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Mela Tenenbaum
Mela Tenenbaum
violinist and violist
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Shunsuke Sato
Shunsuke Sato
Japanese musician
2
Mischa Elman
Mischa Elman
Ukrainian American violinist
3
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène Ysaÿe
Belgian violinist, composer and conductor
4
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
5
Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz
Israeli violin virtuoso, violist and conductor
6
Midori Gotō
Midori Gotō
Japanese American Violinist
7
Guila Bustabo
Guila Bustabo
American musician
8
Rudolf Koelman
Rudolf Koelman
Dutch violinist
9
Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
10
Váša Příhoda
Váša Příhoda
Czech violinist
11
James Ehnes
James Ehnes
Canadian concert violinist
12
Gil Shaham
Gil Shaham
Israeli musician
13
Ara Malikian
Ara Malikian
Lebanese musician
14
Oscar Shumsky
Oscar Shumsky
American musician
15
George Enescu
George Enescu
Romanian composer
16
Edith Peinemann
Edith Peinemann
German classical violinist
17
Lillian Fuchs
Lillian Fuchs
American musician
18
Willi Boskovsky
Willi Boskovsky
Austrian musician
19
Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang
violinist
20
Alexandre Da Costa
Alexandre Da Costa
Canadian violinist
21
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
musician
22
Ani Kavafian
Ani Kavafian
American musician
23
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor
24
David Garrett
David Garrett
German violinist
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American violinist

David Nadien (March 12, 1926 – May 28, 2014) was an American virtuoso violinist and violin teacher. He was concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic from 1966 to 1970. His playing style, characterized by fast vibrato, audible shifting noises, and superb bow control, has been compared to that of Jascha Heifetz, who is considered by many to be the greatest violinist of all time.