Scott St. John
violin and viola
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has performed since 2006 with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Stanford University, which gives over 100 concerts every year worldwide in addition to performances for Stanford's Lively Arts series. In celebration of its 20th anniversary and Canadian heritage, the Quartet has commissioned five composers from Canada to write new works and has formed a partnership with ArtistShare.com to broaden the Quartet's on line presence, with new recordings of Haydn and Dvořák. Mr. St. John made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1988 after winning First Prize in the Alexander Schneider Competition. Winner of the 1989 Young Concert Artists Auditions and the recipient of a 2003 Avery Fischer Career grant, he has played an enormous variety of concerts across North America, including solo appearances with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and Toronto Symphony. From 1999-2006, Mr. St. John was Associate Professor of Violin at the University of Toronto. He has made several solo recordings, and his most recent, The Brahms Violin Sonatas with pianist Rena Sharon, will be released later this year. Born in London, Ontario, Mr.St. John began his violin studies at age three with Richard Lawrence and subsequently worked with Gerard Jarry in Paris and David Cerone of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Mr. St. John is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied violin with Arnold Steinhardt, and chamber music with Felix Galimir.
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