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CBC closes classical music to students
William Neville James Ehnes, of Brandon, -- at 32 years old with most of his career still ahead of him -- is now a widely acclaimed violinist both nationally and internationally, one measure of which has been his receipt of many honours, including a Grammy and five Juno awards. A reviewer of his complete Mozart Violin Concertos, in Fanfare, a leading American music magazine, described them as "chocolate to the ear." Gramophone, perhaps the most highly respected music magazine in the English-speaking world, said of the same recordings, "Playing of brilliance and rapt eloquence puts this Mozart set among the finest and Ehnes here reinforces his credentials as one of the most brilliant and discerning players of his generation, with a sweet, gleaming tone and a purity of intonation that are second to none." <Full Story>
