swap_horiz Leopold Auer Alternatives

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Fritz Kreisler

Fritz Kreisler was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer, born in Vienna in 1875, who became one of the most...

Classical Romantic Virtuoso Historical

9.2 Excellent

2

Pablo de Sarasate

Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908) was a Spanish violinist and composer, born in Pamplona, who became one of the most celebra...

Classical Romantic Virtuoso Spanish

9.1 Excellent

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Henryk Wieniawski

Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880) was a Polish violinist and composer regarded as one of the most significant violin virtuos...

Classical Romantic Virtuoso Polish

9.1 Excellent

4

Joseph Joachim

Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer who became one of the most influential mus...

Classical Romantic Virtuoso Historical

9.1 Excellent

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Ginette Neveu

Ginette Neveu was a French classical violinist born in 1919 who achieved international fame at a young age. In 1935, she...

Classical Virtuoso French 20TH Century

8.9 Great

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Bronisław Huberman

Bronisław Huberman was a Polish-Jewish violin virtuoso whose career spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Reco...

Classical Virtuoso Polish Historical

8.9 Great

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Henri Vieuxtemps

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881) was a prominent Belgian violinist and composer who played a central role in the development...

Classical Romantic Virtuoso Historical

8.9 Great

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Giovanni Battista Viotti

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824) was an Italian violinist and composer whose work heavily influenced the development...

Classical Virtuoso Italian Historical

8.8 Great

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Christian Ferras

Christian Ferras was a French classical violinist, born in 1933, whose career was distinguished by a refined technique a...

Classical Virtuoso French 20TH Century

8.6 Great

10

Mischa Elman

Mischa Elman was a prominent Ukrainian-American violinist recognized for his virtuosic technique and distinctively warm...

Classical Virtuoso Historical Early 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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Ivan Galamian

Ivan Galamian (1903-1981) was an influential violin pedagogue who taught at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institut...

Classical 20TH Century Historical Armenian American

8.6 Great

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Jacques Thibaud

Jacques Thibaud was a prominent French violinist active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1880, he...

Classical Virtuoso French Historical

8.5 Great

13

Georges Enescu

Georges Enescu (1881–1955) was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, and conductor, widely regarded as his country's...

Classical Virtuoso Historical Early 20TH Century

8.5 Great

14

Carl Flesch

Carl Flesch (1873–1944) was a Hungarian violinist and highly influential pedagogue who taught at conservatories in Bucha...

Classical Hungarian Historical Early 20TH Century

8.4 Great

15

Erica Morini

Erica Morini (1904–1995) was an Austrian-American violinist born in Vienna. A child prodigy, she made her Leipzig Gewand...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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Dorothy DeLay

Dorothy DeLay (1917–2002) was a prominent American violin pedagogue who taught at the Juilliard School and several other...

Classical American 20TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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Shinichi Suzuki

Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998) was a Japanese violinist, philosopher, and educator who founded the Suzuki method of music e...

Classical Japanese 20TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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Georg Kulenkampff

Georg Kulenkampff was a German violinist who lived from 1898 to 1948 and became a prominent European soloist between the...

German Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Yfrah Neaman

Yfrah Neaman (1923–2003) was a Lebanese-born British violinist and distinguished musical pedagogue. He studied under pro...

Classical 20TH Century Historical British

7.3 Good

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Édouard Lalo

French composer (1823–1892) who wrote the Symphonie espagnole (1875) for Pablo de Sarasate, one of the most frequently p...

Composer Classical Romantic French

6.7 Fair