James Ehnes, (born January 27, 1976) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
concert
violin
The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...
ist and
violist
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.
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
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (GBCM) is a ballet company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A creative and repertory company, it performs works that reflect the diverse trends of contemporary ballet.
History
Les Grands Ballets Canadien ...
, Ruth Page's International Ballet, and
Chicago Ballet
Chicago Opera Ballet was a Chicago dance company located in downtown Chicago.
History
Founded in 1956, it is a Chicago dance company located in downtown Chicago. Chicago Grand Opera Company's first ballet master was Luigi Albertieri (protégé of ...
, 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
The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...
, 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
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...
. In 2010, he was made a Member of the
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit.
To coincide with the ...
.
Ehnes performs on the 1715 "
ex-Marsick" Stradivarius. His commercial recordings have won numerous awards and prizes, including 11
Junos, two
Grammies
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...
, and two
Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and refer ...
- 2008 Best Concerto for
Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto - 2021 Artist of the Year.
Ehnes was awarded the 2017
Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards in the Instrumentalist category. Ehnes joined
Royal Academy of Music as visiting professor of violin in 2017.
Ehnes is Artistic Director of the
Seattle Chamber Music Society
The Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) is an American organization of musicians located in Seattle, Washington that is dedicated to the performance and promotion of chamber music. Established in 1982, the presenting organization is currently in ...
. He and violinist
Amy Schwartz Moretti
Amy Schwartz Moretti (born 1975) is an American violinist, currently the Caroline Paul King Chair in Strings at Mercer University's Townsend School of Music.
Moretti was born in Wisconsin and raised in North Carolina and California. She studied i ...
, violist Richard O'Neill, and cellist Edward Arron perform as the Ehnes Quartet.
[
]
Ehnes lives in
Ellenton, Florida
Ellenton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,129 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Ar ...
with his wife and two children.
Discography
James Ehnes
* ''1995''
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices f ...
:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin
* ''2000''
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, p ...
:
Violin Sonata No. 1 ,
Violin Sonata No. 2 , Five Melodies
* ''2000''
Maurice Ravel:
Violin Sonata No. 2 ,
Tzigane
''Tzigane'' is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the influential violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The original instrumentati ...
, Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré,
Claude Debussy:
Violin Sonata
A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, often accompanied by a keyboard instrument and in earlier periods with a bass instrument doubling the keyboard bass line. The violin sonata developed from a simple baroque form with no fixed fo ...
,
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...
:
Violin Sonata No. 1
* ''2000''
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...
: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
* ''2000'' French Showpieces -
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...
:
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
The ''Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso'' in A minor (french: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso), Op. 28, is a composition for violin and orchestra written in 1863 by Camille Saint-Saëns. It was dedicated to the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sar ...
,
Havanaise,
Hector Berlioz:
Le corsaire , Rêverie et caprice,
Ernest Chausson
Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.
Life
Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of ...
:
Poème,
Claude Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne,
Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...
: Cinéma Fantaisie,
Jules Massenet:
Méditation from the opera ''
Thaïs
Thaïs or Thais ( el, Θαΐς; flourished 4th century BC) was a famous Greek ''hetaira'' who accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for instigating the burning of Persepolis. At the time, Thaï ...
''
* ''2001''
Max Bruch
Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard ...
: Violin Concertos
Nos. 1 &
3
* ''2002'' Bruch:
Concerto No. 2 and ''
Scottish Fantasy
The ''Scottish Fantasy'' in E-flat major (german: Fantasie für die Violine mit Orchester und Harfe unter freier Benutzung schottischer Volksmelodien), Op. 46, is a composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. Completed in 1880, it was ded ...
''
* ''2002''
Fritz Kreisler
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known ...
- Track 20. Petite Valse (Piano Solo: James Ehnes)
* ''2003''
Robert Schumann:
Piano Quintet
In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other instruments, most commonly a string quartet (i.e., two violins, viola, and cello). The term also refers to the group of musicians that plays a pian ...
,
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...
:
Piano Quintet No. 2
* ''2004'' Romantic Pieces
* ''2004''
Henryk Wieniawski ,
Pablo de Sarasate
* ''2004''
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Op. 94, Potpourri for Viola and Orchestra / Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca for Violin and Orchestra / Violin Concerto in G major
* ''2004''
Ernő Dohnányi
Ernő or Erno is a Finnish and Hungarian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Ernő Balogh (1897-1989), Hungarian pianist, composer, editor, and educator
* Ernő Bánk (1883-1962), Hungarian painter and teacher
* Ernő B ...
: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 43
* ''2004''
Luigi Dallapiccola
Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical serialism, twelve-tone compositions.
Biography
Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current ...
: Tartiniana (Divertimento for Violin and Orchestra)
* ''2005''
John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...
:
Road Movies
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for violin and piano,
Hallelujah Junction for two pianos (Piano:
Andrew Russo
Andrew C. Russo (born October 22, 1975) is an American pianist. Russo was born in Syracuse, New York, and studied music in New York City and Europe. He started a nonprofit youth educational foundation in New York at the age of 25 and recorded albu ...
, James Ehnes)
* ''2005''
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...
: Concertos
* ''2005'' Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.1
* ''2006'' Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.2
* ''2006''
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
: Violin Concertos 1-5
* ''2006''
Samuel Barber
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...
,
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897November 29, 1957) was an Austrian-born American composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and compo ...
,
William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...
: Violin Concertos (
50th Annual Grammy Awards -
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) The Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) was awarded from 1959 to 2011. From 1967 to 1971, and in 1987, the award was combined with the award for Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without o ...
)
* ''2007''
Paul Schoenfield
Paul Schoenfield, also spelled Paul Schoenfeld, is a classical composer. He is known for combining popular, folk, and classical music forms.
Schoenfield was born in 1947 in Detroit, Michigan. He began to take piano lessons at the age of six, ...
: Four Souvenirs for violin and piano, Café Music for piano trio
* ''2007''
Edward Elgar:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
(2008
Gramophone Classical Music Awards
The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and refer ...
- Best Concerto)
* ''2008'' Homage
* ''2009''
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices f ...
:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin.
* ''2010''
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...
:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
,
Octet
Octet may refer to:
Music
* Octet (music), ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or composition written for such an ensemble
** String octet, a piece of music written for eight string instruments
*** Octet (Mendelssohn), 1825 compos ...
* ''2011''
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
:
Violin Concerto No. 1 ,
Violin Concerto No. 2 ,
Viola Concerto
A viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments such as an orchestra or chamber music ensemble. Early examples of viola concertos include Telemann's concerto in G major and several concertos by Carl St ...
* ''2011''
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...
:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
,
Sérénade mélancolique
The ''Sérénade mélancolique'' in B-flat minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 26 (Russian: ''Меланхолическая серенада''), was written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in February 1875. It was his first work for violin and orc ...
,
Valse-Scherzo ,
Souvenir d'un lieu cher (I. Méditation - II. Scherzo - III. Mélodie)
* ''2012'' Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 -
Rhapsody ''Folk Dances'' No. 1 ,
Rhapsody ''Folk Dances'' No. 2 , Violin Sonata No. 1 , Violin Sonata No. 2 , Andante
* ''2012'' Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty
* ''2013'' Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 -
Sonata for Solo Violin , Violin Sonata in E minor ,
Romanian Folk Dances
''Romanian Folk Dances'' ( ro, Dansuri populare românești, ), ( hu, Román népi táncok, ), Sz. 56, BB 68 is a suite of six short piano pieces composed by Béla Bartók in 1915. He later orchestrated it for small ensemble in 1917 as Sz. 68, BB ...
, Hungarian Folksongs , Hungarian Folk Tunes
* ''2013''
Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
and
Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...
violin concertos
* ''2013'' Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin -
Violin Concerto No. 1 ,
Violin Concerto No. 2 ,
Violin Sonata No. 1 ,
Violin Sonata No. 2 ,
Sonata for Two Violins ,
Sonata for Solo Violin , Five Melodies
* ''2013'' Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
* ''2014''
Khachaturian &
Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...
: Violin Concerto & String Quartet no. 7 & 8
* ''2014'' Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3 -
Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano ,
Sonatina (Transcription for Violin and Piano) ,
44 Duos for Two Violins
''44 Duos for Two Violins'' (sometimes also entitled ''44 Duets''), Sz. 98, BB 104 is a series of duets composed in 1931 by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók.
Composition
Béla Bartók did not intend this work to be played in performances, but ...
* ''2014'' American Chamber Music:
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as "the Dean of American Com ...
,
Charles Ives ,
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...
,
Elliott Carter
Elliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer. One of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century, he combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra- ...
,
Samuel Barber
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...
* ''2015''
Hector Berlioz: Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 (violin) ,
Harold en Italie
''Harold en Italie,'' ''symphonie avec un alto principal'' (English: ''Harold in Italy,'' ''symphony with viola obbligato''), as the manuscript calls and describes it, is a four-movement orchestral work by Hector Berlioz, his Opus number, Opus 1 ...
, Op. 16 (viola)
* ''2015''
Cesar Franck and
Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas
* ''2015''
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European f ...
:
The Wandering of a Little Soul (Violin Concerto)
* ''2015''
Aaron Jay Kernis
Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning American composer serving as a member of the Yale School of Music faculty. Kernis spent 15 years as the music advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra and as Dir ...
: 2 Movements (with Bells)
* ''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''
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
:
Violin Sonata No. 9 ,
Violin Sonata No. 6
* ''2017'' Beethoven:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
,
Romance no. 1 Op. 40 ,
Romance no. 2 Op. 50,
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
:
Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D 438
* ''2017'' Bartók:
Rhapsody ''Folk Dances'' No. 1 ,
Rhapsody ''Folk Dances'' No. 2 (Violin and Orchestra)
* ''2018''
William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...
:
Viola Concerto
A viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments such as an orchestra or chamber music ensemble. Early examples of viola concertos include Telemann's concerto in G major and several concertos by Carl St ...
* ''2018''
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
The Lark Ascending
* ''2018''
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores ...
: Violin Concerto,
Aaron Jay Kernis
Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning American composer serving as a member of the Yale School of Music faculty. Kernis spent 15 years as the music advisor to the Minnesota Orchestra and as Dir ...
: Concerto for Violin,
Bramwell Tovey
Bramwell Tovey (11 July 1953 – 12 July 2022) was a British conductor and composer.
Life and career
Tovey was educated at Ilford County High School, the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London. His formal music education was as ...
: Stream of Limelight (
61st Annual Grammy Awards
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 10, 2019, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys hosted. During her opening monologue, Keys brought out Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and ...
-
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo was first awarded during the annual Grammy Awards ceremony in 2012.
It combines the previous categories for Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra), Best Inst ...
)
* ''2019''
Richard Strauss:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
* ''2019''
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores ...
:
A Hidden Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
* ''2019'' Beethoven: Op. 12
Violin Sonata No. 1 ,
Violin Sonata No. 2 ,
Violin Sonata No. 3, Variations on ''
Se vuol ballare'' from Mozart's ''
The Marriage of Figaro
''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...
''
* ''2020'' Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 4 ,
Violin Sonata No. 5 ,
Violin Sonata No. 8, Six German Dances, Rondo in G Major
* ''2020'' Beethoven:
Violin Sonata No. 7 ,
Violin Sonata No. 10
* ''2020'' Bach & Brahms Reimagined -
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...
:
Horn Trio Horn trio can mean a work written for three horns or horns as well as one for horn and two other instruments. In the latter category, an important genre is the trio for horn, violin and piano. Although there are a few earlier examples, the traditi ...
, Bach:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2,
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his fifth ''Brandenburg Concertos, Brandenburg Concerto'', BWV 1050.2 (formerly 1050), for harpsichord, flauto traverso, flute and violin as soloists, and an orchestral accompaniment consisting of string section, ...
* ''2021''
Eugène Ysaÿe
Eugène-Auguste Ysaÿe (; 16 July 185812 May 1931) was a Belgian virtuoso violinist, composer, and conductor. He was regarded as "The King of the Violin", or, as Nathan Milstein put it, the "tsar".
Legend of the Ysaÿe violin
Eugène Ysa ...
:
Six Sonatas for solo violin
* ''2021'' Bach:
Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
The sonatas and partitas for solo violin (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, BWV 1001–1006) are a set of six works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are sometimes referred to in English as the sonatas and for solo violin in accordance with Bach's he ...
* ''2022''
Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...
:
Violin Concerto
A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...
Ehnes Quartet
* ''2016''
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
:
String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810,
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius ( ; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and 20th-century classical music, early-modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest com ...
:
String Quartet
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
* ''2021'' Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 13 ,
Grosse Fuge
The ''Grosse Fuge'' (German spelling: ''Große'' ''Fuge'', also known in English as the ''Great Fugue'' or ''Grand Fugue''), Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. An immense double fugue, it was ...
* ''2021'' Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 12 ,
String Quartet No. 14
* ''2021'' Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 10 ,
String Quartet No. 11
* ''2022'' Beethoven:
String Quartet No. 15 ,
String Quartet No. 16
See also
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List of Canadian musicians
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List of contemporary classical violinists
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Classical violinists
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References
External links
Official James Ehnes siteIntermusica agency page on James Ehnes* interview with James Ehnes
Vancouver Classical MusicSeen and Heard International(2017)
James Ehnes in Conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill-
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...
Podcast (November 2017)
James Ehnes on his string quartet and recording late Beethoven-
Gramophone Podcast (2022)
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1976 births
Living people
Canadian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Musicians from Brandon, Manitoba
Members of the Order of Canada
Musicians from Manitoba
Juilliard School alumni
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment winners
Canadian people of German descent
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States
Grammy Award winners
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble winners
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Canadian male musicians
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century Canadian male musicians
20th-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers
Canadian male violinists and fiddlers