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Tasso Adamopoulos (1944–2021)[ 1] Julia Rebekka Adler (b. 1978)Adolfo Alejo (b. 1986), conductorSir Hugh Allen (1869–1946), conductorKris Allen (b. 1985)Vladimir Altshuler (b. 1946), conductorRuben Altunyan (1939–2021), composer, conductorJohann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)B. Tommy Andersson (b. 1964), composer, conductorPaul Angerer (1927–2017), composerSteven Ansell (b. 1954)Atar Arad (b. 1945), composerCecil Aronowitz (1916–1978)Dino Asciolla (1920–1994)Jean-Marie Auberson (1920–2004), violinist, conductorEmilie Autumn Eddie Ayres (b. 1967)B
Joseph Baber (1937–2022), composerJohann Aegidius Bach (1645–1716), organistJohann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composerSigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), composer, violinistAugust Baeyens (1895–1966), composerVladimir Bakaleinikov (1885–1953), conductor, composerMichael Balling (1866–1925), conductorAlain Bancquart (1934–2022), composerRudolf Barshai (1924–2010), conductorHans-Christian Bartel (1932–2014), composerYuri Bashmet (b. 1953)Cathy Basrak (b. 1977)Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)Sally Beamish (b. 1956), composerLudwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composerSviatoslav Belonogov (b. 1965)Mitrofan Belyayev (1836–1904)František Benda (1709–1786), composerJiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795), composerDaniel Benyamini (1925–1993)Wilhelm Georg Berger (1929–1993), composerYehonatan Berick (1968–2020), violinistHarry Berly (1905–1937)Lise Berthaud (b. 1982)Vasily Bessel (1843–1907), music publisherRoger Best (1936–2013)Mikhail Bezverkhny (b. 1947), violinistFranz Beyer (1922–2018), musicologistHatto Beyerle (1933–2023), chamber musician, conductorLuigi Alberto Bianchi (1945–2018)Benjamin Blake (1751–1827), composer, violinistHerbert Blendinger (1936–2020), composerJoseph von Blumenthal (1782–1856), violinist, composerAlexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)Emil Bohnke (1888–1928), composer, conductorVadim Borisovsky (1900–1972)Jacques Borsarello (b. 1951)York Bowen (1884–1961), composer, pianistMáximo Arrates Boza (1859–1936), composerJolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), composer, conductorFrank Bridge (1879–1941), composerBenjamin Britten (1913–1976), composerCarolyn Waters Broe , composer, conductorSheila Browne (b. 1971)František Brož (1896–1962), composerGerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935), composerBjarne Brustad (1895–1978), composer, violinistPeter Bucknell (b. 1977)Kenji Bunch (b. 1973)Caleb Burhans (b. 1980), composerC
John Cale (b. 1942)Helen Callus Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827), composer, violinistGiuliano Carmignola (b. 1951), violinistDavid Aaron Carpenter (b. 1986)Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)Gérard Caussé (b. 1948)Eugenio Cavallini (1806–1881), violinist, conductorAlain Celo (b. 1960), composerLadislav Černý (1891–1975)Eugène Chartier (1893–1963), violinist, conductorRoger Chase (b. 1953)André Hippolyte Chélard (1789–1861), composer, conductorRebecca Clarke (1886–1979), composerCaroline Coade Eric Coates (1886–1957), composerPaul Coletti (b. 1959)Anthony Collins (1893–1963), composer, conductorSerge Collot (1923–2015)Carlton Cooley (1898–1981), composerWinifred Copperwheat (1905–76), performer, teacherPaul Cropper (1913–2006)Wayne Crouse (1924–2000)John Curro (1932–2019), conductorF
Ralph Farris (b. 1970)Kristina Fialová Federigo Fiorillo (1753–c.1823), violinist, composer, pedagogueWilliam Flackton (1709–1978), composerRichard Fleischman (b. 1963)Watson Forbes (1909–1997)Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941), composerJohannes Fritsch (1941–2010), composerLillian Fuchs (1901–1995)Arthur Furer (1924–2013), composer, violinistPaul Walter Fürst (1926–2013), composerKenji Fusé (b. 1965), composerG
Grigori Gamburg (1900–1967), composer, conductorJohn Garvey (1921–2006), conductorOttmar Gerster (1897–1969), composer, conductorCarlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductorBruno Giuranna (b. 1933)Donald A. Glaser (1926–2013), Nobel Prize–winning physicistRoland Glassl (b. 1972)Rosemary Glyde (1948–1994), composerRivka Golani (b. 1946)Richard Goldner (1908–1991)Jonny Greenwood , lead guitarist of RadioheadEbbe Grims-land (1915–2015)Amihai Grosz (b. 1979)Guido Guerrini (1890–1965), composer, conductor
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Veronika Hagen (b. 1963)Dietmar Hallmann (b. 1935)Hope Hambourg (1902–1989)Harutyun Hanesyan (1911–1987), composerJohn Harbison (b. 1938), composerKenneth Harding (1903–1992), composerJoseph Haydn (1732–1809), composerDonald Heins (1878–1949), violinist, conductor, composerJiří Herold (1875–1934)Willy Hess (1859–1939), violinistRaphael Hillyer (1914–2010)Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composerAlfred Charles Hobday (1870–1942)Manfred Honeck (b. 1958), conductorLorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954–2006), mezzo-sopranoK
Jiří Kabeš (b. 1946), singer, songwriterThomas Kakuska (1940–2005)Jan Karlin (b. 1954), producer, administratorJurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941), composerGilad Karni Kim Kashkashian (b. 1952)Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductorMartha Strongin Katz (b. 1942)Hugo Kauder (1888–1972), composer, violinistNigel Keay (b. 1955), composerNigel Kennedy (b. 1956), violinistLouise Lincoln Kerr (1892–1977), composerIsabelle van Keulen (b. 1966), violinistVolker David Kirchner (1942–2020), composerSophia Klabacha (1875–1902), pianistDmitri Klebanov (1907–1987)Paul Klengel (1854–1935), violinist, pianistGarth Knox (b. 1956)Ulrich Koch (1921–1996)Vesko Kountchev (b. 1974)František Kočvara (1730–1791), composerKatalin Kokas (b. 1978), violinistJohann Král (1823–1912), also played viola d'amoreTosca Kramer (1903–1976)Alison Krauss (b. 1971)Emil Kreuz (1867–1932)Milan Křížek (1926–2018), composerBoris Kroyt (1897–1969)Theodore Kuchar (b. 1960), conductorFerdinand Küchler (1867–1937), violinist, composerMichael Kugel (b. 1946)Sigiswald Kuijken (b. 1944), violinist, conductorL
Michelle LaCourse Théophile Laforge (1863–1918)Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), composerAnne Lanzilotti (b. 1983), composerJaime Laredo (b. 1941), violinistVictor Legley (1915–1994), composerPierre Lénert (b. 1966)Harold Levin (b. 1956)Avri Levitan (b. 1973)Jodi Levitz Teng Li Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017), composerSamuel Lifschey (1889–1961)Lim Soon Lee (b. 1957), conductorAlfred Lipka (1931–2010)Ernest Llewellyn (1915–1982), violinist, conductorLloyd Loar instrument designer, composer, played viola altaJames Lockyer (1883–1962)James Lowe (b. 1976), conductorLydia Luce , singer-songwriterPál Lukács (1919–1981)M
Jef Maes (1905–1996), composerVirginia Majewski (1907–1995)Sergey Malov (b. 1983), violinistMat Maneri (b. 1969), composer, violinistMichael Mann (1919–1977), violinistJethro Marks Carlo Martelli (b. 1935), composerTatjana Masurenko (b. 1965)Uri Mayer (b. 1946), conductorDonald McInnes (1939–2024)Eduard Melkus (b. 1928), violinistFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composerVladimir Mendelssohn (1949–2021), composerYehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinistJohn Metcalfe (b. 1964)Michel Michalakakos (b. 1954)Miroslav Miletić (1925–2018), composerShlomo Mintz (b. 1957), violinistMarco Misciagna (b. 1984), violinist, educatorAlexander Mishnaevski Roberto Molinelli (b. 1963), composer, conductorNils Mönkemeyer (b. 1978)Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductorArie Van de Moortel (1918–1976), composerWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composerJanee Munroe (1923–2006)Henry Myerscough (1927–2007)P
Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), composer, violinistJohannes Palaschko (1877–1932), violinist, composerÚna Palliser , vocalist, violinistIan Parrott (1916–2012), composerHarry Partch (1901–1974), composerÖdön Pártos (1907–1977), composerJoseph de Pasquale (1919–2015)Bruno Pasquier (b. 1943)Pemi Paull (b. 1975)Pierre Pasquier (1902–1986)Clara Petrozzi (b. 1965), violinist, composerAllan Pettersson (1911–1980), composerCynthia Phelps (b. 1961)Robert Pikler (1909–1984), violinistAshan Pillai (b. 1969)Enrico Polo (1868–1953), violinistJocelyn Pook (b. 1960), composerDiemut Poppen (b. 1960)Rita Porfiris (b. 1969)Ari Poutiainen (b. 1972)Lawrence Power (b. 1977)William Presser (1916–2004), composer, violinistMilton Preves (1909–2000)Joseph Primavera (1926–2006), conductorWilliam Primrose (1904–1982)
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Julian Rachlin (b. 1974), violinistMary Ramsey (b. 1963), violinist, singer, songwriterWilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), composer, conductor, violinistÉmile Pierre Ratez (1851–1934), composerMary Ruth Ray (1956–2013)Adolf Rebner (1876–1967)Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), composerSophia Reuter (b. 1971), violinistAllard de Ridder (1887–1966), conductor, composerFrederick 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), composerHartmut Rohde (b. 1966)Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), composerAntonio Rolla (1798–1837), violinist, composerPaul Rolland (1911–1978)Max Rostal (1905–1991), violinistSimon Rowland-Jones (b. 1950)Vincent Royer (b. 1961)Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), composerThomas Ryan (1827–1903)Maxim Rysanov (b. 1978)S
Pauline Sachse (b. 1980)Luigi Sagrati (1921–2008)Philip Sainton (1891–1967), composer, conductorMatthias Sannemüller (b. 1951)Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio (b. 1960), violinistGuido Santórsola (1904–1994), composerHermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductorPeter Schidlof (1922–1987)Ervin Schiffer (1932–2014)Hanning Schröder (1896–1987), composerFranz Schubert (1797–1828), composerJoseph Schubert (1754–1837), composer, violinistRudolf Schwarz (1905–1994), conductorLeif Segerstam (1944–2024), conductor, composer, violinistAlbert Seitz (1872–1937), composerKonstantin Sellheim (b. 1978)Tibor Serly (1901–1978), composerWilliam Shield (1748–1829)Bernard Shore (1896–1985)Gilbert Shufflebotham (1907–1978), violinistOscar Shumsky (1917–2000), violinist, conductorPaul Silverthorne (b. 1951)Robert Siohan (1894–1985), composer, conductorNadia Sirota Hans Sitt (1850–1922)Scott Slapin (b. 1974), composerKay Slocum Peter Slowik (b. 1957)Carolyn Sparey (b. 1960), composerAnton Stamitz (1750–c.1800), composerCarl Stamitz (1745–1801), composerJohann Stamitz (1717–1757), composerHelen Camille Stanley (1930–2021), composerJean Stewart (1914–2002)Scott St. John (b. 1969)Simon Streatfeild (1929–2019), conductorJennifer Stumm Josef Suk (1929–2011), violinistJean Sulem (b. 1959)Louis Svećenski (1862–1926)Gusztáv Szerémi (1877–1952), composerLionel Tertis T
Robert Talbot (1893–1954), conductor, composer, violinistVáclav Talich (1883–1961), conductor, violinistAntoine Tamestit (b. 1979)Will Taylor (b. 1968)Jan Tausinger (1921–1980), composer, conductorArve Tellefsen , (b. 1936), violinistYuri Temirkanov (1938–2023), conductorMela Tenenbaum , violinistLionel Tertis (1876–1975)Xaver Paul Thoma (b. 1953), composerMarcus Thompson (b. 1946)Katia Tiutiunnik (b. 1967), composerLars Anders Tomter (b. 1959)Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), pedagogue, composerSabine Toutain (b. 1966)Jacqueline Townshend (1912–1983), pianist, violinistWalter Trampler (1915–1997)Michael Tree (1934–2018)Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), violinist, musicologistKaren Tuttle (1920–2010) 
