James Ehnes - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	27-January-1976
Place of Birth	Brandon (Canada, Manitoba)
Nationality	Canada
Also know as	Ehnes, James, James Ehnes, CM
Profession	Violinist
James Ehnes, CM is a Canadian concert violinist. The son of Alan Ehnes, long time trumpet professor at Brandon University and Barbara Withey Ehnes, former ballerina with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ruth Page's International Ballet, and Chicago Ballet, and former director of the Brandon School of Dance, James Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four and at age nine became a protÃ©gÃ© of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin. He studied with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and from 1993 to 1997 at The Juilliard School, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music upon his graduation. Praised as "the Jascha Heifetz of our day", James Ehnes has performed in over 30 countries on five continents, appearing regularly in the worldâ€™s great concert halls and with many of the most celebrated orchestras and conductors. He has a total of 33 recordings released through 2013. His recordings have won numerous awards and prizes, including 7 Junos, a Grammy, and a Gramophone Award. An avid chamber musician, Ehnes tours with his string quartet, the Ehnes Quartet, and is Artistic Director of the Seattle Chamber Music Society.

Awards by James Ehnes

Check all the awards nominated and won by James Ehnes.

2014

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concerti

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Honored for : Prokofiev: Complete works for violin

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Prokofiev: Complete works for violin
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Britten & Shostakovich: Violin Concerti

2013

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Bartók : Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

2012

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Violin Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Viola Concerto

2011

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	James Ehnes Plays Mendelssohn

2010

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	24 Caprices (feat. violin: James Ehnes)

2009

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Honored for : James Ehnes: Homage

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	James Ehnes: Homage

2008

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Elgar Violin Concertos

2007

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)

Honored for : Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Mozart: Violin Concerti

Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Mozart: Violin Concerti
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)	Barber/Korngold/Walton: Violin Concertos

2006

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	J.S. Bach: Sonates Pour Violin et Clavecin, Vol. 1

2005

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Romantic Pieces (violin: James Ehnes)
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Hummel

2003

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Bruch Concertos: Vol II

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Fritz Kreisler
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Bruch Concertos: Vol II

2002

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment

Honored for : Concert Français

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Max Bruch, Concertos 1 & 3
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment	Concert Français

2001

Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble

Honored for : Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year - Solo or Chamber Ensemble	Paganini: 24 Caprices

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