Canadian violinist James Ehnes, above left, charmed a small but attentive audience at the Drake Hotel last night as part of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Offstage series. Ehnes is in town for several star turns this week: he performs with the TSO Thursday (November 26, 2 pm) and Saturday (November 28, 8 pm) at Roy Thomson Hall and Sunday (November 29, 3 pm) at the George Weston Recital Hall, and he plays a solo concert at Koerner Hall (with accompanist Andrew Armstrong) Friday (November 27, 8 pm).
Broadcaster Rick Phillips steered a fascinating hour-long conversation that got to the heart of Ehnes’s passion for fine instruments, a fervour ignited by software magnate David Fulton’s $50 million collection of some of the world’s most treasured violins and violas. Enhes compared and contrasted the instruments on Homage, a 2008 compact disc and DVD about the Fulton Collection. “David Fulton and I are both violin geeks,” said Ehnes, “so having the opportunity to play all of those incredible instruments was a tremendous thrill.”
Photo by Christopher Jones
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