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.

Sortable list Total listed: Name Alias Birth date (yyyy/mm/dd) Birthplace Died (yyyy/mm/dd) Place last living Nationality NotesPlunkett, Catherine 1725 c. Dublin, Ireland 1745 or later Irish Violinists www.violinist.comdella Pietà, Santa Sanza (Samaritana) della Pietà 1725–1750 c. Venice, Italy 1775 or later Venice, Italy Italian Also contralto and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldidella Pietà, Anna Maria Anna Maria della Pietà 1696 Venice, Italy 1782 Venice, Italy Italian Also singer, musician and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio Vivaldidella Pietà, Chiara Chiara della Pietà 1718 Venice, Italy 1791 Venice, Italy Italian Also singer and composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Antonio VivaldiGambarini, Elisabetta Mrs. Chazal 1730/09/07 Italy 1765/02/09 England Italian-English Also composer/conductor Sirmen, Maddalena Maddalena (Madelena) Laura Sirmen (Syrmen) b. Lombardini 1745/12/9 Venice, Italy 1818/05/18 Venice, Italy Italian Also composer at Ospedale della Pietà / Pupil of Giuseppe TartiniSchmeling, Gertrude Gertrude Elisabeth Mara / Schmehling (Schmelling, Schmaeling, Schmaehling) 1749/02/23 Kassel, Germany 1833/01/20 Reval (Tallinn), Estonia German Also guitarist, soprano and harpsichordist /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deBayer, Caroline Karoline Bayer (Beyer, Beyern) 1758 Vienna, Austria 1803 Austria Austrian Also composer Strinasacchi, Regina Regina Schlick / Catarina Strinasacchi 1761/02/28 Ostiglia, Italy 1839/06/11 Dresden, Germany Italian Dedicatee of W. A. Mozart's Violin Sonata KV 454 /short bio mugi.hfmt-hamburg.deGautherot, Louise M.me Louise Gautherot / b. Louise Deschamps 1763 France 1808/07/28 London French Pupil of Nicolas Capron /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deLarrivée, Henriette L’Arrivée (Agathe-Elisabeth) Henriette / Henriette Larrivée-Borghese 1764/11/06 Paris, France 1839/03/26 Paris, France French Violinist, pianist and composer / Performed in the French provinces and in LondonParavicini, Giulia Giulia Parravicini-Albergandi 1769 Turin, Italy 1843 or later Italian , Charles Philippe Lafont and Rodolphe Kreutzer /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deGerbini, Luigia Luigia (Lugia, Luisa, Louise), Garbini (Gardini) 1770 c. Turin, Italy 1819 or later Italian Pupil of Gaetano Pugnani / German bio sophie-drinker-institut.dePetersén, Marie Antoinette Maria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersen / b. Crux 1771 Mannheim, Germany 1855 Sweden Swedish violinist and singer Gondreville, Mussier de Magnier de Gondreville-Ladurner 1779 or earlier France 1825/10/28 Saint-Denis, France French Wife of composer /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deFilipowicz, Elisabeth Filipowicz, Filipowitz, Elisabeth, Elise / b. Mayer, marr. Minelli 1794 Rastatt, Germany 1841/05/4 London, England Polish Also composer /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deKrähmer, Caroline Madame Krahmen / b. Carolina (Maria) Schleicher 1794/12/17 Stockach, Germany 1873/04/19 Vienna, Austria German Also clarinettist, pianist, guitarist /Michael Lorenz: "The Late Years of Caroline Krähmer" (Vienna 2021)Borgman, Lovisa Charlotta 1798 Götheborg, Sweden 1884 Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Neumann, Eleonore Neumann, Leonore/Eleonore/Eleonora 1819 (Lissa, Prussia) Leszno, Poland 1840/02/15 Triest, Italy (Prussian, Russian?), Polish?, Italian, Jewish German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deNeumann, Eleonore Jewish EncyclopediaMilanollo, Teresa "Mademoiselle Adagio" / (Domenica Maria) Teresa, Theresa, Therese, Milanollo-Parmentier 1827/08/28 Savigliano, Italy 1904/10/25 Paris, France Italian Sister of Maria Milanollo / Owned the "Milanollo-Dragonetti" Stradivari, 1728 (played by Paganini and bequeathed her by Dragonetti) and the "Milanollo-Hembert" Stradivari, 1703Milanollo, Maria "Mademoiselle Staccato" 1832/07/19 Savigliano, Italy 1848/10/21 Paris, France Italian Sister of Teresa Milanollo / Owned the small violin "Milanollo" F. Ruggieri, 1680 c.Wendheim, Gabriele von Wendheim, Hoffmann, Hofmann von Wendheim, Hoffmann von Wendheim, Gabriele von, Gabrielle 1835 c. Graz, Austria 1883 or later Austrian Pupil of and dedicatee of Joseph Joachim's Nocturno for violin and orchestra, Op.12 (1858) /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deFerni, Vincenzina 1837 c. Como, Italy 1926/06 Turin, Italy Italian Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Carolina Ferni /short biowww.magiadellopera.comBlunt, Anne Lady Ann Blunt / Anne Isabella Noel Blunt (15th Baroness Wentworth) / b. Annabella King-Noel 1837/09/22 England 1917/12/15 Cairo, Egypt English Owned the "Lady Blunt" Stradivari, 1721Neruda, Wilma Lady Hallé / b. Wilhelmine (Vilémina) Maria Franziska Neruda 1838/03/21 Brno, Austrian Empire 1911/04/15 Berlin, Germany Czech Pupil of Leopold Jansa /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deNeruda, Maria Madame Arlberg-Neruda / b. Anna Marie Rudolfina Neruda 1840/03/26 Brno, Austrian Empire 1920/11/07 Copenhagen, Denmark Czech Pupil of Leopold Jansa /Swedish bio runeberg.orgIacovino, Mariuccia 1912/12/12 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2008/05/16 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazilian Also InstructorFerni, Carolina 1839/02/20 Como, Italy 1926/06/04 Milan, Italy Italian Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Charles Dancla and Henri Vieuxtemps / Also soprano / Duo with her sister, violinist Vincenzina Ferni /Brousil, Bertha Brousil, Brusil, Bransil, Brousilová, Bertha 1842 Pisek, Austrian Empire 1919/11 London, England Czech Pupil of František Němec /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deUrso, Camilla 1842/06/13 Nantes, France 1902/01/20 New York, New York US American Camilla Urso Collection www.oac.cdlib.orgGrünner, Marie Marie (Grünner, Grüner, Gruner) Grünner-Messerschmidt 1847 Vienna, Austria 1895/10/15 Vienna, Austria Austrian Cousin of composer Johann Schrammel /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deLebouys, Catherine Catherine (Catarina, Anna, Nina, Marie-Claire) Lebouys-Waldteufel 1847 Rome, Italy 1876 or later Italian Pupil of Delphin Alard and Charles Auguste de Bériot/German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deFerni, Virginia 1849 Turin, Italy 1934/02/04 Turin, Italy Italian Also soprano / Cousin of violinists Vincenzina Ferni and Carolina Ferni /Drechsler-Hamilton, Bertha Bertha Drechsler Adamson 1849/03/25 Edinburgh, Scotland 1934/02/04 Toronto, Canada English Also conductor /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deMaier, Amanda Röntgen-Maier, marr. Röntgen, Carolina Amanda Erika 1853/02/20 Landskrona, Sweden 1894/06/15 Amsterdam, Netherlands Swedish Also organist and composer / Wife of composer Julius Röntgen /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deLiebé, Therese Liebe, Thérèse (Jeanne Berthe) 1854/04/07 Straßburg, Austria 1897 or later London, England Austrian Pupil of Teresa Milanollo /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deFranko, Jeanne 1855 New Orleans, Louisiana, US 1940/12/03 New York, New York US American Also pianist / Pupil of Henri Vieuxtemps /Jeanne Franko bio jwa.orgTayau, Marie1855/06/12Pau, France1892/08Paris, FranceFrenchViolinist and violin teacherBrehm, Mathilde Mathilde Brem-Heim 1856/12/03 Oberdorf, Germany 1886/03/02 Davos-Platz, Germany German German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deScharwenka, Marianne born Stresow 1856/02/25 Germany 1918/10/24 Berlin, Germany German Violinist and composerShattuck, Lillian 1857 Boston, Massachusetts US 1940 US American Student of Julius Eichberg / chamber musician / founded a women's string quartet Bauer-Lechner, Natalie b. Nathalie Lechner 1858/05/09 Vienna, Austria 1921/06/8 Austria Austrian Also violist in the Maria Soldat-Roeger String Quartet / Close friend of Gustav MahlerBarbi, Alice Alice Laura Barbi 1858/06/01 Modena, Italy 1948/09/04 Rome, Italy Italian Also mezzo-sopranoTschetschulin, Agnes 1859/02/24 Helsinki, Finland 1942 Stockholm Finnish Also composer / Together with Jean Sibelius, pupil of Mitrofan Wasiljeff /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.dePommereul, Marguerite Pommereuil, Aline-Marguerite, b. Guyet, marr. Rouvier 1859/03 Saint Mihiel, France 1879 or later France French Pupil of Jean-Delphin Alard /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deRiley, Lucy 1861 England 1897 or later England English Pupil of Joseph Joachim / From 1886, 2nd violin of the "Shinner String Quartet" (leader, Emily Shinner) /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deShinner, Emily Emily Shinner-Liddell 1862/07/07 Cheltenham, England 1901/07/17 London, England English Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Leader of the "Shinner String Quartet" /short bio mugi.hfmt-hamburg.deSoldat-Roeger, Maria Marie Soldat-Röger / b. Soldat 1863/03/25 Graz, Austria 1955/09/30 Graz, Austria Austrian Pupil of Joseph Joachim / Played with Johannes Brahms / Owned a 'Guarnieri del Gesù', 1742Senkrah, Arma born Anna Loretta Harkness 1864/06/06 Williamson, New York, US 1900/09/03 Weimar, Germany American Student of Arno Hilf, Henryk Wieniawski and Joseph Lambert Massart / first prize at Conservatoire de Paris / successful performances throughout Europe Osgood, Marion Marion G. Osgood 1859/1/4 Chelsea, Massachusetts, US 1948 American Violinist, composer and orchestral conductor / founded the all-female Marion Osgood's Ladies OrchestraTua, Teresina Teresa (or Teresina, Maria Felicita) Tua / Suor Maria di Gesù 1866/04/24 Turin, Italy 1956/10/29 Rome, Italy Italian Pupil of Lambert Massart /note pronetoviolins.blogspot.it and The New York Times, 1887/10/18, article / Owned the "Mond-Tua" Stradivari, 1709Wietrowetz, Gabriela Gabriele Wietrovitz 1866/01/13 Ljubliana, Slovenia 1937/04/06 Berlin, Germany Italian-Slovenian Pupil of Joseph Joachim /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deClench, Nora Esther Leonora Clench 1867/05/06 St. Maris, Canada West 1938/05/17 Toorak, Victoria, Australia Canadian Powell, Maud Maud Powell 1867/08/22 Peru, Illinois, US 1920/01/08 Uniontown, Pennsylvania, US American Pupil of Joseph Joachim /The Maud Powell Society www.maudpowell.orgRobinson, Edith 1867/10/29 Manchester, England 1940/04/18 English Pupil of Adolph Brodsky /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deMorgan, Geraldine 1868/11/15 New York, New York US 1918 US American Pupil of Leopold Damrosch and Joseph Joachim /Geraldine Morgan note via books.google.comCarpenter, Nettie Nettie Carpenter-Stearn 1869 New York, New York US 1940 or later American Pupil of Pablo de Sarasate /The New York Times, 1887/10/17note www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.ukRode, Mina Minna Rode 1870 c. Germany 1901 or later Berlin, Germany German Granddaughter of Pierre Rode / Pupil of Hugo Heermann /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deBecker Shaffer, Dora b. Dora Valesca Becker 1870/03/07 Galveston, Texas, US 1958/05/19 Pennsylvania American Pupil of Joseph Joachim / first women to play on a musical recording in 1898 on a wax Bettini Phonograph cylinderFolville, Juliette Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville 1870/01/05 Liège, Belgium 1946/10/19 Pyrénées région, France Belgian Pupil of Charles Malherbe / Also pianistKōda, Nobu Nobu Kōda 1870/04/19 Tokyo, Japan 1946/03/19 Tokyo, Japan Japanese Also pianistScotta, Frida Frida von Kaulbach / born Frida Schytte 1871/03/31 Copenhagen, Denmark 1948/04/29 Ohlstadt, Germany Danish Student of Joseph Massart / performed in Austria, England, Germany and RussiaSpeyer, Leonora b. Leonora von Stosch / Lady Speyer 1872/11/07 Washington DC, US 1956/02/10 New York, US American Also poetMudocci, Eva born Evangeline Hope Muddock / Rose Lynton 1872 Brixton, London, England 1953 English Performed widely with the pianist Bella Edwards / close friend of the painter Edvard MunchBrennerberg, Irene Irene (Rosa) von Brennerberg 1873/03/14 Brașov, Transylvania 1922/10/01 Brașov, Romania Romanian Pupil of Martin Marsick /German bio sophie-drinker-institut.deBarns, Ethel Ethel Barns Phillips 1874 London, England 1948/12/31 Maidenhead, England English Pupil of Émile Sauret / Also composerMead, Olive 1874 US 1946 American Pupil of Julius Eichberg and F