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This is a list of violinists notable for their work with electric violin This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
List of jazz violinists, notable jazz violinists; List of popular music violinists, popular music violinists; List of Indian violinists, list of Indian violinists including Carnatic and Hindustani; List of Persian violinists, names of famous Persian style violinists; List of electric violinists; List of fiddlers, fiddlers, all styles
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)
The earliest references to jazz performance using the violin as a solo instrument was during the first decades of the 20th century. Early jazz violinists included Eddie South , who played violin with Jimmy Wade 's Dixielanders in Chicago; Stuff Smith ; Claude "Fiddler" Williams , who played with Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy.
Pupil of Jenő Hubay, 1908 / Sister of violinist Adila Fachiri, niece of Joseph Joachim / Owned the "Lord Dunn-Raven" Stradivari, 1710 / Dedicatee of Béla Bartók's Violin Sonatas No.1 Sz.75 (1921) & No.2 Sz.76 (1922), Maurice Ravel's Tzigane (1924) and, with her sister Adila Fachiri, of Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for 2 Violins Op.49 (1929)
Mark Winthrop Wood is an American electric violinist and the founder of Wood Violins, a company that manufactures his electric violin designs. His music education program, Electrify Your Symphony, has been featured on news programs nationwide. [1]
This list of notable fiddlers shows some overlap with the list of violinists since the instrument used by fiddlers is the fiddle. Alphabetical by last name [ edit ]
Hayley Westenra – vocals, piano, violin, guitar; Chuck Wild – composer, keyboardist, producer of the Liquid Mind album series; Stuart Wilde – producer, lyricist; Willie and Lobo (Willie Royal and Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink) – flamenco duo (guitar & violin) George Winston – pianist [1] Paul Winter – soprano saxophonist, composer [1]