2001 Death Isaac Stern, violinist, dies at 81 1997 Death Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89 1997 Death Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher and conductor, dies at 84 1996 Death Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69 1996 Death Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at 100 1996 Death Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist, dies at 84 1995 Death Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68 1995 Death Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91 1995 Death Arthur Leavins, violinist, dies at 77 1995 Death Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and conducter, BBC Empire Orchestra, dies at 92 1994 Death Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 1994 Death Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87 1994 Death Hub Matthijsen, violinist and bandmaster, dies at 52 1994 Death Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63 1994 Death Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83 1994 Death Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor, 'Gone with the Wind', dies at 88 1993 Death Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist and conductor, dies at 84 1992 Death Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist, dies at 78 1992 Death Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42 1987 Death Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86 1986 Death Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65 1985 Death Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 1983 Death George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1974 Death David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies at 65 1973 Death Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 72 1973 Death Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, dies at 80 1972 Death Karel Haba, Czechoslovakian violinist and composer, dies at 74 1971 Birthday Midori, born in Osaka, Japan, violinist, prodigy, studied at Julliard, plays the 1734 Buarnerius del Gesu violin 1967 Death Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 Death Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76 1963 Birthday Anne-Sophie Mutter, born in Rheinfeldin, Germany, violinist, Berlin Phil 1962 Death Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86 1961 Birthday Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome, Italy, concert violinist 1960 Birthday Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist and concert master 1960 Death Vasa Prihoda, Czechoslovakian violinist, dies at 59 1960 Birthday Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwan, violinist, Queen Sophia 1st prize 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1955 Birthday Eddie Jobson, rock violinist, Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure 1954 Death Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83 1954 Death Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80 1953 Death Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies 1952 Birthday Billy Currie, rock keyboardist and violinist, Ultravox-We Came to Dance 1950 Birthday Elmar Oliveira, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, violinist, Naumburg 1978 1950 Birthday Eugene Fodor, born in Turkey Creek, Colorado, violinist, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award 1949 Birthday Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist 1949 Birthday Fred Frith, English guitarist, violinist and bassist, Skeleton Crew 1948 Birthday Pinchas Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, violinist and violist, Leventritt 1967 1948 Birthday Kyung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, Korea, violinist, Chung Sisters 1947 Birthday Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist, Tchaikovsky Prize 1970 1943 Birthday Paul Zukofsky, born in Brooklyn, New York, violinist, Cappricio 1943 Birthday Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1943 Death Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist and composer (Golem suite), dies at 56 1942 Birthday Jean-Luc Ponty, France, fusion violinist, Frank Zappa 1941 Birthday Jaime Laredo, born in Bolivia, violinist, Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959 1941 Birthday David LaFlamme, born in Utah, electric violinist, It's a Beautiful Day 1941 Death Frank Bridge, English violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61 1940 Death Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68 1939 Event William Walton's violinist concert premieres in Cleveland 1939 Death E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 1937 Birthday Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist and playwright, The Family 1936 Birthday Michael Rabin, New York City, violinist, In Memorium 1935 Death Josef Suk, Czechoslovakian violinist and composer, dies at 61 1934 Death Willem Kes, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 78 1933 Birthday Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor 1933 Death Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52 1932 Birthday Joseph Silverstein, born in Detroit, Michigan, violinist, Denver Symphony Orchestra 1931 Birthday Igor Oistrach, Russian violinist and son of David Oistrach 1931 Birthday Florian Zabach, born in Chicago, Illinois, violinist, Hot Canary, Club Embassy 1930 Birthday Leonard Friedman, violinist 1930 Death Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 1929 Birthday Josef Suk, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, violinist, Artist of Merit-1977 1929 Birthday Wanda Wilkomirska, Warsaw, Poland, violinist 1928 Birthday Alan Loveday, British violinist 1926 Birthday Cyril Reuben, violinist 1926 Birthday Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist 1924 Birthday Ida Haendel, Polish violinist and author, Woman with Violin 1924 Birthday Leonid B Kogan, Dnepropetrovsk Russia, violinist, Lenin Prize-1952 1924 Birthday Theo Olof, German/Netherlands violinist, prodigy, concert master 1923 Birthday Renato Capecchi, Italian violinist and baritone 1923 Birthday Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1923 Birthday Norbert Brainin, violinist 1921 Birthday Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader, Ripley's Game 1921 Birthday Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist 1921 Birthday Andre Hodeir, born in Paris, France, violinist, composer, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, comprised of nine musicians including Bobby Jaspar and Nat Peck 1920 Birthday Isaac Stern, born in Kreminiecz, Russia, violinist, debut San Francisco Symph 1920 Birthday Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952 1919 Birthday Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor 1918 Birthday Janine Andrade, French violinist 1918 Birthday Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist, Brahms Concerto 1918 Birthday Ruggiero Ricci, born in San Francisco, California, composer/violinist, Paganini 1917 Birthday Arthur Leavins, violinist 1917 Birthday "Papa" John Creach, violinist 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata 1915 Birthday Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist 1914 Birthday Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist and composer, Coriolan 1914 Birthday Carla van Neste, Belgian violinist 1913 Birthday Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1912 Birthday Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor 1911 Birthday George Liberace, Menasha Wisconsin, violinist, Liberace Show 1911 Birthday Lillian Rambach, teacher violinist 1910 Death Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies 1910 Birthday Erica Morini, Vienna Austria, concert violinist 1909 Birthday Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1908 Birthday Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist, Budapest String Quartet 1908 Birthday David Oistrakh, born in Odessa, Russia, violinist and professor, Moscow Conservatory 1908 Death Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), dies 1908 Birthday Stephane Grappelli, British jazz/violinist 1907 Death Joseph Joachim, German violinist and composer, dies at 76 1907 Birthday Gioconda de Vito, violinist 1904 Birthday Nathan Milstein, born in Odessa, Russia, concert violinist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1942 1903 Birthday Louis Krasner, violinist 1903 Birthday Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist 1902 Birthday Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch 1902 Birthday Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist, New York Phil-1939 1902 Birthday Paul Godwin, Polish/Dutch violinist 1901 Birthday Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist and composer, American Elegy 1900 Birthday Vasa Prihoda, Czechoslovakian violinist 1900 Birthday Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor 1898 Birthday Morris Stoloff, Philadelphia, violinist, Picnic, Pal Joey 1898 Birthday Charles Haba, Czechoslovakian violinist and composer 1895 Birthday Olga Rudge, violinist 1892 Birthday Joseph Szigeti, Budapest Hungary, violinist, Violinist Notebook 1933 1891 Birthday Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator 1891 Birthday Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, U.S. violinist 1889 Birthday Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist and actor, Hippie 1889 Birthday Efrem Zimbalist, Rostov on Don Russia, composer and violinist 1886 Birthday Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist and composer, Golem suite 1880 Birthday Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Birthday Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist, Cafe Rogue 1880 Death Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body 1879 Birthday Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten 1875 Birthday Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist and composer 1874 Birthday Josef Suk, Czechoslovakian violinist and composer, Asrael 1873 Birthday Louis Zimmermann, violinist and 1st concert master of Concert building 1873 Death Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 63 1872 Birthday Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist and composer 1870 Birthday Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor 1870 Death Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68 1864 Death Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 1863 Birthday E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer 1859 Death Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist and composer (Faust), dies at 75 1858 Birthday Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou 1857 Death Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1857 Death John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1856 Birthday Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam 1847 Birthday Guido Papini, violinist and composer 1845 Birthday Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist 1842 Death Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1842 Birthday Carl A. N. Rosa, German violinist and composer 1840 Death Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 1838 Birthday Edouard Colonne, composer/violinist 1835 Birthday Henryk Wieniawski, Lubin Poland, violinist and composer, Souv de Moscou 1832 Birthday Johann Christoph Lauterbach, violinist 1831 Birthday Joseph Joachim, born in Kittsee, Germany, violinist, Hungarian Concerto 1831 Death Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 1827 Death Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 76 1826 Birthday Jean Joseph Bott, German violinist and composer 1822 Birthday Luigi Arditi, violinist and composer 1821 Death Andreas J Romberg, German violinist and composer (Der Rabe), dies at 54 1817 Birthday Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor 1815 Birthday Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer 1814 Birthday Wilhelm Ernst, violinist and composer 1810 Birthday Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater 1804 Birthday Johann Strauss, the Elder, Viennese violinist and composer, Radetzky March 1802 Birthday Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer 1801 Birthday Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist and composer, Felix Meritis 1799 Death Pieter Hellendaal, violinist, organist and composer (Glees), dies at 78 1773 Death Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1771 Birthday Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer 1770 Death Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77 1767 Birthday Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist and composer, Song of the Clock 1766 Birthday Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist, Paris Conserv 1764 Death Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 68 1761 Death Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer (Joseph), dies at 73 1758 Death Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies 1751 Birthday Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor 1721 Birthday Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist and composer, Glees 1713 Death Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at about 49 1713 Death Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 1699 Birthday Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1695 Birthday Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer 1694 Birthday Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist 1692 Birthday Giuseppe Tartini, born in Italy, violinist and composer, Trillo del Diavolo 1687 Birthday Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer 1687 Birthday Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer, Joseph 1653 Birthday Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist and composer, Concerto Grossi 1644 Birthday Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer 1592 Death Marc A Ingegneri, Italian violinist and composer (Responsoria), dies
