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This is a list of Wikipedia articles on notable '''[[viola]] players'''. In cases where a violist has also achieved fame in another musical area, such as conducting or composing, this is noted.
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==Notable violists==
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===A===
* [[Tasso Adamopoulos]] (1944–2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/violist-tasso-adamopoulos-has-died-aged-76/11626.article|work=The Strad|title=News Violist Tasso Adamopoulos has died aged 76|access-date=February 27, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Julia Rebekka Adler]] (b. 1978)
* [[Adolfo Alejo]] (b. 1986), conductor
* [[Hugh Allen (conductor)|Sir Hugh Allen]] (1869–1946), conductor
* [[Kris Allen]] (b. 1985)
* [[Vladimir Altschuler|Vladimir Altshuler]] (b. 1946), conductor
* [[Ruben Altunyan]] (1939–2021), composer, conductor
* [[Johann Andreas Amon]] (1763–1825)
* [[B. Tommy Andersson]] (b. 1964), composer, conductor
* [[Paul Angerer]] (1927–2017), composer
* [[Steven Ansell]] (b. 1954)
* [[Atar Arad]] (b. 1945), composer
* [[Cecil Aronowitz]] (1916–1978)
* [[Dino Asciolla]] (1920–1994)
* [[Jean-Marie Auberson]] (1920–2004), violinist, conductor
* [[Emilie Autumn]]
* [[Eddie Ayres]] (b. 1967)

===B===
* [[Joseph Baber]] (1937–2022), composer
* [[Johann Aegidius Bach]] (1645–1716), organist
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685–1750), composer
* [[Sigismund Bachrich]] (1841–1913), composer, violinist
* [[August Baeyens]] (1895–1966), composer
* [[Vladimir Bakaleinikov]] (1885–1953), conductor, composer
* [[Michael Balling]] (1866–1925), conductor
* [[Alain Bancquart]] (1934–2022), composer
* [[Rudolf Barshai]] (1924–2010), conductor
* [[Hans-Christian Bartel]] (1932–2014), composer
* [[Yuri Bashmet]] (b. 1953)
* [[Cathy Basrak]] (b. 1977)
* [[Natalie Bauer-Lechner]] (1858–1921)
* [[Sally Beamish]] (b. 1956), composer
* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (1770–1827), composer
* [[Sviatoslav Belonogov]] (b. 1965)
* [[Mitrofan Belyayev]] (1836–1904)
* [[Franz Benda|František Benda]] (1709–1786), composer
* [[Georg Benda|Jiří Antonín Benda]] (1722–1795), composer
* [[Daniel Benyamini]] (1925–1993)
* [[Wilhelm Georg Berger]] (1929–1993), composer
* [[Yehonatan Berick]] (1968–2020), violinist
* [[Harry Berly]] (1905–1937)
* [[Lise Berthaud]] (b. 1982)
* [[Vasily Bessel]] (1843–1907), music publisher
* [[Roger Best (musician)|Roger Best]] (1936–2013)
* [[Mikhail Bezverkhny]] (b. 1947), violinist
* [[Franz Beyer (musicologist)|Franz Beyer]] (1922–2018), musicologist
* [[Hatto Beyerle]] (1933–2023), chamber musician, conductor
* [[Luigi Alberto Bianchi]] (1945–2018)
* [[Benjamin Blake]] (1751–1827), composer, violinist
* [[Herbert Blendinger]] (1936–2020), composer
* [[Joseph von Blumenthal]] (1782–1856), violinist, composer
* [[Alexandre Pierre François Boëly]] (1785–1858)
* [[Emil Bohnke]] (1888–1928), composer, conductor
* [[Vadim Borisovsky]] (1900–1972)
* [[Jacques Borsarello]] (b. 1951)
* [[Edwin York Bowen|York Bowen]] (1884–1961), composer, pianist
* [[Máximo Arrates Boza]] (1859–1936), composer
* [[Jolyon Brettingham Smith]] (1949–2008), composer, conductor
* [[Frank Bridge]] (1879–1941), composer
* [[Benjamin Britten]] (1913–1976), composer
* [[Carolyn Waters Broe]], composer, conductor
* [[Sheila Browne (musician)|Sheila Browne]] (b. 1971)
* [[František Brož]] (1896–1962), composer
* [[Gerard von Brucken Fock]] (1859–1935), composer
* [[Bjarne Brustad]] (1895–1978), composer, violinist
* [[Peter Bucknell]] (b. 1977)
* [[Kenji Bunch]] (b. 1973)
* [[Caleb Burhans]] (b. 1980), composer

===C===
* [[John Cale]] (b. 1942)
* [[Helen Callus]]
* [[Bartolomeo Campagnoli]] (1751–1827), composer, violinist
* [[Giuliano Carmignola]] (b. 1951), violinist
* [[David Aaron Carpenter]] (b. 1986)
* [[Henri Casadesus]] (1879–1947)
* [[Gérard Caussé]] (b. 1948)
* [[Eugenio Cavallini]] (1806–1881), violinist, conductor
* [[Alain Celo]] (b. 1960), composer
* [[Ladislav Černý]] (1891–1975)
* [[Eugène Chartier]] (1893–1963), violinist, conductor
* [[Roger Chase]] (b. 1953)
* [[Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard|André Hippolyte Chélard]] (1789–1861), composer, conductor
* [[Rebecca Clarke (composer)|Rebecca Clarke]] (1886–1979), composer
* [[Caroline Coade]]
* [[Eric Coates]] (1886–1957), composer
* [[Paul Coletti]] (b. 1959)
* [[Anthony Collins (composer)|Anthony Collins]] (1893–1963), composer, conductor
* [[Serge Collot]] (1923–2015)
* [[Carlton Cooley]] (1898–1981), composer
* [[Winifred Copperwheat]] (1905{{ndash}}76), performer, teacher
* [[Paul Cropper]] (1913–2006)
* [[Wayne Crouse]] (1924–2000)
* [[John Curro]] (1932–2019), conductor

===D===
* [[David Dalton (violist)|David Dalton]] (1934–2022)
* [[Harry Danks]] (1912–2001)
* [[Steven Dann]] (b. 1953)
* [[Gyula Dávid]] (1913–1977)
* [[Tania Davis]] (b. 1975)
* [[Brett Dean]] (b. 1961)
* [[Christophe Desjardins]] (1962–2020)
* [[Jack Delano]] (1914–1997), composer
* [[Alan de Veritch]] (b. 1947)
* [[Brett Deubner]] (b.1968)
* [[Patrizia Di Paolo]]
* [[Roberto Díaz (violist)|Roberto Díaz]] (b. 1960)
* [[Viacheslav Dinerchtein]] (b. 1976)
* [[Paul Doktor]] (1919–1989)
* [[Demetrius Constantine Dounis]] (1886–1954), violinist, pedagogue
* [[Dimitris Dragatakis]] (1914–2001), composer
* [[Karen Dreyfus]]
* [[Duncan Druce]] (1939–2015), composer
* [[Fyodor Druzhinin]] (1932–2007)
* [[Matthias Durst]] (1815–1875), violinist, composer
* [[Charles Dutoit]] (b. 1936), conductor
* [[Lawrence Dutton]] (b. 1954)
* [[Antonín Dvořák]] (1841–1904), composer

===E===
* [[Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst]] (1814–1865), violinist
* [[Ernest van der Eyken]] (1913–2010), composer, conductor

===F===
* [[Ralph Farris]] (b. 1970)
* [[Kristina Fialová]]
* [[Federigo Fiorillo]] (1753–c.1823), violinist, composer, pedagogue
* [[William Flackton]] (1709–1978), composer
* [[Richard Fleischman]] (b. 1963)
* [[Watson Forbes]] (1909–1997)
* [[Cecil Forsyth]] (1870–1941), composer
* [[Johannes Fritsch]] (1941–2010), composer
* [[Lillian Fuchs]] (1901–1995)
* [[Arthur Furer]] (1924–2013), composer, violinist
* [[Paul Walter Fürst]] (1926–2013), composer
* [[Kenji Fusé]] (b. 1965), composer

===G===
* [[Grigori Gamburg]] (1900–1967), composer, conductor
* [[John Garvey (musician)|John Garvey]] (1921–2006), conductor
* [[Ottmar Gerster]] (1897–1969), composer, conductor
* [[Carlo Maria Giulini]] (1914–2005), conductor
* [[Bruno Giuranna]] (b. 1933)
* [[Donald A. Glaser]] (1926–2013), Nobel Prize–winning physicist
* [[Roland Glassl]] (b. 1972)
* [[Rosemary Glyde]] (1948–1994), composer
* [[Rivka Golani]] (b. 1946)
* [[Richard Goldner]] (1908–1991)
* [[Jonny Greenwood]], lead guitarist of Radiohead
* [[Ebbe Grims-land]] (1915–2015)
* [[Amihai Grosz]] (b. 1979)
* [[Guido Guerrini (composer)|Guido Guerrini]] (1890–1965), composer, conductor
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===H===
* [[Veronika Hagen]] (b. 1963)
* [[Dietmar Hallmann]] (b. 1935)
* [[Hope Hambourg]] (1902–1989)
* [[Harutyun Hanesyan]] (1911–1987), composer
* [[John Harbison]] (b. 1938), composer
* [[Kenneth Harding (composer)|Kenneth Harding]] (1903–1992), composer
* [[Joseph Haydn]] (1732–1809), composer
* [[Donald Heins]] (1878–1949), violinist, conductor, composer
* [[Jiří Herold]] (1875–1934)
* [[Willy Hess (violinist)|Willy Hess]] (1859–1939), violinist
* [[Raphael Hillyer]] (1914–2010)
* [[Paul Hindemith]] (1895–1963), composer
* [[Alfred Charles Hobday]] (1870–1942)
* [[Manfred Honeck]] (b. 1958), conductor
* [[Lorraine Hunt Lieberson]] (1954–2006), mezzo-soprano

===I===
* [[Nobuko Imai]] (b. 1943)
* [[Yuko Inoue]]

===J===
* [[Hanoch Jacoby]] (1909–1990), composer
* [[Baudime Jam]] (b. 1972), composer
* [[Janine Jansen]] (b. 1978), violinist
* [[Leroy Jenkins (jazz musician)|Leroy Jenkins]] (1932–2007)
* [[Raymond Jeremy]] (1890–1969)
* [[Otto Joachim (composer)|Otto Joachim]] (1910–2010), composer
* [[Matthew Jones (classical musician)|Matthew Jones]] (b. 1974), violinist

===K===
* [[Jiří Kabeš]] (b. 1946), singer, songwriter
* [[Thomas Kakuska]] (1940–2005)
* [[Jan Karlin]] (b. 1954), producer, administrator
* [[Jurgis Karnavičius (composer)|Jurgis Karnavičius]] (1884–1941), composer
* [[Gilad Karni]]
* [[Kim Kashkashian]] (b. 1952)
* [[Milton Katims]] (1909–2006), conductor
* [[Martha Strongin Katz]] (b. 1942)
* [[Hugo Kauder]] (1888–1972), composer, violinist
* [[Nigel Keay]] (b. 1955), composer
* [[Nigel Kennedy]] (b. 1956), violinist
* [[Louise Lincoln Kerr]] (1892–1977), composer
* [[Isabelle van Keulen]] (b. 1966), violinist
* [[Volker David Kirchner]] (1942–2020), composer
* [[Dmitri Klebanov]] (1907–1987)
* [[Paul Klengel]] (1854–1935), violinist, pianist
* [[Garth Knox]] (b. 1956)
* [[Ulrich Koch]] (1921–1996)
* [[Vesko Kountchev]] (b. 1974)
* [[František Kočvara]] (1730–1791), composer
* [[Katalin Kokas]] (b. 1978), violinist
* [[Johann Král]] (1823–1912), also played viola d'amore
* [[Tosca Kramer]] (1903–1976)
* [[Alison Krauss]] (b. 1971)
* [[Emil Kreuz]] (1867–1932)
* [[Milan Křížek]] (1926–2018), composer
* [[Boris Kroyt]] (1897–1969)
* [[Theodore Kuchar]] (b. 1960), conductor
* [[Ferdinand Küchler]] (1867–1937), violinist, composer
* [[Michael Kugel]] (b. 1946)
* [[Sigiswald Kuijken]] (b. 1944), violinist, conductor

===L===
* [[Michelle LaCourse]]
* [[Théophile Laforge]] (1863–1918)
* [[Édouard Lalo]] (1823–1892), composer
* [[Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti|Anne Lanzilotti]] (b. 1983), composer
* [[Jaime Laredo]] (b. 1941), violinist
* [[Victor Legley]] (1915–1994), composer
* [[Pierre Lénert]] (b. 1966)
* [[Harold Levin]] (b. 1956)
* [[Avri Levitan]] (b. 1973)
* [[Jodi Levitz]]
* [[Teng Li]]
* [[Ingvar Lidholm]] (1921–2017), composer
* [[Samuel Lifschey]] (1889–1961)
* [[Lim Soon Lee]] (b. 1957), conductor
* [[Alfred Lipka]] (1931–2010)
* [[Ernest Llewellyn]] (1915–1982), violinist, conductor
* [[Lloyd Loar]] instrument designer, composer, played viola alta
* [[James Lockyer (musician)|James Lockyer]] (1883–1962)
* [[James Lowe (conductor)|James Lowe]] (b. 1976), conductor
* [[Lydia Luce]], singer-songwriter
* [[Pál Lukács]] (1919–1981)

===M===
* [[Jef Maes]] (1905–1996), composer
* [[Virginia Majewski]] (1907–1995)
* [[Sergey Malov (musician)|Sergey Malov]] (b. 1983), violinist
* [[Mat Maneri]] (b. 1969), composer, violinist
* [[Michael Mann (scholar)|Michael Mann]] (1919–1977), violinist
* [[Jethro Marks]]
* [[Carlo Martelli]] (b. 1935), composer
* [[Tatjana Masurenko]] (b. 1965)
* [[Uri Mayer]] (b. 1946), conductor
* [[Donald McInnes (violist)|Donald McInnes]] (1939–2024)
* [[Eduard Melkus]] (b. 1928), violinist
* [[Felix Mendelssohn]] (1809–1847), composer
* [[Vladimir Mendelssohn]] (1949–2021), composer
* [[Yehudi Menuhin]] (1916–1999), violinist
* [[John Metcalfe (composer)|John Metcalfe]] (b. 1964)
* [[Michel Michalakakos]] (b. 1954)
* [[Miroslav Miletić]] (1925–2018), composer
* [[Shlomo Mintz]] (b. 1957), violinist
* [[Marco Misciagna]] (b. 1984), violinist, educator
* [[Alexander Mishnaevski]]
* [[Roberto Molinelli]] (b. 1963), composer, conductor
* [[Nils Mönkemeyer]] (b. 1978)
* [[Pierre Monteux]] (1875–1964), conductor
* [[Arie Van de Moortel]] (1918–1976), composer
* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] (1756–1791), composer
* [[Janee Munroe]] (1923–2006)
* [[Henry Myerscough]] (1927–2007)

===N===
* [[Philipp Naegele]] (1928–2011), violinist
* [[Naruhito|Naruhito, Emperor of Japan]] (b. 1960)
* [[Oskar Nedbal]] (1874–1930), composer
* [[Paul Neubauer]] (b. 1962)
* [[Václav Neumann]] (1920–1995), conductor
* [[Maria Newman]] (b. 1962), violinist, composer
* [[Casimir Ney]] (1801–1877)
* [[Nokuthula Ngwenyama]] (b. 1976)

===O===
* [[Heiichiro Ohyama]] (b. 1947)
* [[David Oistrakh]] (1908–1974), violinist
* [[Raphaël Oleg]] (b. 1959), violinist
* [[Martin Outram]]

===P===
* [[Niccolò Paganini]] (1782–1840), composer, violinist
* [[Johannes Palaschko]] (1877–1932), violinist, composer
* [[Úna Palliser]], vocalist, violinist
* [[Ian Parrott]] (1916–2012), composer
* [[Harry Partch]] (1901–1974), composer
* [[Ödön Pártos]] (1907–1977), composer
* [[Joseph de Pasquale]] (1919–2015)
* [[Bruno Pasquier]] (b. 1943)
* [[Pemi Paull]] (b. 1975)
* [[Pierre Pasquier (violist)|Pierre Pasquier]] (1902–1986)
* [[Clara Petrozzi]] (b. 1965), violinist, composer
* [[Allan Pettersson]] (1911–1980), composer
* [[Cynthia Phelps]] (b. 1961)
* [[Robert Pikler]] (1909–1984), violinist
* [[Ashan Pillai]] (b. 1969)
* [[Enrico Polo]] (1868–1953), violinist
* [[Jocelyn Pook]] (b. 1960), composer
* [[Diemut Poppen]] (b. 1960)
* [[Rita Porfiris]] (b. 1969)
* [[Ari Poutiainen]] (b. 1972)
* [[Lawrence Power]] (b. 1977)
* [[William Presser]] (1916–2004), composer, violinist
* [[Milton Preves]] (1909–2000)
* [[Joseph Primavera]] (1926–2006), conductor
* [[William Primrose]] (1904–1982)
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===Q===
* [[Karl Traugott Queisser]] (1800–1846)

===R===
* [[Julian Rachlin]] (b. 1974), violinist
* [[Mary Ramsey (musician)|Mary Ramsey]] (b. 1963), violinist, singer, songwriter
* [[Wilhelm Ramsøe]] (1837–1895), composer, conductor, violinist
* [[Émile Pierre Ratez]] (1851–1934), composer
* [[Mary Ruth Ray]] (1956–2013)
* [[Adolf Rebner]] (1876–1967)
* [[Ottorino Respighi]] (1879–1936), composer
* [[Sophia Reuter]] (b. 1971), violinist
* [[Allard de Ridder]] (1887–1966), conductor, composer
* [[Frederick Riddle]] (1912–1995)
* [[Timothy Ridout]] (b. 1995)
* [[Joaquín Riquelme García]] (b. 1983)
* [[Karen Ritscher]] (1952–2025)
* [[Hermann Ritter]] (1849–1926)
* [[Carol Rodland]]
* [[Jean Rogister]] (1879–1964), composer
* [[Hartmut Rohde]] (b. 1966)
* [[Alessandro Rolla]] (1757–1841), composer
* [[Antonio Rolla]] (1798–1837), violinist, composer
* [[Paul Rolland]] (1911–1978)
* [[Max Rostal]] (1905–1991), violinist
* [[Simon Rowland-Jones]] (b. 1950)
* [[Vincent Royer]] (b. 1961)
* [[Miklós Rózsa]] (1907–1995), composer
* [[Thomas Ryan (musician)|Thomas Ryan]] (1827–1903)
* [[Maxim Rysanov]] (b. 1978)

===S===
* [[Pauline Sachse]] (b. 1980)
* [[Luigi Sagrati]] (1921–2008)
* [[Philip Sainton]] (1891–1967), composer, conductor
* [[Matthias Sannemüller]] (b. 1951)
* [[Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio]] (b. 1960), violinist
* [[Guido Santórsola]] (1904–1994), composer
* [[Hermann Scherchen]] (1891–1966), conductor
* [[Peter Schidlof]] (1922–1987)
* [[Ervin Schiffer]] (1932–2014)
* [[Hanning Schröder]] (1896–1987), composer
* [[Franz Schubert]] (1797–1828), composer
* [[Joseph Schubert (composer)|Joseph Schubert]] (1754–1837), composer, violinist
* [[Rudolf Schwarz (conductor)|Rudolf Schwarz]] (1905–1994), conductor
* [[Leif Segerstam]] (1944–2024), conductor, composer, violinist
* [[Albert Seitz]] (1872–1937), composer
* [[Konstantin Sellheim]] (b. 1978)
* [[Tibor Serly]] (1901–1978), composer
* [[William Shield]] (1748–1829)
* [[Bernard Shore]] (1896–1985)
* [[Gilbert Shufflebotham]] (1907–1978), violinist
* [[Oscar Shumsky]] (1917–2000), violinist, conductor
* [[Paul Silverthorne]] (b. 1951)
* [[Robert Siohan]] (1894–1985), composer, conductor
* [[Nadia Sirota]]
* [[Hans Sitt]] (1850–1922)
* [[Scott Slapin]] (b. 1974), composer
* [[Kay Slocum]]
* [[Peter Slowik]] (b. 1957)
* [[Carolyn Sparey]] (b. 1960), composer
* [[Anton Stamitz]] (1750–c.1800), composer
* [[Carl Stamitz]] (1745–1801), composer
* [[Johann Stamitz]] (1717–1757), composer
* [[Helen Camille Stanley]] (1930–2021), composer
* [[Jean Stewart (violist)|Jean Stewart]] (1914–2002)
* [[Scott St. John]] (b. 1969)
* [[Nathaniel Stookey]] (b. 1970), composer
* [[Simon Streatfeild]] (1929–2019), conductor
* [[Jennifer Stumm]]
* [[Josef Suk (violinist)|Josef Suk]] (1929–2011), violinist
* [[Jean Sulem]] (b. 1959)
* [[Louis Svećenski]] (1862–1926)
* [[Gusztáv Szerémi]] (1877–1952), composer
[[Image:Lionel Tertis.jpg|thumb|150px|Lionel Tertis]]

===T===
* [[Robert Talbot (conductor)|Robert Talbot]] (1893–1954), conductor, composer, violinist
* [[Václav Talich]] (1883–1961), conductor, violinist
* [[Antoine Tamestit]] (b. 1979)
* [[Will Taylor (musician)|Will Taylor]] (b. 1968)
* [[Jan Tausinger]] (1921–1980), composer, conductor
* [[Arve Tellefsen]], (b. 1936), violinist
* [[Yuri Temirkanov]] (1938–2023), conductor
* [[Mela Tenenbaum]], violinist
* [[Lionel Tertis]] (1876–1975)
* [[Xaver Paul Thoma]] (b. 1953), composer
* [[Marcus Thompson]] (b. 1946)
* [[Katia Tiutiunnik]] (b. 1967), composer
* [[Lars Anders Tomter]] (b. 1959)
* [[Giuseppe Torelli]] (1658–1709), pedagogue, composer
* [[Sabine Toutain]] (b. 1966)
* [[Jacqueline Townshend]] (1912–1983), pianist, violinist
* [[Walter Trampler]] (1915–1997)
* [[Michael Tree]] (1934–2018)
* [[Anahit Tsitsikian]] (1926–1999), violinist, musicologist
* [[Karen Tuttle]] (1920–2010)

===U===
* [[Åke Uddén]] (1903–1987), composer, conductor
* [[Alfred Uhl]] (1909–1992)
* [[Chrétien Urhan]] (1790–1845)

===V===
* [[Nancy Van de Vate]] (1930–2023), composer, pianist
* [[Léon van Hout]] (1864–1945)
* [[Roland and Almita Vamos|Roland Vamos]] (b. 1930)
* [[Emanuel Vardi]] (1915–2011)
* [[Maxim Vengerov]] (b. 1974), violinist
* [[Robert Vernon (musician)|Robert Vernon]] (b. 1949)
* [[Maurice Vieux]] (1884–1951)
* [[Johann Georg Hermann Voigt]] (1769–1811), composer
* [[Hermann Voss (musician)|Hermann Voss]] (b. 1934) 
* [[Ladislav Vycpálek]] (1882–1969), composer, violinist

===W===
* [[Louis van Waefelghem]] (1840–1908)
* [[Ernst Wallfisch]] (1920–1979)
* [[Geraldine Walther]] (b. 1950)
* [[Johann Baptist Wanhal]] (1739–1813)
* [[Maurice Ward (musician)|Maurice Ward]] (1899–1957)
* [[Harry Waldo Warner]] (1874–1945), composer
* [[Melia Watras]]
* [[John Webb (composer)|John Webb]] (b. 1969), composer
* [[Hieronymus Weickmann]] (1825–1895)
* [[Justus Weinreich]] (1858–1927), composer
* [[Franz Weiss (violist)|Franz Weiss]] (1778–1830)
* [[Henryk Wieniawski]] (1835–1880), violinist
* [[Emanuel Wirth]] (1842–1923), violinist
* [[Lena Wood]] (1899–1982)
* [[Mark Wood (violinist)|Mark Wood]]

===X===
* [[Hong-Mei Xiao]] (b. 1963)
* [[Pierre-Henri Xuereb]] (b. 1959)

===Y===
* [[Eugène Ysaÿe]] (1858–1931), violinist

===Z===
* [[Bernard Zaslav]] (1926–2016)
* [[Wen Xiao Zheng]] (b. 1981)
* [[Grigori Zhislin]] (1945–2017), violinist
* [[Lev Zhurbin]] (b. 1978), composer
* [[Tabea Zimmermann]] (b. 1966)
* [[Fidelis Zitterbart]] (1845–1915), composer
* [[Đuro Živković]] (b. 1975), composer, violinist
* [[León Zuckert]] (1904–1992), composer, violinist
* [[Pinchas Zukerman]] (b. 1948), violinist
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==See also==
{{Portal|Music}}
*[[Lists of musicians]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of musicians by instrument|Violists]]
[[Category:Violists|List]]

[[es:Viola#Violistas relevantes]]