List of popular music violinists explained

This is a list of notable popular music violinists including fiddlers.

A

• Shadmehr Aghili (hip hop, Persian classic, western classic)
• Armen Anassian (Armenian)
• Laurie Anderson (experimental)
• Darol Anger (jazz, "psychograss")
• Gilles Apap (gypsy, swing, classical, bluegrass, Irish)
• Emilie Autumn (rock, gothic, industrial)
• Abhijith P. S. Nair (fusion violin, Indian, Western)

B

• Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
• Alexander Bălănescu (founder of Balanescu String Quartet)
• Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
• Byron Berline (bluegrass)
• Andrew Bird (alternative, folk, jazz)
• Charlie Bisharat (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
• Bitch (aka Capital B) of Bitch and Animal
• Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
• Karen Briggs (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
• Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)

C

• Eddy Chen (classical)
• Ann Marie Calhoun (bluegrass, pop)
• Chris Carmichael (classical, pop. country, folk, jazz, rock)
• Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
• Sharon Corr (The Corrs, pop, rock, folk)
• Papa John Creach (blues, rock)
• David Cross (King Crimson)
• Regina Carter (jazz, classical)
• Ray Chen (classical)
• Chloe Chua (classical)

D

• Daniel D. (contemporary, hip hop, R&B)
• Jerald Daemyon (urban, contemporary jazz, R&B)
• Charlie Daniels (country, country rock)
• Rick Danko (The Band)
• Saul Davies (James)
• Taylor Davis (anime, classical, pop)
• Ryan Delahoussaye (Blue October)
• Tymon Dogg (The Mescaleros, rock, folk)
• DSharp (electronic dance music, classical, hip hop)

E

• Warren Ellis (of Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman)

F

• Dave Favis-Mortlock (FiddleBop, jazz, folk)
• Fayiz Muhammed (Classical,Indian,World music)
• Henry Flynt (classical hillbilly)
• Alasdair Fraser (Scottish)

G

• David Garrett (classical, pop)
• Seth Gilliard (pop)
• Johnny Gimble (bluegrass, Nashville session player)
• Jerry Goodman (progressive rock, jazz)
• Richard Greene (bluegrass, country, rock)

H

• Petra Haden (alternative rock)
• Anne Harris (Celtic music, folk rock, afrobeat, soul, blues, chamber music)
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris (blues, rock)
• Edward W. Hardy (classical, pop, musical theatre)^{[1] [2]}
• Lili Haydn (alternative rock)
• Jerry Holland (Cape Breton fiddle music)
• Hilary Hahn (classical)

I

• Eileen Ivers (Irish fiddle)

J

• Jana Jae (of The Buckaroos and Hee Haw) (bluegrass, country)
• Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music, U.K.)
• Jinxx from Black Veil Brides

K

• Mik Kaminski, member of the Electric Light Orchestra
• Eyvind Kang (jazz and classical)
• Judy Kang (classical, pop, hip hop, rock)
• Doug Kershaw (Cajun)
• Anna Katharina Kränzlein (folk rock, folk metal)^[3]
• Olga Kholodnaya
• Gundula Krause (bluegrass, cajun, folk, folk-rock)
• Alison Krauss (bluegrass)

L

• David LaFlamme (classical and rock)
• Jim Lea (rock, pop)
• Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Entrance)
• Laurie Lewis (bluegrass, American old-time)

M

• Ashley MacIsaac (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Manoj George (World fusion, Indian classical)
• Sean Mackin (Yellowcard, rock, pop punk)
• Buddy MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Natalie MacMaster (Scottish-Canadian fiddling)
• Hugh Marsh (jazz, popular)
• Mia Matsumiya (avant-garde, experimental)
• Lucia Micarelli (classical, pop, most notably toured with Jethro Tull and Josh Groban)
• Rob Moose
• Bijan Mortazavi
• Armen Movsessian (touring orchestra with Yanni)

N

• Máiréad Nesbitt (fiddler for Celtic Woman ensemble)
• Nash the Slash (classical, rock, experimental)
• Sarah Neufeld (Arcade Fire, indie rock)
• Nigel Kennedy (Beatles to heavy rock)

O

• Mark O'Connor (bluegrass, folk, classical)
• Helen O'Hara (Dexys Midnight Runners)

P

• Owen Pallett (a.k.a. Final Fantasy, also plays with The Arcade Fire)
• Una Palliser (classical, pop, folk, most notable toured with Shakira)
• Itzhak Perlman (classical, most noted for violin solo in Schindler's List)
• Anna Phoebe (rock, pop, metal, classical, etc.)
• Lorenza Ponce (new age, pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk, folk rock, bluegrass, country)
• Antonio Pontarelli (rock)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (jazz, jazz-rock)
• Kalan Porter (pop, rock)

R

• David Ragsdale (rock, progressive rock)
• Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary, rock, folk)
• Bridget Regan (rock, folk)
• Davide Rossi (pop, rock, classical)
• Lettice Rowbotham (dubstep, pop, rock, classical)
• Sergey Ryabtsev (Gogol Bordello, rock, folk)
• Alexander Rybak (classical, folk, pop)
• Roopa Revathi (classical, western)

S

• Jonathan Sevink (The Levellers)
• Gingger Shankar (10-string double violin, of The Smashing Pumpkins)
• John Sheahan (The Dubliners, folk)
• Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
• Rosemary Siemens (gospel, classical, pop, bluegrass)
• Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)
• Kyla-Rose Smith (Afropop, hip hop)
• Sophie Solomon (Oi Va Voi, klezmer, folk, rock)
• Eric Stanley (hip hop, pop, classical)
• Robby Steinhardt (rock)
• Lindsey Stirling (violin pop, electro, dance-pop)
• Dinesh Subasinghe (pop, Music of Sri Lanka, Baila, Celtic, Chinese, Buddhist music, rock, folk)
• Alicia Svigals (klezmer)
• Dave Swarbrick (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock)
• Sam Sweeney (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock – Kerfuffle, Bellowhead, Leveret, Made in the Great War^[4])

T

• Boyd Tinsley (Dave Matthews Band)

V

• Vanessa-Mae (British, violin techno-acoustic fusion)
• Maxim Vengerov (Israeli)
• April Verch (Canadian)
• Sarana VerLin (Dark Carnival) (electric 5-string) (rock, folk)
• Susan Voelz acoustic electric 5 string, Poi Dog Pondering, Alejandro Escovedo, rock, electronica
• Josh Vietti (hip hop, pop)

W

• Noel Webb
• Joan Wasser (The Dambuilders, indie rock)
• Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek)
• Jenny Wilhelms (folk)
• J. Loren Wince (Hurt)
• Patrick Wolf (experimental, alternative, folk, electronic)
• D'arcy Wretzky (of The Smashing Pumpkins)
• Gavyn Wright (classical, pop, soundtrack)

Y

• Brett Yang (classical)
• Samvel Yervinyan (touring orchestra with Yanni)
• Diana Yukawa (contemporary, modern, classical, pop)
• Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (Indian classical, Carnatic)

Z

• Joel Zifkin (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Richard Thompson etc)

External links

• Legendary Violinists (a public arts website)
• Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry C. Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg
• Violinists on the Web: An alphabetical listing of web pages on violinists, past and present.

Notes and References

1. News: Clement . Olivia . How The Composer of The Woodsman Found His Passion . Playbill . en . October 26, 2016 . April 25, 2019 . April 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412185142/http://www.playbill.com/article/how-the-composer-of-the-woodsman-found-his-passion . live .
2. News: Hardy . Edward W. . 'He handed me the Black Violin and said, try this one – it was love at first sight' . April 25, 2019 . The Strad . December 5, 2018 . en . April 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412185147/https://www.thestrad.com/he-handed-me-the-black-violin-and-said-try-this-one-it-was-love-at-first-sight/8426.article . live .
3. Studiogast: Anna Katharina Kränzlein . Abendschau . . Bayerisches Fernsehen . . 2009-10-09 . German.
4. Web site: WWI soldier's violin played at his grave. June 6, 2017. www.bbc.co.uk. October 28, 2021. January 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126102132/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-40175696. live.