German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist Johann Sebastian Bach was born to a musical family in Eisenach in 1685, a small town in Thuringia, Germany.

  Born in Rohrau, Austria in 1732, Franz Joseph Haydn was the composer of 104 symphonies, 50 concertos, 84 string quartets, 24 stage works, and 12

    A student of Ivan Galamian, Nathan Milstein and Jascha Heifetz, American violinist Erick Friedman is remembered as one of the most gifted violinists of the twentieth century. Friedman's abilities on

  Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1893, Hungarian violinist Jelly d’Arányi was the youngest of three sisters — Adila was a violinist and Hortense played piano.