Violinists
Augustine Hagelbach
Age: 41.7
Italian
Hadelich enjoyed a blossoming career as a wunderkind violinist, pianist, and composer in Germany
Daniel Lozakovitch
Age: 24.7
Swedish
One of todays more sought after violinists. He leaves both audiences and critics spell bound . He was invited to perform at the state dinner at the Palace of Versailles on 20 September 2023 during Charles III's state visit to France and he performed with the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France at the reopening ceremony of Notre Dame in 2024
Ferdinand David
Age: 215.5
German
In 1835 he became concertmaster (Konzertmeister) at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig working with Mendelssohn. In Leipzig, for about forty years, he was also the first violinist of the Leipzig Quartet.[3] David returned to Dorpat to marry Liphardt's daughter Sophie.[2] In 1843 David became the first professor of violin (Violinlehrer) at the newly founded Leipziger Konservatorium für Musik. , and, with Clara Schumann, played the official premiere of Schumann's first violin sonata in Leipzig in March 1852.
Gidon Kremer
Age: 78.8
Latvian
One of the worlds most recognised violinists he has also written about music and founded the Kremerata Baltica
Hilary Hahn
Age: 46.0
American
She has played solo Bach pieces every day since she was eight
Isabelle Faust
Age: 53.7
German
Julia Fischer
Age: 42.5
Nationality
Lisa Batiashvili
Age: 46.8
Georgian now German
Lisa Batiashvili, is a prominent Georgian violinist active across Europe and the United States. A former New York Philharmonic artist-in-residence, she is acclaimed for her "natural elegance, silky sound and the meticulous grace of her articulation". Batiashvili makes frequent appearances at high-profile international events and was the violin soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize concert. (Wikipaedia)
Nicola Benedetti
Age: 38.4
Scottish
Vasko Vassilev
Bulgarian
Vasko Vassilev (Bulgarian: Васко Василев; born October 14, 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian violinist and conductor. At the age of eight he had his first public appearance and released his first record with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. At age 10 he began his studies on a Bulgarian government grant at the Moscow Central Music School, a junior department of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1987 he took a second prize at the Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud Competition. In 1989 he won a second prize (the first wasn't awarded that year) at the Paganini competition. In 1994 at the age of 23 he became the youngest ever Concertmaster of the Royal Opera House in London. In 2005 he made his conducting debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He gives Masterclasses for violinists at the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, and at the Conservatory of Music in Spain. In 2010 he wrote an autobiography Vasko @ 40. In 2011 he became a judge at the reality show X Factor (Bulgaria).