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Classical 101

Battle of the Strads: 25 All-Time Best Violinists

Marco Borggreve
Vadim Gluzman

You might remember a great Southern Rock tune by the Charlie Daniels Band called Devil Went Down to Georgia. It tells the tale of young Johnny who is challenged by a fiddle-playing devil to a battle of bows. Johnny wins, he gets a golden fiddle. If the devil wins, he gets the young man's soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvfRSzmMoU

Some years later, Mark O'Connor and some of his friends found themselves in a fiddle contest in The Devil Comes Back to Georgia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0XUTD7QYcs

Who really IS the best ever? Many thought was in league with the devil, especially when he played his . 

All of us have our favorites. As far as I'm concerned, there is a glaring omission from this list. n. He was recently listed in Jean-Michel Molkhou's Sequel:. I have seen him perform many times and he has the perfect combination of soul and dazzling technique. If you'd like to see for yourself, the features Vadim Gluzman and Philippe Quint in a this coming season. In my humble opinion, any list which does not include Vadim is incomplete. That being said, here is the list according to .

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