Hall Johnson

Hall Johnson

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...

Joseph Fuchs

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...
Roger Smalley

Roger Smalley

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...
Simon Rowland-Jones

Simon Rowland-Jones

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...
Franz Konwitschny

Franz Konwitschny

male, deceased (1962)
Franz Konwitschny was a German conductor. He started his career on the viola, playing in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under Wilhelm...
Ernst Heinrich Roth

Ernst Heinrich Roth

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...
Diemut Poppen

Diemut Poppen

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...
Billy Currie

Billy Currie

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...
Michael Kugel

Michael Kugel

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...

Paul Rolland

male
Paul Rolland (b.Nov 21, 1911, Budapest - 1977, Illinois) was a violist and an influential American violin teacher who concentrated on the pedagogy...