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Who would you consider to be the "best" or greatest violinist to ever have lived?
  Niccolo Paganini
  Jascha Heifetz
  Joshua Bell
  Sarah Chang
  Itzhak Perlman
  Hilary Hahn
  Yehudi Menuhin
  Isaac Stern
  Pinchas Zukerman
  Other
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Collin_is_crazy

PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:03 pm


Hye-sang
Collin_is_crazy
Justoman
Collin_is_crazy
Itzhak Perlman is by far the best..... have you ever actually seen him perform? he is AMAZING!!! I have seen live most of the people in the poll, but he beats them all hands down... ninja
hmm...i would have to disagree with you on that one. It is true that Itzhak has more EXPERIENCE than the others (simply because he is old), but i don't think he is a better violinist. His technique and method mastery are there, but he doesn't seem to play with the same passion as someone like Joshua Bell or Hilary Hahn. Each generation of violinists is getting younger and younger. Soloing isn't what it was like in Itzhak's time anymore...it is becoming more prestegious and competative.

i would only partially agree with you... i still think that Itzhak is the best, but it does seem that Joshua and Hilary have more of a passion (i am personally glad to have seen them all biggrin ) (and now for my calling card for this guild: the ninja) xd rofl ninja ninja ninja

*nods* okk. I can appreciate that.
I'm rather glad you don't agree with me, though. xd

you like to argue as much as me?!?
PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:16 pm


Collin_is_crazy
Hye-sang
Collin_is_crazy
Justoman
Collin_is_crazy
Itzhak Perlman is by far the best..... have you ever actually seen him perform? he is AMAZING!!! I have seen live most of the people in the poll, but he beats them all hands down... ninja
hmm...i would have to disagree with you on that one. It is true that Itzhak has more EXPERIENCE than the others (simply because he is old), but i don't think he is a better violinist. His technique and method mastery are there, but he doesn't seem to play with the same passion as someone like Joshua Bell or Hilary Hahn. Each generation of violinists is getting younger and younger. Soloing isn't what it was like in Itzhak's time anymore...it is becoming more prestegious and competative.

i would only partially agree with you... i still think that Itzhak is the best, but it does seem that Joshua and Hilary have more of a passion (i am personally glad to have seen them all biggrin ) (and now for my calling card for this guild: the ninja) xd rofl ninja ninja ninja

*nods* okk. I can appreciate that.
I'm rather glad you don't agree with me, though. xd

you like to argue as much as me?!?

Well, yes, but I really appreciate honesty. It's extremely important to me and gives you brownie points. 3nodding
But the argumentation really isn't so bad, either. wink

Tokgabi


Collin_is_crazy

PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:06 pm


Hye-sang
Collin_is_crazy
Hye-sang
Collin_is_crazy
Justoman
Collin_is_crazy
Itzhak Perlman is by far the best..... have you ever actually seen him perform? he is AMAZING!!! I have seen live most of the people in the poll, but he beats them all hands down... ninja
hmm...i would have to disagree with you on that one. It is true that Itzhak has more EXPERIENCE than the others (simply because he is old), but i don't think he is a better violinist. His technique and method mastery are there, but he doesn't seem to play with the same passion as someone like Joshua Bell or Hilary Hahn. Each generation of violinists is getting younger and younger. Soloing isn't what it was like in Itzhak's time anymore...it is becoming more prestegious and competative.

i would only partially agree with you... i still think that Itzhak is the best, but it does seem that Joshua and Hilary have more of a passion (i am personally glad to have seen them all biggrin ) (and now for my calling card for this guild: the ninja) xd rofl ninja ninja ninja

*nods* okk. I can appreciate that.
I'm rather glad you don't agree with me, though. xd

you like to argue as much as me?!?

Well, yes, but I really appreciate honesty. It's extremely important to me and gives you brownie points. 3nodding
But the argumentation really isn't so bad, either. wink

lol....thanks...
PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:06 am


Ah, I believe Maxim Vengerov is right up there too. He's my favorite!

dragon_star_87


musty716

PostPosted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:36 pm


David Oistrakh is a good one also.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:11 pm


The greatest fiddler I've witnessed would have to be Donnell Leahy. If you ever get a chance to see Leahy in concert, do it. All.. 8 or 9 in the family that tour are fantastic.

iviary


Evelian

PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:04 pm


xp Gregor Kitzis, he's the nefarious violinist of Voltaire. It may be a stretch to call the man better than Perlman, but the man is beautiful and does a damn good job and I love his compositions. ninja
PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:25 am


Huzzah! Maxim Vengerov is going to be on TV LIVE!! tonight at 8:00 on the Ovation channel, if you get it! It's definitely worth watching!

dragon_star_87


Audd

PostPosted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:11 pm


Greatest Violinist ever?... Well I don't really know many great Violinists. xD Vanessa Mae maybe? I LOVE the devil's trill!

Greatest fiddler ever (in my opinion) would definately be Natalie MacMaster. =D Shes my hero. ...And after her... JayDean Ludiker, because she's my fiddling teacher. xD ok ok, don't count JayDean, but she does rock.
PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:52 pm


I really like: Paganini and Kreisler but there are a lot of talented people.


Hilary Haun
Anne Sophie Mutter
Josh Bell
Jasch Heifetz
Isaac Stern
Itzhak Perlman
Yehudi Menhuin
David Oistrich
Nathan Milstein
Vanessa MAe
Girls in BOND
Alexander Markov

edic-reborn


TheeCornerOfTheeRoundRoom

PostPosted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:48 pm


well... i went into this guild hoping to post Vanessa-Mae as my favorite... and then i expected to be flamed for it... tee hee... (she's not very well liked....) anyway! i forgot about that Niccolo Paganini dude... i think he is the best ever because he was the first ever world-famous violinist... and the rumors that were started about him... man! i wish i had been alive to see him perform... but then my next favorite has to be Vanessa-Mae... she has Mr. Paganini's birthday too... that always intrigued me...
PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:09 am


Audd
Greatest Violinist ever?... Well I don't really know many great Violinists. xD Vanessa Mae maybe? I LOVE the devil's trill!

Greatest fiddler ever (in my opinion) would definately be Natalie MacMaster. =D Shes my hero. ...And after her... JayDean Ludiker, because she's my fiddling teacher. xD ok ok, don't count JayDean, but she does rock.

Hm. Natalie's famous, but I would hardly count her as the best.
Check out her husband, Donnell Leahy.
Holy s**t, he's good.

iviary


Tokgabi

PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:14 pm


g_pohlenz
David Oistrakh is a good one also.

Ooh, yes. I think he's best on Mendolssohn's violin concerto in E minor. 3nodding
PostPosted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:12 pm


i would say most technically skilled would be paganini. Though i dont like his compositions much, but seriosly, he could play twelve notes per second. Thats insane. Anyway, my actual favorite violinist would probably be hahn. I like her because shes not as like hyped as everyone else, like heifetz and milstein, dont get me wrong, their great violinists, but i dont know, i like heifetz's recordings because of their old fashioned sound, (because they were recorded a long time ago lol) but thats about all i have to say about this

Maximus Katana

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