Leonid Kogan

Leonid Kogan

male, deceased (1982)
Leonid Borisovich Kogan (Russian: Леонид Борисович Коган) was a violin virtuoso. He is one of the 20th century's most famous Soviet violinists. T...
Cheb I Sabbah

Cheb I Sabbah

male
Cheb-i-Sabbah, born Haim Sérge El Baaz, a Jew of Berber (Amazigh) descent in Constantine, Algeria. He moved to Paris in the 1960s, and, more or l...
Teddy Wilson

Teddy Wilson

male, deceased (1986)
Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson (24 November 1912-31 July 1986) was a jazz pianist from the United States born in in Austin, Texas. His sophisticated...
Ivan Galamian

Ivan Galamian

male, deceased (1981)
Ivan Alexander Galamian (January 23, 1903-April 14, 1981) was one of the most influential violin teachers of the Twentieth Century. He was born in...
Jean-Marie Leclair

Jean-Marie Leclair

male, deceased (1764)
Jean-Marie Leclair, also known as Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder, (Lyon May 10, 1697 - Paris October 22, 1764) was a Baroque violinist and composer....
Gregor Piatigorsky

Gregor Piatigorsky

male, deceased (1976)
Gregor Piatigorsky was a Ukrainian cellist well known in his time. Gregor Piatigorsky, or occasionally known as "Grisha," was born in Ekaterinoslav...
Joseph Silverstein

Joseph Silverstein

male, 77 years old
Joseph Silverstein (born March 21, 1932) is an American violinist and conductor. He was born in Detroit and studied with his father, who was a...
Sylvano Bussotti

Sylvano Bussotti

male, 78 years old
Sylvano Bussotti (born 1 October 1931) is an Italian composer of contemporary music whose work is unusually notated and often brings up special...
Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard

male, 39 years old
Glen Hansard is the vocalist and guitarist for Irish rock group The Frames. Hansard quit school at age 13 to begin busking on local Dublin streets....
Roger Nichols

Roger Nichols

male
Roger Nichols, born in Missoula, MT, is a Grammy-nominated composer and songwriter. He is a multi-instrumentalist who plays violin, guitar, bass,...