James Ehnes

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Start with Barber, Korngold, Walton: Violin Concertos (2007) album, With the Vancouver Symphony under Bramwell Tovey; won the 2008 Grammy for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance

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James Ehnes is a Canadian violinist, born January 27, 1976 in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a trumpet professor and a former ballerina. He began the violin at four, became a protege of Francis Chaplin, and studied with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School and The Juilliard School, graduating in 1997 with the Peter Mennin Prize. His recordings have won nine Junos, a Grammy, and a Gramophone Award, and he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 2010

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