This is a list of mandolinists, people who have specifically furthered the mandolin by composing for it, by playing it, or by teaching it. They are identified by their affiliation to the instrument.
First generation mandolinists (c. 1744 - 1880)
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1733-1820) Luigi Castellacci Giovanni Cifolelli Pietro Denis (1720-1790) Giovanni Fouchetti (1757-1789) Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri Carlo Antonio Gambara Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c.1762-1784) Giovanni Hoffmann (also Johann Hoffmann) (1770-c.1814) (Vienna) Vincent Houška (1766-1840) (Czechoslovakia) Wenzel Krumpholz (1750-1870) Carmine de Laurentiis Gabriele Leone;(1732-1770) Carlo Sodi (1715-1788) Giovanni Vailati (1815-1890) Mademoiselle de Villeneuve (1770) Pietro Vimercati (?-1850)
Golden age mandolinists (c. 1880 - c. 1920)
Michele Salvatore Ciociano (1874-1944) (Italy)Paul Sparks. The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. pp. 193-4.Ettore de Mura. Enciclopedia della canzone napoletana. Vol I. Napoli - Il Torchio. 1969. pp. 221-222. Valentine Abt (1873-1942) (United States) Pietro Armanini (1844-1895) (Italy) Edgar Bara (1876-1962) Giuseppe Bellenghi (1847-1902) Giuseppe Branzoli (1835-1909) (Italy) Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) (Italy) Jules Cottin (1868-1922) Ferdinando de Cristofaro (1846-1890) Carlo Curti (1859-1926) (Italy, United States, Mexico) Bernardo De Pace (1881-1966) Herbert J. Ellis (1865-1903) James Reese Europe (1881-1919) (United States) Giovanni Gioviale (1885-1949) (Italy) George H. Hucke (1868-1903) Nikolaos Lavdas (1879-1940) Salvador Léonardi (1872-1938) (Italy) Eduardo Mezzacapo (1832-1898) Carlo Munier ( 1859-1911) (Italy) W. Eugene Page (American) Clarence L. Partee (1864-1915) (Italy, United States) Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966) (Italy, United States) Jean Pietrapertosa (1855-1940) Silvio Ranieri (1882-1956) (Italy) Clara Ross (1858-1954) (England, United States) Arling Shaeffer (1859-after 1938) (United States) Samuel Siegel (1875-1948) (United States) Giuseppe Silvestri (1841-1921) Giovanni Vicari (1905-1985) (United States) Seth Weeks (1868-1953) (United States) Bob Yosco (1874-1942) (Italy, United States)
Modern mandolinists 1920 to present (deceased)
Classical Giuseppe Anedda (1912-1997) (Italy) (classical) Nino Catania (1907-1985) (Italy) Matteo Casserino (1911-2001) (United States) Rudy Cipolla (1900-2000) (United States) Samuel Firstman Kurt Jensen (1913-1911) (Australia) Yasuo Kuwahara (1946-2003) (Japan) Jiro Nakano (1902-2000) (Japan) Takashi Ochi (1934-2010) (Japan) Alison Stephens (1970-2010) (Great Britain) Morishige Takei (1890-1949) (Japan) Konrad Wölki (1904-1983) (Germany)
Blues Howard Armstrong (1909-2003) (United States), Tennessee Chocolate Drops
| style="width:25%; vertical-align:top;"| Willie Black (United States) (blues), Whistler And His Jug Band Dink Brister (1914 - 1991) (United States) (blues) Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) (Ireland) Jim Hill (United States) (blues) Charles Johnson (United States) (blues) Coley Jones (circa 1880s – 1930s) (United States) (blues), Dallas String Band Big Jack Johnson (1940-2011) Bobbie Leecan (1897-1946) (United States) (blues), Need More Band Alfred Martin (United States) (blues) Carl Martin (1906-1979) (United States) (blues) Charlie McCoy (1909-1950) (United States) (blues) Al Miller (United States) (blues) Matthew Prater (United States) (blues) Herb Quinn (United States) (blues) James "Yank" Rachell (1910-1997) (United States) (blues)
| style="width:25%;"| Johnny Winter (1944-2014) (United States) Johnny "Man" Young (1918-1974) (United States) (blues)
Bluegrass Charlie Bailey (1916-2004) (bluegrass) (old-time music), The Bailey Brothers Bill Bolick (1919-1998) (United States) (country) Jethro Burns (1920-1989) (United States) (country/bluegrass/jazz) Joseph Allen "Joe" Carr (1951-2014) John Duffey (1934-1996) (United States) (bluegrass), Country Gentlemen, Seldom Scene Bill Monroe (1911-1996) (United States) (bluegrass) Tiny Moore (1920-1987) (United States)(country/bluegrass/jazz) Bobby Osborne (1931-2023) Tut Taylor (1923-2015)
Carnatic U. Srinivas (1969-2014) (India)
Choro Jacob do Bandolim (1918-1969) (Brazil) (Choro, Samba-canção
Country Karl Davis (1905-1979) (Country music), Renfro Valley Boys, Cumberland Ridge Runners Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (1930-2004) Pee Wee Lambert (1924-1965) (United States) (Country music), Stanley Brothers
Gospel Katie Bell Nubin (United States) (gospel)
Jazz Dave Apollon (1898-1972) (United States) (jazz) Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932- c. 1976)
Old Timey Mike Seeger (1933-2009)
Southern rock Allen Woody (1955-2000), The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule
Modern mandolinists 1920 to present
Mainly classical Australian Paul Hooper
Belgium Ralf Leenen Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine
Bulgaria Oleg Videnov
France Marine Moletto Vincent Beer-Demander Cécile Valette, Nov' Mandolin Trio Annick Robergeau Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata Cécile Valette
Germany Marga Wilden-Hüsgen Veronika Schlereth Sabine Spath Steffen Trekel, Duo Trekel-Tröster Detlef Tewes
Great Britain Simon Mayor Frances Taylor
India U. Rajesh
Israel Avi Avital Jacob Reuven, Kerman Mandolin Quartet, Barrocade Alon Sariel
| style="width:25%; vertical-align:top;"| Italy Carlo Aonzo Andrea Bazzoni Matthew Bonizzoni, International Mandolin Orchestra Emanuele Cappellotto Céline Cellucci, Ensemble Gabrielle Leone, Pizzicato Ensemble Freddy Colt Dorina Frati Fabio Gallucci, Nov' Mandolin Trio Maria Cleofe Miotti Ugo Orlandi (Italy) Roberto Palumbo Giorgio Pertusi, International Mandolin Orchestra Amelia Saracco I Solisti Veneti Mauro Squillante Clara Ponzoni Miriam Zaniboni, International Mandolin Orchestra
Japan Ryo Aoyama
Onishi Kozo Izumi Toru
Netherlands Ferdinand Binnendijk Marina Eckhardt
Portugal Fabio Machado Norberto Gonçalves da Cruz
Puerto Rico Gustavo Batista -
Russia Natalya Kravets Natalia Marashova Elena Zabavskay Ekaterina Mochalova
Spain Héctor M. Marín Téllez
Juan-Carlos Muñoz
Switzerland Giorgio Borsani Giorgio Caneva, Orchestra mandolinistica di Lugano
Paolo Stirnimann, International Mandolin Orchestra
United States Butch Baldassari (bluegrass) Joseph Brent John Craton (classical) David Evans Neil Gladd (Classical) Marilynn Mair, Mair-Davis Duo, Mandolin World Summit, Enigmatica Evan Marshall Emanuil Sheynkman Radim Zenkl (Czechoslovakia) (bluegrass, jazz), Mandolin World Summit Modern Mandolin Quartet, 1985 to present
Blues
Ry Cooder (United States) Billy Flynn (United States) Alvin Youngblood Hart Jimi Hocking (Australia) Gerry Hundt (United States) Steve James (United States) Pokey Lafarge Barry Mitterhoff Otis Taylor (United States) Hans Theessink (Netherlands)
Bluegrass, Americana, Old Timey
Lloyd Armstrong Jeff Austin, Yonder Mountain String Band Alan Bibey, Baucom, Bibey, Graham & Haley Robert Bowlin Jesse Brock Sam Bush Mike Compton Sharon Gilchrist David Grisman David Harvey (luthier) Sierra Hull Sarah Jarosz Doyle Lawson David Long Mike Marshall Ronnie McCoury, Del McCoury Band Jesse McReynolds Barry Mitterhoff Tim O'Brien Georgi Palmov (Russia), Kukuruza, Seldom Scene Tom Rozum Sandy Rothman, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Jon Sholle Ricky Skaggs, Clinch Mountain Boys, The Country Gentlemen, Kentucky Thunder Johnny Staats Andy Statman Adam Steffey Bryan Sutton Chris Thile (classical), Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek Niall Toner (Ireland) Graham Townsend Joe Val Rhonda Vincent Frank Wakefield Kym Warner (Australia) Sean Watkins Roland White Paul Williams, The Sunny Mountain Boys
Choro Hamilton de Holanda Déo RianTamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour, Thomas George Caracas Garcia. 2005. Choro: A Social History Of A Brazilian Popular Music. Indiana University Press, Jul 30, 2005 p. 133
Country
Vince Gill (United States) Johnny Gimble Cheyenne Kimball Ira Louvin Martie Maguire of Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds Emily Robison, Dixie Chicks, Court Yard Hounds Marty Stuart (United States) Oscar Sullivan, Lonzo and Oscar Lisa Theo, Ranch Romance Charlie Worsham
Mix: Americana, American folk, progressive bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock, country
Larry Campbell (rock, blues, country, folk and Celtic styles) Ry Cooder Steve Earle David Grisman Sarah Jarosz David Lindley (musician) Peter Ostroushko
Irish
Paul Brady Andy Irvine (Ireland) Paul Kelly (Ireland) Mick Moloney (Ireland) Johnny Moynihan (Ireland) John Sheahan (Ireland)
British folk and folk rock
Ritchie Blackmore Blackmore's Night Chris Leslie, Fairport Convention, Whippersnapper, St.Agnes Fountain (Band) Graham Lyle, McGuinness Flint Dave Swarbrick, Fairport Convention
Rock
Ian Anderson (Great Britain), Jethro Tull Eric Bazilian, mandolin part of Joan Osborne's St. Teresa Tim Brennan, Dropkick Murphys Peter Buck (United States), R.E.M., mandolin part of Losing My Religion Dash Crofts, Seals and Crofts Rory Gallagher (Ireland), Going to My Hometown David Gilmour, Pink Floyd David Grisman mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the DevilGarcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 202. Levon Helm, The Band Chris Hillman, The Byrds, mandolin part of Sweet Mary Ray Jackson, mandolin part of Rod Stewart's Maggie May, Lindisfarne (band) John Paul Jones (United Kingdom), Led Zeppelin, mandolin part of Gallows Pole Bernie Leadon (United States) Jimmy Page (United Kingdom), Led Zeppelin Mick Ronson, Mott the Hoople, :mandolin part of I Wish I was Your Mother Jack White (United States), The White Stripes Pete Zorn (United States / United Kingdom), Richard Thompson's touring band, Steeleye Span
Jazz
Joseph Brent Michael Kang The String Cheese Incident John Kruth Tim Ware
Gospel music / klezmer Andy Statman (klezmer, bluegrass)
Mandolin orchestras
Mandolin Society of Peterborough
References
External links Best mandolin rock songs