Lots of theatrics, perhaps good entertainment, but very little actual playing of the violin to see if they have any talent for that instrument.
Vanessa Mae combines theatrics, sexuality and big talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zmyW...eature=related
And it is obvious she has had classical training as well which would give her the ability to play just about anything
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa...eature=related (playing her electric violin)
On the strictly classical side, Joshua Bell makes the violin sing.
He is the most recent winner of the Avery Fisher prize and is a Grammy award winner too. You can hear him play here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuRdE...eature=related
And read about the Avery Fisher prize here.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Musi...her/index.html
And while I can't find a clip of Bell playing "The Swan" by Camille Saint-Saens which is simply divine, I did find one of Yo-Yo Ma playing it on a cousin of the violin, the cello
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgRAA...eature=related
One of the greatest of our times, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman playing a violin duet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvIyfZ7xEA&feature=related
The great Itzhak Perlman – giving a master’s class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZs-4ASTitg