James Ehnes
James Ehnes, CM (born January 27, 1976 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian concert violinist.
The son of Alan Ehnes, trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada) and Barbara Ehnes, former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four. He graduated from The Juilliard School in 1997 where he was a student of Sally Thomas, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music. He is now an international acclaimed performer and recording artist.
Praised as "the Jascha Heifetz of our day" (Globe and Mail), James Ehnes is widely considered one of the most dynamic and exciting performers in classical music. He has performed in over 30 countries on five continents, appearing regularly with many of the world's most well-known orchestras and conductors. He is one of the most prolific recording artists in any style of music (with a total of 24 recordings released through 2009). His recordings have won numerous awards and prizes, including 6 Junos, a Grammy, and a Gramophone Award. 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 to the Royal Society of Canada. Ehnes performs on the 1715 "Ex Marsick Stradivarius" on loan from the Fulton Collection. He lives in Bradenton, Florida with his wife, Kate.
In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[1]
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- 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 & Partitas 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 (new 2009 recording)
- 2010 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin concerto [2]
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Canadian classical violinists
- People from Brandon, Manitoba
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Musicians from Manitoba
- Juilliard School alumni
- Juno Award winners
- Canadian people of German descent
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States
- Grammy Award winners
