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Scott St. John captures the attention of the musical world through his riveting and virtuosic performances. A recipient of the prestigious 2003 Avery Fisher Career Grant, he is passionate about chamber music and teaching. As violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Stanford University, St. John resides and teaches in the Bay Area of California. The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide every year in addition to their performances for Stanford's Lively Arts series. St. John made his Carnegie debut in 1988 after winning 1st prize in the Alexander Schneider Competition. Winner of the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award, he has since played an enormous variety of concerts across North America, including solo appearances with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony and Toronto Symphony. In 1998, while living in NYC, St. John took a year away from the violin and worked at the Disney Store on 42nd Street. From 1999 - 2006, St. John held a prestigious position as Associate Professor of Violin at University of Toronto. His solo recordings include an all-Dvorak CD, and 2 volumes of Paganini works for violin and guitar. A recent recording of Mozart's Symphonia Concertante with his sister Lara St. John won a Juno Award for best recording: solo with orchestra. St. John joined the St. Lawrence String Quartet in 2006. SLSQ maintains a busy touring career and actively works with current composers. In 2011 SLSQ will premiere a new John Adams work for String Quartet and Orchestra, with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. Performances will take place in the Bay Area, Chicago, Ann Arbor and Carnegie Hall in New York. Born in London, Ontario, 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. In 1990, St. John graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied violin with Arnold Steinhardt, and chamber music with Felix Galimir. |