Adrian Anantawan
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 Violinist Adrian Anantawan performs at the White House, at the First Lady's Global Cultural Initiatives; acompanied by pianist Amy J. Yang, 2006.
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| Born | 1983 (age 24–25) Clarkson, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Violin |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Adrian Anantawan (b. 1983) is a Canadian violinist. Anantawan, who began studying violin at age nine, has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and has performed at the White House. He is an alumnus of Etobicoke School of the Arts. Growing up in Clarkson, Ontario, Canada, he attended St. Christopher's Elementary School, and is a member of the St. Christopher's Church Parish.
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[edit] Biography
With unique innate musical talent and relentless demand for perfection, Adrian Anantawan has become a rising star and one of a rising classical violinists of his generation.
Anantawan began his violin training at the age of nine, under the tutelage of violinist Peggy Hills in Mississauga, and later under violinist Mark Childs in Toronto.
In 1999 and 2000, Anantawan earned positions with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, ranking second nationally in his audition for the year 2000.
Throughout his musical career, Anantawan has won many music awards and has received numerous recognitions. He has been profiled by CBC, CTV, YTV, CityTV, TVO, and many major newspapers and magazines. In 2001, Anantawan received the Mississauga Arts Council Emerging Music Talent award and the YTV (Canada) Young Achiever award. In 2002, he received the Starling Award for promising young soloist from the Meadowmount School of Music, founded by Ivan Galamian. On the same year, he won the International Rosemary Kennedy Award and debuted at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. In 2005, he received the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award.
In 2006, after enjoying a full merit scholarship, Anantawan graduated from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. While there, he studied under Ida Kavafian and Yumi Ninomiya Scott. In the summers of 2004, 2995 and 2006, he won scholarships to the National Arts Center Young Artist Program and studied with Pinchas Zukerman. Summer of 2006 and January of 2007 also saw Anantawan with a full scholarship at the Perlman School of Music under Itzhak Perlman.
Anantawan has been performing regularly since 2001. He soloed with orchestras throughout Canada and the US. He represented the Canada Cultural Showcase at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. In November 2005, he debuted with the Toronto Symphony under the direction of Peter Oundjian. In the spring of 2006, his recital at the Glenn Gould Studio for CBC Radio 2 - “Music Around Us” was broadcasted live nationally. In September 2006 he performed at the White House to help launch the President's Global Cultral Initiative[1]. Currently, he divides his time between studying towards a Master's degree in music with a full scholarship at Yale University under Peter Oundjian and performing as soloist throughout Canada and the United States.
[edit] Disability activism
Anantawan was born without a right hand. He is an active member and spokesperson for the CHAMP (Child Amputee) Program of The War Amps and Bloorview Kids Rehab Center (Toronto).
[edit] Professional achievements
- White House appearance in the presence of the First Lady to help launch the Global Cultural Initiative, sponsored by VSA arts, 2006
- Juno Nominee for Best Children Album “A Butterfly in Time”, 2006
- National broadcast of TSO debut concert by CBC, Jan 1/2006
- National broadcast of Glen Gloud Studio recital, Music around Us by CBC, 2006
- Nominee for Terry Fox Hall of Fame, 2005
- Galaxie Rising Star Award, CBC, 2005
- Starling Award for Most Promising Young Soloist, 2005
- Awarded the use of an 1698 Amati violin, 2004 – present
- Gold, and Grand Awards, International Mercury Film Festival, 2003 (profile)
- Gold, and Gold Special Jury’s Awards, Worldfest, Houston, 2003 (profile)
- VSA arts Rosemary Kennedy International Young Soloist Award, 2002
- Kids Hall of Fame Inductee, N.Y., 2001
- Young Achiever Award YTV (YAPS to the Max), 2001
- Mississauga Art Council Emerging Music Award, 2001
- Member of NYO of Canada, placed second in the nationwide audition, 2000
- One of the youngest violinists accepted by the NYO of Canada, 1999
[edit] Media coverage
- Has been profiled by most major newspapers such as Toronto Star, Globe & Mail, National, the Sun, Mississauga News, Washington Post, Philadelphia Enquirer, South Mississippi News, New Hampshire, etc., 1999 – present
- Has been profiled by most major TV channels such as the following:
- Profile, Fairchild Television, Dec 2006
- One on One with Paula Todd, TVO, Jan/2006
- W5, Help & Hope CTV, March/2005
- PBA profile for the War Amps, all channels, 2002 – present
- “Gift” Supper Gala, National News, CTV, CBC, City TV, Global, 2004
- "The Daily Planet" Discovery Channel, 2004
- Idea City 02, City TV, June/2002
- Moving On, CBC, 2001
- YAPS to the Max, YTV, 2000
