List of electric violinists explained

This is a list of violinists notable for their work with electric violin.

A

• Ed Alleyne-Johnson
• Laurie Anderson^[1]
• Emilie Autumn

B

• Balabhaskar
• Jenny Bae
• Billy Bang
• Charlie Bisharat
• Urban Blitz of Doctors of Madness
• Deni Bonet

C

• Eos Chater
• Tony Conrad
• Papa John Creach
• David Cross (with King Crimson)
• Billy Currie (on recordings and live performances with Ultravox, Gary Numan, and solo)

D

• Jerald Daemyon
• Tania Davis
• Taylor Davis
• Joe Deninzon (with Stratospheerius)
• Caitlin De Ville

E

• Haylie Ecker
• Warren Ellis of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

F

• Henry Flynt
• Fayiz Muhammed

G

• Manoj George
• Jerry Goodman of Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Stéphane Grappelli
• Ganesh and Kumaresh

H

• Elspeth Hanson
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris
• Lili Haydn
• Simon House of Hawkwind and High Tide
• Christian Howes

J

• Leroy Jenkins
• Jinxx / Jeremy Ferguson from Black Veil Brides
• Eddie Jobson (with U.K., King Crimson, Curved Air, Frank Zappa, and Roxy Music)

K

• Mik Kaminski of Electric Light Orchestra
• Eyvind Kang
• Judy Kang
• Embar Kannan
• Ben Karas
• Nigel Kennedy^[2]
• Doug Kershaw
• Olga Kholodnaya
• Carla Kihlstedt of Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
• Takehisa Kosugi
• Ganesh Kumaresh

L

• Henry Lau
• David LaFlamme
• Jim Lea of Slade
• Ben Lee
• Michael A. Levine
• Didier Lockwood

M

• Sean Mackin of Yellowcard
• Vanessa Mae
• Mat Maneri
• Hugh Marsh (solo and with Loreena McKennitt)
• Ben Mink (solo and with FM)
• Mia Asano

N

• Stephen Nachmanovitch
• Nash the Slash (solo and with FM)
• János Négyesy

P

• Úna Palliser
• Antonio Pontarelli
• Lorenza Ponce
• Jean-Luc Ponty

R

• David Ragsdale and Robby Steinhardt of Kansas
• Blaine L. Reininger
• Roopa Revathi
• Geoff Richardson (with Caravan)
• Jon Rose
• Davide Rossi

S

• Ric Sanders of Fairport Convention
• L. Shankar
• Ray Shulman (with Gentle Giant)
• Tracy Silverman
• Stuff Smith
• Sophie Solomon
• Sue Son (for Britain's Got Talent, as one of the semi-finals in 2009)
• Eddie South
• Eric Stanley
• Linzi Stoppard
• Lindsey Stirling
• Graham Smith (with Van der Graaf Generator)
• L. Subramaniam
• Sugizo
• Dave Swarbrick
• Jamii Szmadzinski

T

• Adam Taubitz
• Yann Tiersen
• Boyd Tinsley of the Dave Matthews Band.

U

• Michał Urbaniak

V

• Olli Vänskä of Turisas
• Joe Venuti

W

• Darryl Way
• Noel Webb
• Mark Wood

Z

• Joel Zifkin of Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shewey . Don . The Performing Artistry of Laurie Anderson . The New York Times . 4 April 2020 . 6 February 1983.
2. Web site: Pritchard . Stephen . The Observer Profile: Nigel Kennedy . The Guardian . 4 April 2020 . 12 April 2008.