Kremer Gidon Markusovich (b. 1947, Riga) — violinist.

Gidon Kremer was born into a family of musicians. From 1951 he studied under the guidance of his father, violinist and teacher Mark Kremer. Beginning in 1954, he attended the ten-year music school affiliated with the Latvian Conservatory, studying violin with Yakov Torgonsky, and from 1957 to 1965 with Valdis Stūresteps. In 1971, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied under Leonid Kogan and Pyotr Bondarenko, and in 1973 completed postgraduate studies under David Oistrakh.

Since 1965, he has performed in concerts, promoting both classical and contemporary music. From 1974, he was a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic. In 1978, he settled in West Germany.

In 1981, Gidon Kremer founded and became artistic director of the International Chamber Music Festival in Lockenhaus, Austria. Since the early 1990s, he has lived in Paris and toured extensively.

Laureate of international violin competitions:

— Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels (1967, 3rd Prize);

— Montreal International Music Competition (1969, 2nd Prize);

— Niccolò Paganini Competition, Genoa (1969, 1st Prize);

— International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow (1970, 1st Prize).