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Old 06-15-10, 05:49 PM
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Heifetz, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell
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Re: Favourite Violinist

Perlman of course but I've also always liked Gidon Kremer.
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Re: Favourite Violinist

Do you mean of all time or current?
It's a tough call because everybody has something to offer, and everybody is different.

Hilary Hahn is my favorite current violinist for a variety of reasons:
1) She has become very progressive in her playing over the years.
2) She has proven herself a great crossover musician playing with 2 singer-songwriters (Actually 3 if you count Chris Thile) and an indie-rock band.
3) She has such a great performance prowess and character onstage.
4) Not that this is something I always care about, but she's already won 2 Grammys and very well could get another one for her new album (Higdon/Tchaikovsky concertos--It's her personal best).
5) I daresay the cuteness factor plays a role as well. If it wasn't for those gorgeous album covers, I never would have noticed her in the classical bin to begin with!

I enjoy hearing a lot of others (Ithzak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell, Yehudi Menuhin, etc.), but I've never seen any of them live. I have seen Hilary live several times now!

Rachel Barton Pine is another great classical violinist with an incredible story, and also, like Hilary, has crossed over into rock (Earthen Grave, a metal band, is her other regular gig). BTW, if you don't know her story, Google her, because it's too long to tell here! And I've seen her live too!

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Re: Favourite Violinist

I like Sarah Chang, her take on Bach's 3rd is fantastic.

Isaac Stern was a master.
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Of all time for me, I'd have to say it's a very close race between Heifetz and Nathan Milstein. I love the agressive romanticism of Heifetz, and Milstein's early recordings of the unaccompanied Bach music are such great listening!
Not sure where I'd put Sarah Chang myself, but I haven't heard enough of her recordings.
Hilary definitely would be in my Top 5!
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David Oistrakh, Menuhin, Stern, Milstein, and Heifetz are all really tough to put in any kind of order since any of them could easily rank #1 at any given time!
Fritz Kreisler as well!
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Re: Favourite Violinist

Hmm Bond and Vannesa Mae are included?

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