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violin
what it is
This tag describes songs or artists that use the violin as a predominant instrument or influence.
✦ meet the girls making violin →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
Taylor Davis
160k listeners
Itzhak Perlman
211k listeners
Pablo de Sarasate
99k listeners
Joshua Bell
160k listeners
David Garrett
245k listeners
Daniel Hope
65k listeners
Jean-Luc Ponty
226k listeners
Hilary Hahn
114k listeners
Gidon Kremer
95k listeners
Anne-Sophie Mutter
71k listeners
Midori
73k listeners
Henryk Wieniawski
43k listeners
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
Isabelle Faust
11k listeners
Ikuko Kawai
5k listeners
Sarah Nemtanu
4k listeners
Esther Abrami
11k listeners
Samvel Yervinyan
1k listeners
Rachel Barton
4k listeners
Emmanuele Baldini
419 listeners
Simon Shaheen & Qantara
9k listeners
Dominique Pifarély
378 listeners
Carl Martin
3k listeners
Oleg Ponomarev
3k listeners
Cordaria
345 listeners
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questions
What is violin?
This tag describes songs or artists that use the violin as a predominant instrument or influence.
What are good violin albums to start with?
Try Encore by David Garrett, Schindler's List by John Williams, Imaginary Voyage by Jean-Luc Ponty, and Purple Electric Violin Concerto by Ed Alleyne-Johnson.
Who are some women making violin?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/violin/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making violin, from mainstream to underground.
genre notes from last.fm listeners · artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-20