James Ehnes

Musical artist

James Ehnes, CM OM FRSC (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian concert violinist and violist.

1 Life and career
2 Discography
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Life and career

Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey Ehnes, former ballerina with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ruth Page's International Ballet, and Chicago Ballet, and former director of the Brandon School of Dance. Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four and at age nine became a protégé of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin. He studied with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and from 1993 to 1997 at The Juilliard School, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music upon his graduation.

James Ehnes toured with Jeunesses MusicalesCanada during the 1992-1993 season, when he was only 16 years old.

In October 2005, he was awarded a Doctor of Music degree (honoris causa) from Brandon University and in July 2007 he became the youngest person ever elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Ehnes performs on the 1715 "ex-Marsick" Stradivarius. His commercial recordings have won numerous awards and prizes, including 11 Junos, two Grammies, and a Gramophone Award. Ehnes is Artistic Director of the Seattle Chamber Music Society. He and violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Richard O'Neill, and cellist Edward Arron perform as the Ehnes Quartet.

Ehnes lives in Ellenton, Florida with his wife and two children.

Discography

1995 Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin
2000 Sergei Prokofiev: The Two Violin Sonatas and Five Melodies
2000 Maurice Ravel | Claude Debussy | Camille Saint-Saëns
2000 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Sonatas & Par*as for Solo Violin
2001 Max Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
2001 French Showpieces
2002 Bruch: Concerto No. 2 and Scottish Fantasy
2002 Fritz Kreisler
2003 Piano Quintets
2004 Romantic Pieces
2004 Henryk Wieniawski | Pablo de Sarasate
2005 Luigi Dallapiccola
2005 Ernő Dohnányi
2005 Johann Nepomuk Hummel
2005 John Adams: Road Movies
2005 Antonín Dvořák: Concertos
2005 Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.1
2006 Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.2
2006 Mozart: Mozart Anniversary Orchestra - 2-CD set
2007 Paul Schoenfield: Cafe Music, 4 Souvenirs
2006 Samuel Barber, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, William Walton: Violin Concertos
2007 Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto
2008 Homage
2009 Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin.
2010 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
2011 Bartók: Violin Concertos and Viola Concerto
2011 Tchaikovsky: Complete works for violin
2012 Bartók: Works for violin and piano, vol. 1
2012 Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
2013 Bartók: Works for violin and piano, vol. 2
2013 Britten and Shostakovich violin concertos
2013 Prokofiev: Complete works for violin
2013 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2014 Khachaturian & Shostakovich: Violin Concerto & String Quartet no. 7 & 8
2014 Bartók: Works for violin and piano, vol. 3
2014 American Chamber Music
2015 Hector Berlioz: Harold En Italie
2015 Cesar Franck and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas
2015 Leos Janacek: Violin Concerto
2015 The Essential James Ehnes (containing works by Bach, Kreisler, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Berlioz)
2016 Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, and Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonatas
2017 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-5
2017 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 6 & 9 'Kreutzer'
2017 Beethoven: Violin Concerto and Romances, Franz Schubert: Rondo
2017 Bartok: Violin Rhapsodies No. 1 & 2
2018 William Walton: Viola Concerto
2018 James Newton Howard: Violin Concerto, Aaron Jay Kernis: Concerto for Violin, Bramwell Tovey: Stream of Limelight
2019 Beethoven:: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3. Variations on 'Se vuoi ballare'.

References

External links

Official James Ehnes site
Intermusica agency page on James Ehnes

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