Jean-Pierre Duport

Jean-Pierre Duport

male, deceased (1818)
Jean-Pierre Duport (November 27, 1741-December 31, 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He owned and played the Duport...
Hugo Becker

Hugo Becker

male, 68 years old
Hugo Becker was a prominent 20th century cellist and cello teacher. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher i...
Yuuko Shiokawa

Yuuko Shiokawa

female
Yuuko Shiokawa is a Japanese-born violinist. She was born in Tokyo and started studying violin when she was 5. In 1957, her family emigrated to...
George Balabushka

George Balabushka

male, deceased (1975)
George Balabushka (December 9, 1912 - December, 1975) was a Russian-born legendary billiards (pool) cue maker, arguably the most prominent member...
Antonio Torres Jurado

Antonio Torres Jurado

male, deceased (1892)
Antonio De Torres Jurado was a Spanish guitarist and guitar maker. Jurado is as revered among guitarists as Antonio Stradivari is revered among...

Jan Kubelík

male, deceased (1940)
Jan Kubelík was a Czech violinist and composer. He was born in Michle (now part of Prague) and studied at the Prague Conservatoire with Otakar Š...

Karl Davydov

male, deceased (1889)
Karl Juljewitsch Davydov, was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "tsar of...
Igino Sderci

Igino Sderci

male, deceased (1983)
Igino (Iginius) Sderci (1884 - 1983) was born in Florence, Italy. He devoted his entire career to violin making, studying under master maker...
Sergei Khachatryan

Sergei Khachatryan

male, 24 years old
Sergey Khachatryan is a violinist who was born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1985. He won the Sibelius violin competition in 2000, the youngest person to...
Paul Rosenthal

Paul Rosenthal

male, 67 years old
Paul Rosenthal (born 1942) is an American virtuoso violinist. He studied at the Juilliard School and with Jascha Heifetz in Los Angeles. He has...