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
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==