Lara St. John
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Canadian-born violinist
Lara St. John has been
described as "something
of a phenomenon" by The
Strad and a “high-powered
soloist” by the New
Times.
She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras including Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Royal Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the NDR, and the Bournemouth Symphony, among many others. In Asia, solo appearances have included the Hong Kong Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, China Phil, and in Oceania the Queensland Orchestra and the ACO2, as well as the orchestras of Adelaide and Auckland.
The Los Angeles Times has written, “St. John brings to the stage personal charisma, an unflagging musical imagination and genuine passion.” Recitals in major concert halls have included New York, Boston, San Francisco, Ravinia, Washington DC, Prague, Berlin, Toronto,Montreal, and in the Forbidden City. Lara owns and runs her own record label, Ancalagon. Her Bach Sonatas and Partitas was the best-selling double album on iTunes in 2007. In 2008 her world premiere recording of the Hindson violin concerto had Gramophone saying: “It’s the sort of work that should get audiences running, not walking, back to concert halls on new-music nights”. In 2009, American Record Guide said of her Vivaldi/Piazzolla disc with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela: “I can imagine no suaver, more atmospheric performance”, and her Mozart Sinfonia Concertante album with her brother, Scott, won the Juno award in 2011 for Best Classical Album (Soloist with Large Ensemble).
Lara began playing the violin when she was two years old. She made her first appearance as soloist with orchestra at age four, and her European debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra when she was 10. She toured Spain, France, Portugal and Hungary at ages 12 and 13 and entered the Curtis Institute at 13. Her teachers have included Felix Galimir and Joey Corpus. She performs on the 1779 “Salabue” Guadagnini thanks to an anonymous donor and Heinl & Co. of Toronto.
Photo by: Twain Newhart
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She has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras including Cleveland, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Royal Philharmonic, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the NDR, and the Bournemouth Symphony, among many others. In Asia, solo appearances have included the Hong Kong Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, China Phil, and in Oceania the Queensland Orchestra and the ACO2, as well as the orchestras of Adelaide and Auckland.
The Los Angeles Times has written, “St. John brings to the stage personal charisma, an unflagging musical imagination and genuine passion.” Recitals in major concert halls have included New York, Boston, San Francisco, Ravinia, Washington DC, Prague, Berlin, Toronto,Montreal, and in the Forbidden City. Lara owns and runs her own record label, Ancalagon. Her Bach Sonatas and Partitas was the best-selling double album on iTunes in 2007. In 2008 her world premiere recording of the Hindson violin concerto had Gramophone saying: “It’s the sort of work that should get audiences running, not walking, back to concert halls on new-music nights”. In 2009, American Record Guide said of her Vivaldi/Piazzolla disc with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela: “I can imagine no suaver, more atmospheric performance”, and her Mozart Sinfonia Concertante album with her brother, Scott, won the Juno award in 2011 for Best Classical Album (Soloist with Large Ensemble).
Lara began playing the violin when she was two years old. She made her first appearance as soloist with orchestra at age four, and her European debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra when she was 10. She toured Spain, France, Portugal and Hungary at ages 12 and 13 and entered the Curtis Institute at 13. Her teachers have included Felix Galimir and Joey Corpus. She performs on the 1779 “Salabue” Guadagnini thanks to an anonymous donor and Heinl & Co. of Toronto.
Photo by: Twain Newhart