- Yehudi Menuhin
- Itzhak Perlman
- Hilary Hahn
- Sarah Chang
- Anne-Sophie Mutter
Cello
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Pablo Casals
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Jacqueline du Pré
- Alisa Weilerstein
Viola
- Yuri Bashmet
- Kim Kashkashian
- Nobuko Imai
- Pinchas Zukerman
- Wayne Primrose
Double Bass
- Giovanni Bottesini
- Ludwig Streicher
- Gary Karr
- Rodney Slatford
- Edgar Meyer