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Adam Taubitz
Adam Taubitz
German musician
1
Georges Boulanger
Georges Boulanger
Romanian musician
2
Alan Shulman
Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
3
Max Strub
Max Strub
German concertmaster
4
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Moldovan-Austrian musician
5
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
French musician
6
Paavo Berglund
Paavo Berglund
Finnish conductor and violinist
7
Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern
American musician
8
Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti
Hungarian violinist
9
Váša Příhoda
Váša Příhoda
Czech violinist
10
Isang Yun
Isang Yun
Korean composer
11
Lera Auerbach
Lera Auerbach
Soviet-Russian-born American classical composer and pianist
12
André Previn
André Previn
German-American pianist, conductor and composer
13
Arditti Quartet
Arditti Quartet
string quartet
14
Timothy Brown
Timothy Brown
British classical horn player
15
James Last
James Last
German musician
16
Frank Peter Zimmermann
Frank Peter Zimmermann
German violinist
17
Coco Schumann
Coco Schumann
German jazz musician
18
Dajos Béla
Dajos Béla
fiddle-player and band-leader
19
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
musician
20
David Garrett
David Garrett
German violinist
21
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Lithuanian violinist
22
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)
23
Shunsuke Sato
Shunsuke Sato
Japanese musician
24
Horst Jankowski
Horst Jankowski
German composer
25
Harry Lookofsky
Harry Lookofsky
American musician
26
William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
27
Steven Richman
Steven Richman
American conductor
28
Louis Andriessen
Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer and pianist
Intro
German violinist
Awards Received
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Helmut Zacharias (27 January 1920 – 28 February 2002) was a German violinist and composer who created over 400 works and sold 14 million records. He also appeared in a number of films, usually playing musicians.