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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 ...
Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday by Henry Charles Lahee, an 1889 publication at Project Gutenberg; Violinists and Violists on the Web Alphabetical listings of web pages on string players, past and present.
Ridout began his viola studies in his mid-teens at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Jonathan Barrett. He was also principal violist with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. [2] In 2014, he won first prize in the inaugural year of the Cecil Aronowitz International Viola Competition.
The viola's bow has a wider band of horsehair than a violin's bow, which is particularly noticeable near the frog (or heel in the UK). Viola bows, at 70–74 g (2.5–2.6 oz), are heavier than violin bows (58–61 g [2.0–2.2 oz]). The profile of the rectangular outside corner of a viola bow frog generally is more rounded than on violin bows.
Viola Sonata No.2 in F major for viola and piano, Op.22 (1906) Bowen • Forsyth Viola Concertos; Lawrence Power (viola), Martyn Brabbins conducting the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Hyperion Records CDA67546 (2005) York Bowen – Viola Concerto in C minor, Op.25 (1906–1907), world premiere recording
Rachel Barton Pine (born 1974) (performs principally on the modern violin, also plays viola d'amore) Rachel Podger (born 1968) Hélène Schmitt; Dmitry Sinkovsky (born 1980) (also countertenor and conductor) Simon Standage (born 1941) Elizabeth Wallfisch (born 1952) (also conducts)
The following lists of violinists are available: . List of classical violinists, notable violinists from the baroque era onwards; List of contemporary classical violinists, notable contemporary classical violinists
The Primrose International Viola Competition, created in 1979 in honor of William Primrose, was the first international music competition for viola players. [ 23 ] The Primrose Piano Quartet, a British ensemble formed in 2004, is named after him.