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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Flight of the Bumblebee
Violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong perform Jascha Heifetz's arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee in December 2015 to promote of Ehnes's 40th birthday tour. Watch: David Garrett sets Guinness World Record for Fastest Violin Player with Flight of the Bumblebee Watch: Cellist performs Flight ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs on the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin
James Ehnes performs Tchaikovsky's Melody, op.42 no.3 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Lord Wilton' violin, 1742. The instrument was one of several great Cremonese violins associated with Yehudi Menuhin, who acquired it in 1978 from Jacques Francais in New York. On his death in 1999 it ...
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: violinist James Ehnes on Beethoven's Spring Sonata
Sometimes people seem to think it's more important that their interpretations be defensible than beautiful, and that's absurd' James Ehnes speaks about interpreting Beethoven to The Strad, and performs the composer's Romance no.1 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop (above). The violinist continues The Strad’s new ...
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BlogsViolinist James Ehnes performs Sarasate aged 13
The virtuoso demonstrates an impressive technique in a clip from 1989
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BlogsStar violinist James Ehnes on his ‘other’ life as a chamber musician
Thomas May talks to the violinist about his Beethoven string quartet cycle — one of the most ambitious projects he’s ever undertaken.
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BlogsI never practise scales and studies from books, says violinist James Ehnes
The Strad’s November issue cover star on why pieces contain almost all the technical components necessary for practice
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ArticleJames Ehnes
Born in Brandon, Canada, in 1976, James Ehnes attained musical recognition at a young age. He began learning the violin with Francis Chaplin from the age of nine and became the youngest ever musician to win first prize in strings at the Canadian Music Festival aged 12. ...
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