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Jascha Heifetz

Born in Vilnius in 1901, when the city was part of the Russian Empire, Jascha Heifetz became an American violinist with...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

9.20 Excellent

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David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh was a Soviet violinist and conductor born in Odesa in 1908. His career became closely linked to composers...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

9.20 Excellent

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Yehudi Menuhin

Born in New York City in 1916, Yehudi Menuhin emerged as a child prodigy and developed an international career as a viol...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

9.20 Excellent

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Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern maintained a major international career as an American classical violinist from the 1940s until his death in...

Classical Virtuoso American 20TH Century

9.16 Excellent

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Arthur Grumiaux

Arthur Grumiaux (1921–1986) was a Belgian violinist and pianist associated with the Franco-Belgian violin tradition. He...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

9.07 Excellent

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Henryk Szeryng

Henryk Szeryng (1918–1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist noted for his refined tone and intellectual approach, having s...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

8.98 Great

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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

8.89 Great

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Joseph Szigeti

Joseph Szigeti (1892–1973) was a Hungarian-American violinist known for his intellectual approach to music and his advoc...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

8.80 Great

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Ruggiero Ricci

Ruggiero Ricci (1918–2012) was an American violin virtuoso who rose to prominence as a child prodigy after his 1929 Carn...

Classical Virtuoso American 20TH Century

8.67 Great

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Ruggero Ricci

Ruggero Ricci (1918–2012) was an American violinist known for his virtuoso technique and interpretations of nineteenth-c...

Classical Virtuoso American 20TH Century

8.67 Great

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Zino Francescatti

Zino Francescatti was a French violinist born in Marseille in 1902 to a musical family of Italian origin. Associated wit...

Classical Virtuoso French 20TH Century

8.64 Great

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Ida Haendel

Ida Haendel was a Polish-British violinist whose performing and recording career spanned more than seven decades. Born i...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Legendary

8.63 Great

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Mischa Elman

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

Classical Virtuoso Historical Early 20TH Century

8.61 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

8.57 Great

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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

8.36 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

8.28 Great

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Ivry Gitlis

Ivry Gitlis (1922–2020) was an Israeli violinist born in Haifa who established an international career across more than...

Classical Virtuoso Israeli 20TH Century

8.25 Great

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Igor Oistrakh

Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021) was a Soviet and Russian violinist, the son of the renowned violinist David Oistrakh. He studi...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Historical

8.20 Great

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Szymon Goldberg

Szymon Goldberg was a Polish-born American classical violinist and conductor, active throughout the 20th century. He ser...

Classical Virtuoso 20TH Century Historical

8.18 Great

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Oscar Shumsky

Oscar Shumsky (1917-2000) was an American violinist recognized for his refined technique and interpretations of classica...

Classical Virtuoso American 20TH Century

8.05 Great