Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the 2009 inauguration of Barack Obama. He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Perlman has won 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards.
Henryk Bolesław Szeryng was a Polish-Mexican violinist.
Gidon Kremer is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.
Leila Bronia Josefowicz is an American-Canadian classical violinist.
Eugene Nicholas Fodor, Jr. was an American classical violinist.
Gil Shaham is an American violinist. His accolades include a Grammy Award in 1999, and he has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and the Orchestre de Paris.
Michael Rabin was an American violinist. He has been described as "one of the most talented and tragic violin virtuosi of his generation".
Ilya Kaler is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition ; the Sibelius ; and the Paganini.
Stefan Milenkovich is a Serbian violinist.
Leonidas Kavakos is a Greek violinist and conductor. He has won several international violin competition prizes, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and Indianapolis competitions. He is an Onassis Foundation scholar. He has also recorded for record labels such as Sony/BMG and BIS. As a conductor, he was an artistic director of the Camerata Salzburg and has been a guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Augustin Hadelich is an Italian-German-American Grammy-winning classical violinist.
Shmuel Ashkenasi is an Israeli violinist and teacher.
Aleksey Nikolaevich Gorokhov was a Soviet violinist who lived most of his professional life in Ukraine. He is considered a founder of the modern Kiev violin school.
Boris Davidovich Belkin is a Soviet-born violin virtuoso.
Valery Klimov was a Russian violinist.
Mariusz Patyra is a Polish violinist. He won First Prize in the International Violin Competition "Premio Paganini".
Sergei Stadler is a Russian violinist and conductor. He is currently Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.
David Chan is an American violinist, conductor, and a concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He is one of the most sought-after violinists of his generation. He is a prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, among many others. As a conductor, Chan is praised for his deep understanding of the music and interpretive depth.
Ning Feng is a Chinese violinist. He was born in Chengdu, China, and is based in Berlin.
Nadezda Tokareva is a Russian-Slovenian classical violinist and teacher, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
