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Notable Classical Violinists Under 45: A List

In my post Is Parity Time Here for the Classical Violin? I mention a list I put together of classical solo violinists born after 1970, which I said illustrates my thesis that the field has attained gender parity. I mentioned, however, that the list is provisional - the best I could come up with from my perch in northeast Iowa - and that I welcome your input. Let me know what I missed, but meanwhile, here's the list:

Women violinists b. 1971 or later (49 and counting)

  1. Rachel Kolly d'Alba (Switzerland 1981)

  2. Alena Baeva (Kazakhstan, 1985)

  3. Rachel Barton Pine (USA, 1974)

  4. Lisa Batiashvili (Georgia, 1979)

  5. Danielle Belen (USA, 1984)

  6. Nicola Benedetti (Scotland 1987)

  7. Cecilia Bernardini (Netherlands, 1984)

  8. Sarah Chang (US, 1980)

  9. Isabelle Faust (Germany, 1972)

  10. Julia Fischer (Germany, 1983)

  11. Vilde Frang (Norway, 1986)

  12. Jennifer Frautschi (US, 1973)

  13. Karen Gomyo (Japan 1982 raised in Canada)

  14. Caroline Goulding (US, 1992)

  15. Viviane Hagner (Germany, 1977)

  16. Hillary Hahn (US, 1979)

  17. Chloë Hanslip (England, 1987)

  18. Bella Hristova (Bulgaria, 1986)

  19. Fenella Humphreys (UK 1980s?)

  20. Alina Ibragimova (Russia, 1985)

  21. Janine Jansen (Netherlands, 1978)

  22. Leila Josefowicz (Canada, 1977)

  23. Ning Kam (Singapore, 1975)

  24. Mayuko Kamiyo (Japan, 1986)

  25. Erin Keefe (NY 1980)

  26. Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Moldova, 1977)

  27. Jennifer Koh (US, 1976)

  28. Shannon Lee (Canada, 1993)

  29. Yura Lee (South Korea, 1985)

  30. Jessica Linnebach (Canada, 1983)

  31. Natalia Lomeiko (Russia, 1979)

  32. Midori (Japan, 1971)

  33. Ruth Palmer (UK, 1979)

  34. Tai Murray (US,. 1982)

  35. Priya Mitchell (UK, ? )

  36. Rosanne Philippens (Netherlands, 1986)

  37. Jennifer Pike (UK, 1989)

  38. Alina Pogostkina (Russia, 1983)

  39. Sayaka Shoji (Japan, 1983)

  40. Baiba Skride (Latvia, 1981)

  41. Livia Sohn (US?, 1977)

  42. Alexandra Soumm (Russia, 1989)

  43. Lara St. John (Canada, 1971)

  44. Arabella Steinbacher (Germany, 1981)

  45. Akiko Suwanai (Japan, 1972)

  46. Elina Vahala (Finland, 1975)

  47. Tamsin Waley-Cohen (UK, 1986)

  48. Carolin Widmann (Germany, 1976)

  49. Tianwa Yang (China, 1985)

 
Male classical violinists born after 1970 (42 of them and counting)

  1. Kristof Barati (Hungary, 1979)

  2. Benjamin Beilman (US, 1980)

  3. Guy Braunstein  (Israel, 1971)

  4. Renaud Capucon (France 1976)

  5. Adrian Chandler (England, 1974)

  6. Ray Chen (Taiwan, 1989)  

  7. James Ehnes (Canada, 1976)

  8. Tim Fain (US, 1977)

  9. Ning Feng (China, 1980s)

  10. David Fruhwirth (Austria, 1974)

  11. Vadim Gluzman (Ukraine, 1973)  

  12. Ryu Goto (US, 1998)

  13. Thomas Gould (UK after 1971)

  14. Ilya Gringolts (Russia, 1982)  

  15. Augustin Hadelich (Germany, 1984)

  16. Daniel Hope (UK, 1973)

  17. Chad Hoopes (US, 1994)

  18. Stephen Jackiw (US, 1985)

  19. Barnabas Kelemen (Hungary, 1978)

  20. Soovin Kim (US, ?)

  21. Sergey Khachatryan (Armenia, 1985)

  22. Jack Liebeck (UK, 1980)

  23. Dmitri Makhtin (Russia, 1975)

  24. Stevan Milenkovich (Serbia, 1977)

  25. Roman Mints (Moscow, 1976)

  26. Philippe Quint (Russia, 1974)

  27. Julian Rachlin (Lithuania, 1974)   

  28. Vadim Repin (USSR, 1971)

  29. Daniel Rohn (Germany, 1979)

  30. Daniel Rowland (UK, 1972)

  31. Giora Schmidt (US, 1983)

  32. Gil Shaham (US, 1971)  

  33. Alexander Sitkovetsky (Russia, 1983)

  34. Valeriy Sokolov (Ukraine, 1986)

  35. Arnaud Sussmann (France, 1988 or later)

  36. Hugo Ticciati (UK)

  37. Matthew Trusler (UK)

  38. Maxim Vengerov (Russia, 1974)

  39. Antal Zalai (1981, Hungary)

  40. Yuri Zhislin (Russia, 1974)

  41. Nikolai Znaider (Denmark, 1975)

  42. Itamar Zorman (Israel, 1984)

Barney Sherman is a Senior Music Producer and Classical Music Host