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Josef Suk
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Isaac Stern
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Shlomo Mintz
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Lisa Batiashvili
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Sarah Chang
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Jascha Heifetz
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Walter Susskind
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Alisa Weilerstein
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Hilary Hahn
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William Steinberg
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Midori Gotō
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Sergiu Celibidache
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Gil Shaham
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Robert Casadesus
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Lillian Fuchs
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Boris Belkin
Soviet violinist
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Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach
Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
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Rudolf Koelman
Rudolf Koelman
Dutch violinist
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Joseph Banowetz
Joseph Banowetz
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Guila Bustabo
Guila Bustabo
American musician
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Arabella Steinbacher
Arabella Steinbacher
German violinist
Edith Peinemann
German classical violinist

Edith Peinemann

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German classical violinist
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Edith Peinemann (born 3 March 1937) is an internationally recognized German violinist and professor of violin. At age nineteen she won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and made her U.S. debut as soloist in 1962 with Max Rudolf, after which she became a protégé of George Szell. In 2005 she became president of the European String Teachers Association.

She made few recordings during her career, making her a "cult figure among violinists." Peinemann is considered one of the world's "finest violinists of her time."