Famous concertmasters
profession; leader of the first violin section in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band) and the instrument-playing leader of the orchestra
133 people
Zino Francescatti
1902
– 1991
· Age 89
Deceased
J
Johann Gottlieb Graun
1703
– 1771
· Age 68
Deceased
Johann Peter Salomon
1745
– 1815
· Age 70
Deceased
Joseph Hellmesberger
1828
– 1893
· Age 64
Deceased
Édouard Colonne
1838
– 1910
· Age 71
Deceased
O
Otar Taktakishvili
1924
– 1989
· Age 64
Deceased
Enrique Fernández Arbós
1863
– 1939
· Age 75
Deceased
Jaap van Zweden
1960
· Age 65
Alive
Tor Aulin
1866
– 1914
· Age 47
Deceased
W
Willi Boskovsky
1909
– 1991
· Age 81
Deceased
Charles Dancla
1817
– 1907
· Age 89
Deceased
S
Szymon Goldberg
1909
– 1993
· Age 84
Deceased
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
1760
– 1802
· Age 42
Deceased
Okko Kamu
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Ferdinand Laub
1832
– 1875
· Age 43
Deceased
Klaus Tennstedt
1926
– 1998
· Age 71
Deceased
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
1900
– 1973
· Age 73
Deceased
Nobuko Imai
1943
· Age 82
Alive
L
Ludwig Abeille
1761
– 1838
· Age 77
Deceased
C
Carlo Farina
1600
– 1639
· Age 39
Deceased
S
Sakari Oramo
1965
· Age 60
Alive
César Thomson
1857
– 1931
· Age 74
Deceased
W
Walter Weller
1939
– 2015
· Age 75
Deceased
Hans Sitt
1850
– 1922
· Age 71
Deceased
Oleg Kagan
1946
– 1990
· Age 43
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q691031