List of violists

This is a list of noted viola players.

Notable violists

A
* Julia Rebekka Adler (b.1978)
* Sir Hugh Allen (1869–1946), conductor
* Atar Arad

B
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
* Michael Balling (1886–1925)
* Rudolf Barshai (b.1924), conductor
* Yuri Bashmet (b.1953)
* Cathy Basrak (b.1977)
* Natalie Bauer-Lechner (1858–1921)
* Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
* Mitrofan Belyayev (1836–1904)
* František Benda (1709–1786), composer
* Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795), composer
* Yehonatan Berick (b.1968)
* Franz Beyer (b.1922)
* Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
* Vadim Borisovsky (1900–1972)
* Frank Bridge (1879–1941), composer
* Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), composer
* Peter Bucknell (b.1977)

C
* John Cale (b.1942)
* Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827), composer, violinist
* David Aaron Carpenter (b.1986)
* Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
* Gérard Caussé (b.1948)
* Roger Chase (b.1953)
* Franck Chevalier (b.1973)
* Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), composer
* Eric Coates (1886–1957), composer
* Paul Coletti (b.1959)
* Wayne Crouse (1924–2000)

D
* Steven Dann (b.1953)
* Gyula Dávid (1913–1977)
* Tania Davis (b.1975)
* Brett Dean (b.1961)
* Roberto Díaz (b.1960)
* Viacheslav Dinerchtein
* Napoleon Distelmans
* Paul Doktor (1917–1989)
* Karen Dreyfus
* Charles Dutoit (b.1936), conductor
* Lawrence Dutton (b.1954)
* Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer

E

F
* Ralph Farris (b.1970)
* Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941), composer
* Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995)

G
* Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductor
* Bruno Giuranna
* Roland Glassl
* Rosemary Glyde (1948–1994), composer
* Rivka Golani (b.1946)

H
* Veronika Hagen
* John Harbison (b.1938), composer
* Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), composer
* Raphael Hillyer (b. 1914)
* Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer

I
* Nobuko Imai (b.1943)
* Yuko Inoue

J
* Leroy Jenkins (1932–2007)
* Otto Joachim (b.1910), composer

K
* Thomas Kakuska (1940–2005)
* Gilad Karni
* Kim Kashkashian (b.1952)
* Milton Katims (1909–2006), conductor
* Martha Strongin Katz
* Nigel Keay (b.1955), composer
* Nigel Kennedy (b.1956), violinist
* Michael Klotz (b.1978)
* Tosca Kramer (1903–1976)
* Michael Kugel (b.1946)

L
* Jaime Laredo (b.1941), violinist
* Steve Larson
* Lim Soon Lee
* Jodi Levitz

M
* Jethro Marks
* Uri Mayer (b.1946), conductor
* Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), composer
* Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), violinist
* John Metcalfe (b.1964)
* Miroslav Miletic (b.1925), composer
* Shlomo Mintz (b.1957), violinist
* Pierre Monteux (1875–1964), conductor
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer
* Pedro Saglimbeni Muñoz
* Henry Myerscough

N
* Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (b.1960)
* Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930), composer
* Paul Neubauer (b.1962)
* Václav Neumann (1920–1995), conductor
* Casimir Ney (1801–1877)

O
* Heiichiro Ohyama
* David Oistrakh (1908–1974), violinist

P
* Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), composer, violinist
* Ödön Pártos (1907–1977), composer
* Joseph de Pasquale (b.1919)
* Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), composer
* Cynthia Phelps
* Jocelyn Pook (b.1960), composer
* Diemut Poppen
* Ari Poutiainen (b.1972)
* Milton Preves (1909–2000)
* William Primrose (1904–1982)

Q
* Karl Traugott Queisser (b. 1800)R
* Julian Rachlin (b.1974), violinist
* Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), composer
* Paul Reynolds (b.1973)
* Karen Ritscher
* Carol Rodland
* Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841), composer
* Paul Rolland (1911–1977)
* Max Rostal (1905–1991), violinist
* Simon Rowland-Jones (b.1950)
* Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), composer

S
* Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor
* Peter Schidlof (1922–1987)
* Franz Schubert (1797–1828), composer
* Joseph Schubert (1754–1837), composer, violinist
* Tibor Serly (1901–1978), composer
* William Shield (1748–1829)
* Hans Sitt (1850–1922)
* Scott Slapin (b.1974)
* Peter Slowik
* Anton Stamitz (1750–c.1800), composer
* Carl Stamitz (1745–1801), composer
* Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), composer
* Scott St. John (b.1969)
* Jennifer Stumm
* Josef Suk (b.1929), violinist
* Jean Sulem (b.1959)

T
* Antoine Tamestit
* Lionel Tertis (1876–1975)
* Marcus Thompson
* Alexandru Todicescu
* Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), pedagogue, composer
* Walter Trampler (1915–1997)
* Michael Tree (b.1934)
* Karen Tuttle (b.1920)
* Michael Twomey (b.1963)

U
* Chrétien Urhan (1790–1845)

V
* Roland Vamos (b.1930)
* Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739–1813)
* Maxim Vengerov (b.1974), violinist
* Robert Vernon (b.1949)

W
* Geraldine Walther
* Melia Watras
* John Webb (b.1969), composer
* Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), violinist

X

Y
* Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), violinist

Z
* Lev Zhurbin (b.1978), composer
* Tabea Zimmermann (b.1966)
* Pinchas Zukerman (b.1948), violinist