Jasper Wood

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Jasper Wood
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Born (1974-04-29) April 29, 1974 (age 50)
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupation(s) Violinist,
University of British Columbia, Professor
SpouseGrace Wood
Website jasperwood.net

Jasper Wood (born April 29, 1974) is a Canadian concert violinist. [1]

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Jasper Wood was born into a musical family of six brothers and sisters: his brothers are Craig and Derek, his sisters, Anya, Heather and Lisette. He gave his first public performance at the age of five. He holds a master of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with David and Linda Cerone. An acclaimed competition winner, Jasper Wood has won numerous prizes and awards in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In 1996 Jasper Wood embarked on his international solo career. Since then he has played with numerous orchestras including Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, and the Winnipeg symphonies.

Wood has been awarded both the Sylva Gelber Award [2] and the Virginia-Parker Prize, [3] two of the most distinguished prizes awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. He has recorded numerous CDs for Endeavour Classics, Analekta, Disques Pelleas, and Naxos labels. His most recent CD was released in May 2006 with pianist David Riley (Endeavour Classics). This recording contains the violin/piano works of Béla Bartók, and Contrasts for violin, piano and clarinet with the principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ricardo Morales.

His debut recording of the complete Eckhardt-Gramatté solo violin caprices was released on the Analekta label in 1999. In 2004 Jasper Wood was appointed an Assistant Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the University of British Columbia. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor [4] in 2014.

Wood has appeared in music videos on Bravo! television and on National Public Radio in the United States, and CBC/SRC Radio in Canada. In February 2007 he was featured on a one-hour documentary 'The Maritime Violin' for Mozus Productions and CBC TV.

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References

  1. ↑ "PERFORMING ARTS". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Awards: Previous recipients". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  3. ↑ The Virginia-Parker Prize Cumulative list of Winners Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Jasper Wood — UBC School of Music" . Retrieved August 1, 2020.
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