James Ehnes News

 
Ehnes plays with musicality, warmth
Winnipeg Free Press
The Manitoba Chamber Orchestra (MCO) saved some star power for its season-finale concert Wednesday night -- violin phenom James Ehnes was the guest artist and conductor for the evening, and a sold-out crowd couldn't have been happier.

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Strathmore gets strung up with James Ehnes and the Philadelphia Orchestra
Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online
by Topher Forhecz, STAFF WRITER Photo from Benjamin Ealovega When he will perform at The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, James Ehnes will perform with a violin made in 1715 that is worth six digits. Articulate, friendly and lacking any obvious ...
On the road again with violinist James Ehnes and the Philadelphia OrchestraWashington Examiner

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Philadelphia Orchestra at Strathmore
Washington Post
Dutoit did a lovely job of blending the sectional voices and provided a comfortable carpet of sound to set off his young violin soloist, James Ehnes. Ehnes produced a handsome, keenly focused tone and delivered the piece with athletic technique, ...

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Musical Criticism
Debussy, L'apres-midi d'un faune; Barber, Violin Concerto; Stravinsky, Sacre ...
Musical Criticism
Long after memories of this concert melt into the general filing system, people will remember the encore that the Canadian virtuoso James Ehnes performed tonight: Paganini's famous caprice no. 24. It is hard to think of another work that says 'look ...


 
Things to do May 10 to 24: Brian McKnight at The Howard Theatre
Washington Post (blog)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Charles Dutoit with violinist James Ehnes, the Orchestra presents Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Shostakovich. Presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society. 8 pm, Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, ...

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RSNO/Denève/Ehnes, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall All Rite on the night
Herald Scotland
Anyway, there was a definite sense of occasion to Deneve's second-last programme as music director of the RNSO – not least thanks to the stellar presence of Canadian violinist James Ehnes. If you know Ehnes by his recordings, you might have been ...


 
New York Times
Summer Festivals for Classical Music and Opera
New York Times
Budget-conscious music lovers can enjoy free events at this festival, where the music director, Alasdair Neale, conducts programs including Deborah Voigt, singing Wagner, and Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with James Ehnes as soloist; (208) 622-5607, ...

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