James Ehnes, violin

James Ehnes has rapidly established a pre-eminent reputation among concert violinists. He has performed with such renowned conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, Paavo Järvi, Andrew Litton, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Bramwell Tovey, and Bobby McFerrin, appearing with orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, the United States, and Canada.

Recitals and festival appearances have taken Mr. Ehnes to London, Paris, Prague, Washington D.C., Osaka, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, Seattle, and Tokyo.

James Ehnes' 2005-06 season includes performances with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the National Arts Center Orchestra, six British orchestras, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre de Liege. He will also perform the Japanese premier of Oliver Knussen's violin concerto with the NHK symphony orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

He is a prolific recording artist, releasing five new CD's in 2004 alone. He recently released a disc of Schumann and Fauré Quintets for Sony Germany. He has won three Juno awards, and in January 2002, he was named Young Artist of the Year at the Cannes Classical Awards for his Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin by Bach (Analekta).

James Ehnes plays the "Ex Marsick" Stradivarius of 1715 and gratefully acknowledges its extended loan from the Fulton Collection.