Adrian Anantawan

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Adrian Anantawan
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Born1983 (age 39–40)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Violinist
Years active1999–Present

Adrian Anantawan is a Canadian violinist. Anantawan, who began studying violin at age nine, has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra [1] and at the White House. [2] He is an alumnus of the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Canada, the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Yale University and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. [3] Growing up in the neighbourhood of Clarkson, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, he attended St. Christopher's Elementary School, and is a member of the St. Christopher's Church Parish. He is currently a member of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation [4] and is the Chair of Music at Milton Academy and artistic director of Shelter Music Boston.

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Biography

He was born in Canada to Thai dad and Hong Konger mom. [5] Anantawan grew up in Toronto and began his violin training, at the age of nine, in Mississauga with violinist Peggy Hills, and later under violist Mark Childs in Toronto. [6]

In 1999 and 2000, Anantawan earned positions with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, becoming one of its youngest members both years. [7]

Throughout his musical career, Anantawan has won many music awards and has received numerous recognitions. He has been profiled by CBC, CTV, YTV, CityTV, TVO, and many major newspapers and magazines. [8] [9] [10] In 2001, Anantawan received the Mississauga Arts Council Emerging Music Talent award [11] and the YTV (Canada) Young Achiever award. In 2002, he received the Starling Award for promising young soloist from the Meadowmount School of Music, founded by Ivan Galamian. [12] In the same year, he won the International Rosemary Kennedy Award and debuted at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. [13] In 2005, he received the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award. [14]

Adrian Anantawan and Amy Yang perform during the announcement of the President's Global Cultural Initiative in the East Room, September 25, 2006 20060925 Adrian Anantawan and Amy Yang.jpg
Adrian Anantawan and Amy Yang perform during the announcement of the President's Global Cultural Initiative in the East Room, September 25, 2006

In 2006, after enjoying a full merit scholarship, Anantawan graduated from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. While there, he studied under Ida Kavafian and Yumi Ninomiya Scott. In the summers of 2004, 2005 and 2006, he was awarded scholarships to the National Arts Center Young Artist Program and studied with Pinchas Zukerman., [10] [15] where he now serves as an instructor in its pre-college division. [16] Summer of 2006 and January 2007 also saw Anantawan with a full scholarship at the Perlman School of Music under Itzhak Perlman. [17]

Anantawan has been performing regularly since 2001. He soloed with orchestras throughout Canada and the US. He represented the Canada Cultural Showcase at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece [18] and at the Opening Ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Games in 2010. [19] In November 2005, he debuted with the Toronto Symphony under the direction of Peter Oundjian. [1] In the spring of 2006, his recital at the Glenn Gould Studio for CBC Radio 2 - "Music Around Us" was broadcast live nationally. [8] In September 2006 he performed at the White House to help launch the President's Global Cultural Initiative. [2]

Anantawan has also performed for Pope John Paul II, Christopher Reeve and the Dalai Lama. [5]

In 2008, he completed his master's degree in music with a full scholarship at Yale University under Peter Oundjian. [20] Anantawan was inducted into Terry Fox Hall of Fame in 2008, Toronto. [21]

Disability activism

Anantawan was born without a right hand. He is an active member and spokesperson for the CHAMP (Child Amputee) Program of The War Amps [10] and Bloorview Kids Rehab Center in Toronto. [22] He recently completed a project involving the use of adaptive musical instruments in classical performance, culminating in the world-premiere of the Virtual Music Instrument with the Montreal Chamber Orchestra. [23]

Media coverage

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Media Room [ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 State Department Launches Global Cultural Initiative Archived 2008-02-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Search". Harvard Graduate School of Education.
  4. ↑ "Foundation - Scholarship Holders - ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER".
  5. 1 2 Griggs, Brandon (16 March 2013). "One-handed violinist helps the disabled make music" (in Spanish). CNN. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  6. ↑ Abilities Magazine Archived May 24, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ NYOC - National Youth Orchestra of Canada Alumni List (Violins) Archived July 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 CBC - Music Around Us - Glenn Gould Studio
  9. ↑ CTV - W-Five - Help and Hope
  10. 1 2 3 Abilities Arts Festival
  11. ↑ Mississauga Arts Awards History Archived May 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Meadowmount School of Music - Highlights from 2001 Sound Samples Archived May 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ VSA Arts - Arts in Action Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Galaxie Rising Stars Program of the CBC Archived January 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ↑ 2007 NAC Young Artists Programme Participants
  16. ↑ "Young Artists Program".
  17. ↑ Biography - L'Orchestre de Chambre de Montreal Archived May 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ CITY OF ATHENS - Cultural Events During the Paralympics
  19. ↑ "Paralympic Winter Games - Celebration of Ability, Courage & Human Spi..." Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "Yale University". Archived from the original on 2008-06-04.
  21. ↑ "mississauga.com - Mississauga's online newspaper - Today's stories". 13 June 2023.
  22. ↑ Bloorview report & list for web [ permanent dead link ]
  23. ↑ https://montrealgazette.com/news/Quadriplegic+debut+virtual+violin+Montreal+concert/5741337/story.html%5B%5D
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