Musicology Annotation << Back Problem performing style in contemporary violin art Regina R. Budagyan The relevance of the studies caused by radical changes in the cultural space and affect the appearance of modern art. The introduction of new media technologies in the arts promotes, on the one hand, to reach a wider audience, accelerating the process of cultural communication, and, on the other hand, inevitably leads to the convergence of art and business, blurring the distinction between elite and mass art. Classical art, functioning in the previous century as elitist and aesthetically dominant, sometimes it is less adapted to existence in modern conditions than. However, the need to preserve classical traditions of musical art keenly felt by contemporary musicians, fi nding in them a source of creative inspiration, a means of forming the spiritual foundations of personality. So naturally the desire of other musicians to fi nd new ways of musical creativity that meet radically changed the system of artistic thinking. The object of the study was the work of the popular violin artists Vanessa-Mae, David Garrett, Miri Ben-Ari, Edwin Marton. Subject of research – the characteristics of creative appearance of the musicians, informed from the standpoint of consistency as artistic integrity, which plays a certain role`s performance style, repertoire, stage image, the choice of the genre of the performance. The aim of the study was to consider the processes occurring in modern violin art directed both on preservation of its traditional bases, and to search for new coordinates of creativity. Keywords: musical art, alternative forms of the presentation, violin art, Vanessa-Mae, David Garrett, Miri Ben-Ari, Edvin Marton. Contacts: E-mail: r.budagyan@mail.ru Pp. 36-43.