List of female violinists

This is a chronological list of female classical professional concert violinists.

Those without a known date of birth are listed separately in alphabetical order.

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See also

• List of women classical pianists
• Lists of women in music
• Women in music

Citations

General references

• "Female Performers on the Violin", The Musical World, No.CLXVI – New Series No.LXXII, p. 34 (May 16, 1839)
• "Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday", Chapter X. "Women as Violini", Henry C. Lahee (1899)
• "Lady Violinists", The Musical Times, Vol. 47, No. 764, pp. 662–668 (Oct. 1, 1906)
• An Encyclopedia of the Violin, Alberto Bachmann (1926)
• "Violino e Violinisti", Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani (1937)
• "Violin virtuosos: from Paganini to the 21st century", Henry Roth (1997)
• "Allievi di Hubay (selezione)" , Gianluca La Villa (2003)
• "Great female violinists of the past", Violinist.com – Blog (2010)
• "Violin works with connections to female violinists", Violinist.com – Blog (2011)
• "Great Female Violinists: A List" – Blog (2011)
• Article: "Addendum on Female Violinists" by George Dubourg (1852) – Blog (2011)
• "Who were the early female violinists?", The Strad (March 7, 2014)
• "musikwissenschaftliche Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung", search page in German – Sophie Drinke Institut (c)2013