This is a list of notable popular music violinists including fiddlers.
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B
- Aly Bain (Scottish and Shetland fiddling)
- Alexander BÃÂlÃÂnescu (founder of Balanescu String Quartet)
- Miri Ben-Ari (hip-hop)
- Byron Berline (bluegrass)
- Andrew Bird (alternative, folk, jazz)
- Charlie Bisharat (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
- Bitch (aka Capital B) of Bitch and Animal
- Tracy Bonham (alternative rock)
- Karen Briggs (pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk)
- Linda Brava (classical, pop, folk)
C
- Eddy Chen (classical)
- Ann Marie Calhoun (bluegrass, pop)
- Chris Carmichael (classical, pop. country, folk, jazz, rock)
- Vassar Clements (bluegrass, country, jazz)
- Sharon Corr (The Corrs, pop, rock, folk)
- Papa John Creach (blues, rock)
- David Cross (King Crimson)
- Regina Carter (jazz, classical)
- Ray Chen (classical)
- Chloe Chua (classical)
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P
- Owen Pallett (a.k.a. Final Fantasy, also plays with The Arcade Fire)
- Una Palliser (classical, pop, folk, most notable toured with Shakira)
- Itzhak Perlman (classical, most noted for violin solo in Schindler's List)
- Anna Phoebe (rock, pop, metal, classical, etc.)
- Lorenza Ponce (new age, pop, rock, jazz, classical, folk, folk rock, bluegrass, country)
- Antonio Pontarelli (rock)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (jazz, jazz-rock)
- Kalan Porter (pop, rock)
R
- David Ragsdale (rock, progressive rock)
- Mary Ramsey (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary, rock, folk)
- Bridget Regan (rock, folk)
- Davide Rossi (pop, rock, classical)
- Lettice Rowbotham (dubstep, pop, rock, classical)
- Sergey Ryabtsev (Gogol Bordello, rock, folk)
- Alexander Rybak (classical, folk, pop)
- Roopa Revathi (classical, western)
S
- Jonathan Sevink (The Levellers)
- Gingger Shankar (10-string double violin, of The Smashing Pumpkins)
- John Sheahan (The Dubliners, folk)
- Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant)
- Rosemary Siemens (gospel, classical, pop, bluegrass)
- Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz)
- Kyla-Rose Smith (Afropop, hip hop)
- Sophie Solomon (Oi Va Voi, klezmer, folk, rock)
- Eric Stanley (hip hop, pop, classical)
- Robby Steinhardt (rock)
- Lindsey Stirling (violin pop, electro, dance-pop)
- Dinesh Subasinghe (pop, Music of Sri Lanka, Baila, Celtic, Chinese, Buddhist music, rock, folk)
- Alicia Svigals (klezmer)
- Dave Swarbrick (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock)
- Sam Sweeney (British/Celtic folk and folk/rock â Kerfuffle, Bellowhead, Leveret, Made in the Great War)
- Jamii Szmadzinski (electric)
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