- male, deceased (1970)
- Hall Johnson (March 12, 1888 - April 30, 1970) was, along with Harry Burleigh, one of the two American composers who elevated the African-American...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Joseph Fuchs was one of the most important American violinists and teachers of the 20th century, and the brother of Lillian Fuchs. Born in New...
- male, 66 years old
- Roger Smalley (born 1943 in Manchester, UK) is a British-Australian composer, pianist and conductor. He studied at the Royal College of Music in...
- male, 59 years old
- Simon Rowland-Jones is a violist, composer, and music editor. He is best known for his arrangement of the Bach Cello Suites for Viola, which is...
- male, deceased (1962)
- Franz Konwitschny was a German conductor. He started his career on the viola, playing in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Wilhelm...
- male, deceased (1948)
- Ernst Heinrich Roth (1877-1948) was a German luthier and master of a large and successful violin-making workshop in the East German town of...
- female
- Diemut Poppen began violin lessons at the age of seven, but changed to the viola having been exposed to it through playing chamber music. She has...
- male, 59 years old
- Billy Currie (born William Lee Currie on 1 April 1950 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) is a musician and songwriter. He is best known as the...
- male
- Michael Kugel is one of the exceptional contemporary virtuoso viola players. He was born in Kharkov, USSR born (December 5th, 1946). He studied at...
- male
- Paul Rolland (b.Nov 21, 1911, Budapest - 1977, Illinois) was a violist and an influential American violin teacher who concentrated on the pedagogy...
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