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Description of Solo Instrumentalist

 
The category of Solo Instrumentalist denotes just that-unaccompanied performance on any instrument, grouped according to musician rather than composer, and without regard to style or skill level.
 

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Solo Instrumentalist Key Artists

 
Anne-Sophie Mutter

German violinist
Anne-Sophie Mutter is
known for championing
contemporary composition.
She made her internation...

Fritz Kreisler

Kreisler was influential in
shaping violin performance
practices for the twentieth
century -- vibrato usage in
particular.

Itzhak Perlman

Beyond Perlman's present
fame, he was perhaps the
most visible violin
concertizer of the
twentieth century. This T...

Jacqueline du Pre

One of the greatest cellists
of all time, Jacqueline Du
Pre lived a passionate life
and died tragically young.
Her marriage to pianist Da...

Jascha Heifetz

Jewish Russian child violin
prodigy during the age of 78
discs. His performances are
un-sentimental and
technically precise.

Lynn Harrell

Lynn Harrell is a world
famous solo cellist. He plays
the 1673 Stradivarious cello
that belonged to Jacqueline
du Pre.

Mstislov Rostropovich

Cellist/conductor and once
secretary to Prokofiev, his
legendary career began
after the U.S.S.R. exiled him
in 1974.

Pinchas Zukerman

This American has become
a star on both the violin and
the viola, a rare feat among
classical performers.

Yehudi Menuhin

New York violinist Menuhin
achieved childhood fame as
a touring prodigy. He was
the first Jew to perform in
postwar Germany. Sir Men...

Yo-Yo Ma

A master of all things cello,
Yo-Yo Ma can be heard
smiling through
Appalachian, jazz, Brazilian
and other genres. Ma's mu...

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