James Ehnes
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- 1976-01-27
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- Cultural History of the Violin in Nineteenth-Century London
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James Ehnes was born in 1976 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. He began violin studies at the age of four, at age nine he became a protégé of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin. He studied with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music, then in 1993 at The Juilliard School. He graduated from Julliard in 1997, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music. Mr. Ehnes first gained national recognition in 1987 as winner of the Grand Prize in Strings a
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- Born
- 27 January 1976
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Brandon
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Juilliard School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
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