Classical The World's Greatest Violinists  

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1,785 635
Niccolò Paganini is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
MohamedHafez added Niccolò Paganini

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1,824 721
Jascha Heifetz is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 86 (1901-1987)

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2,091 847
Itzhak Perlman is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 73

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1,099 567
David Oistrakh is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 66 (1908-1974)

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1,393 878
Hilary Hahn is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 39

6
1,788 1,186
David Garrett is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 38

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1,031 649
Maxim Vengerov is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 44

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836 511
Fritz Kreisler is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 87 (1875-1962)

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911 570
Yehudi Menuhin is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Died at 83 (1916-1999)

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707 468
Isaac Stern is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 81 (1920-2001)

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285 154
Pablo de Sarasate is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Péter Szontagh-Kisházi added Dec. at 64 (1844-1908)

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530 351
Leonidas Kavakos is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 51

13
906 653
Sarah Chang is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 38

14
753 531
Anne-Sophie Mutter is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 55

15
533 355
Pinchas Zukerman is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 70

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572 387
Nathan Milstein is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 88 (1904-1992)

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938 692
Joshua Bell is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 51

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505 339
Leonid Kogan is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 58 (1924-1982)

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639 456
Janine Jansen is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 41

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586 415
Julia Fischer is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 35

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380 248
Arthur Grumiaux is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 65 (1921-1986)

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369 240
Henryk Szeryng is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Dec. at 70 (1918-1988)

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423 288
Samvel Yervinyan is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
ArthurArakelian added age 53

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479 336
Gil Shaham is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
age 48

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163 83
Eugène Ysaÿe is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
eun-hwan-bai added Dec. at 73 (1858-1931)