a...
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Arkadi Futer
Arkadi Futer (Arkadi Naumovitch Futer) was a Russian violinist and teacher born (in Moscow) on September 6, 1932. He is known for his impressive recording of Wieniawski’s first violin concerto in F...
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Jennifer Pike
Jennifer Pike is an English violinist and teacher born (in Stockport, England – Stockport is about five miles southeast of Manchester) on November 9, 1989. She is known for having been the youngest...
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Anna Tifu
Anna Tifu is a Romanian (some would say Italian) violinist born (in Cagliari, Italy) on January 1, 1986. (Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia, a large island off the western coast of Italy.) She is...
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Wilma Neruda
Wilma Neruda (Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda aka Madame Norman-Neruda aka Lady Halle) was a Czech (Moravian) violinist and teacher born (in Brno) on March 21, 1838. (As far as I could determine,...
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Alexandra Soumm
Alexandra Soumm is a Russian violinist, teacher, philanthropist, and poet born (in Moscow) on May 17, 1989. She is one of the best known Russian violinists living (and based) in France and has...
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Juliette Kang
Juliette Kang is a Korean violinist born (in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) on September 5, 1976. She is currently the associate concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She began her career as a...
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Eda Kersey
Eda Kersey was an English violinist and teacher born (in Goodmayes, a district of London) on May 15, 1904. She was a very accomplished musician whose career was mostly spent in England. She was also...
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