musicians The World's Greatest Violinists  

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

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1,876 688
Itzhak Perlman is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Itzhak Perlman age 72

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1,635 588
Jascha Heifetz is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Jascha Heifetz Died at 86 (1901-1987)

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977 435
David Oistrakh is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
David Oistrakh Died at 66 (1908-1974)

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1,583 975
David Garrett is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
David Garrett age 37

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739 417
Fritz Kreisler is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Fritz Kreisler Died at 87 (1875-1962)

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903 537
Maxim Vengerov is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Maxim Vengerov age 43

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799 481
Yehudi Menuhin is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Yehudi Menuhin Died at 83 (1916-1999)

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1,185 763
Hilary Hahn is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Hilary Hahn age 38

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621 397
Isaac Stern is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Isaac Stern Died at 81 (1920-2001)

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682 457
Anne-Sophie Mutter is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Anne-Sophie Mutter age 54

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463 288
Pinchas Zukerman is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Pinchas Zukerman age 69

13
226 103
Pablo de Sarasate is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Péter Szontagh-Kisházi added Pablo De Sarasate Died at 64 (1844-1908)

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519 334
Nathan Milstein is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Nathan Milstein Died at 88 (1904-1992)

The Best Classical Pianists in the World

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818 569
Sarah Chang is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Sarah Chang age 37

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458 289
Leonidas Kavakos is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Leonidas Kavakos age 50

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852 603
Joshua Bell is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Joshua Bell age 50

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590 398
Janine Jansen is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Janine Jansen age 40

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346 209
Arthur Grumiaux is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Arthur Grumiaux Died at 65 (1921-1986)

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466 307
Leonid Kogan is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Leonid Kogan Died at 58 (1924-1982)

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533 364
Julia Fischer is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Julia Fischer age 34

The Most Beautiful Women of All Time

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438 292
Gil Shaham is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Gil Shaham age 47

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332 206
Henryk Szeryng is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Henryk Szeryng Died at 70 (1918-1988)

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367 245
Samvel Yervinyan is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
ArthurArakelian added Samvel Yervinyan age 52

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182 100
Midori Goto is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
eun-hwan-bai added Midori Goto age 46

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339 241
Kyung-Wha Chung is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Kyung-Wha Chung age 70

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132 60
Eugène Ysaÿe is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
eun-hwan-bai added Eugène Ysaÿe Died at 73 (1858-1931)

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256 183
Zino Francescatti is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Zino Francescatti Died at 89 (1902-1991)

Famous Female Violinists

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269 197
Gidon Kremer is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Gidon Kremer age 71

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189 124
George Enescu is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
RichardWalz added Georges Enesco Died at 74 (1881-1955)

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222 161
Shlomo Mintz is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Shlomo Mintz age 60

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289 227
Mischa Elman is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Mischa Elman Died at 76 (1891-1967)

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140 85
James Ehnes is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
frédéric-gaudette added James Ehnes age 42

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251 203
Ida Haendel is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Ida Haendel age 89

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193 146
Michael Rabin is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Michael Rabin Died at 36 (1936-1972)

Celebrities You Didn't Know Use Stage Names

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242 199
Vadim Repin is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Vadim Repin age 46

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198 157
Ivry Gitlis is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Ivry Gitlis age 95

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226 189
Ginette Neveu is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Ginette Neveu Died at 30 (1919-1949)

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187 152
Nemanja Radulovic is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
bosko.stojanovic89 added Nemanja Radulovic

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117 79
Ray Chen is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
YanYu added Ray Chen age 29

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235 210
Salvatore Accardo is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Salvatore Accardo age 76

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148 118
Joseph Szigeti is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Joseph Szigeti Died at 81 (1892-1973)

Last Words Written By Famous People In Their Suicide Notes

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262 250
Nigel Kennedy is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Nigel Kennedy age 61

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681 722
Lindsey Stirling is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
MichalDomaradzki added Lindsey Stirling age 31

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110 84
Viktoria Mullova is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
chelseyc0922 added Viktoria Mullova age 59

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132 109
Nicola Benedetti is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
ann-wilson-clark added Nicola Benedetti age 30

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162 143
Frank Peter Zimmermann is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Frank Peter Zimmermann age 53

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166 159
Ruggiero Ricci is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Ruggiero Ricci Died at 94 (1918-2012)

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120 113
Josef Suk is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Josef Suk Died at 82 (1929-2011)

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129 125
Alexander Markov is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The World's Greatest Violinists
Alexander Markov age 55