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Michael Coleman was most arguably the finest fiddler of Irish music that ever lived, and he was contemporaneous with Fritz Kreisler, whom he declared to be the finest violinist of classical music. Michael Coleman knew what he was talking about.
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I am no expert, but those who are say that Niccolò Paganini was the greatest that ever lived. He was supposedly famous for never playing any single tune the same way twice.
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According to this website: http://www.lifeinitaly.com/music/niccolo-paganini.asp It's Niccolo Paganini "His radical and brilliant innovations in violin technique are still heralded to this day; and his 24 Caprices are considered some of the most difficult music ever composed - only a handful of violinists at any period of time ever reach the heights of technique and musical ability required to play them."
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I love Isaac Stern for his brilliant playing of a very difficult violin, and playing not just classical and past masters but also treating more modern composers like no one else. And I just can't go without mentioning Nigel Kennedy because he plays so differently and with 'new light' some of the oldest compositions and making them sound like they were just made anew, fresh and dancing like nobody's business! lol!
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I would say Paganini is the greatest to have ever lived. Mostly in part because he did things with the violin that never had been seen before (the playing of 64th notes, and spectacular left hand pizzicato just to name a few).
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Isaac Stern and Jascha Heifetz
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Not many people are aware of this, but it's Barbara Walters.
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Well are you talking about Violin or fiddle?? For Fiddle it would probably be vassar clements For Classical, i would have to say Ed Alleyne-Johnson
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Charlie Daniels, of course.
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Paginini!! "Paginini took the viloin to new levels by composing and playing songs in a way that had never been imagined before. He used such complicated bowing technique and such perfect intonation that he has been named the greatest violinist of all time."
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Ha- Technically, Heifetz and Paganini were the best. Paganini was in the pre-recording time but he was pretty amazing ! In our modern times, Itzhak Perlman's interpretations and Sarah Chang's dynamics are the best to me. But I <3 Joshua Bell, obviously :) His recordings are pretty boring... I saw him in concert and he played this Ysaye concerto... GORGEOUS!
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