James Ehnes has been awarded the GRAMMY Award for the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category for his recording of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Violin Concerto. Ehnes recorded the concerto live with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra under Ludovic Morlot.
The release won two GRAMMY Awards, also being recognised as Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The win is Ehnes' second GRAMMY after his recording of Barber, Walton and Korngold Violin Concertos was awarded Best Instrumental Performance in 2007.
The concerto, written specially for Ehnes, was premiered in 2017 and was co-commissioned by the Toronto, Seattle, Dallas and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
The remainder of the recording for Onyx Classics is comprised of two further works composed specially for Ehnes: James Newton Howard’s Violin Concerto (performed on the disc by Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Cristian Măcelaru) and Bramwell Tovey Stream of Limelight(performed on the disc by Ehnes with his regular duo partner Andrew Armstrong).
Click here to read more about these three compositions, and click here to read our interview with Ehnes about the recording.
