California Youth Symphony/Kenneth Renshaw - Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Mvmt 1 (2 of 2)

Recorded live in concert at the Flint Center, Cupertino, CA.
3/8/2009

Conductor: Leo Eylar
Soloist: Kenneth Renshaw
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Piece: Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor


Kenneth Renshaw, 15 year old violinist from San Francisco, is the Concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. He was recently awarded First Prize in the 2009 Los Angeles Philharmonic Bronislaw Kaper Competition. Kenneth was named a 2008 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist by the national public radio show From the Top; they featured him on the show and awarded him a scholarship of $10,000.00. As a result of winning First Place in the 2008 California Youth Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition, Kenneth is performing the Sibelius Concerto with the orchestra on March 8 and 15, 2009.
He is a scholarship student in the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studies the violin with Li Lin; Kenneth is also enrolled in the Chamber Music Program. He performs in master classes and in recitals at the Conservatory, both as soloist and as a member of the Soleil Trio. Kenneth has also taken lessons with Ian Swensen, Chair of the Collegiate String Department at SFCM and is a member of the Youth Orchestra String Quartet with the San Francisco Symphony.

Kenneth attends the San Francisco High School of the Arts. He was previously a student at the Crowden School where he was orchestra concertmaster. He appeared as soloist playing the Bach Concerto in E major with the Crowden Chamber Orchestra at the Jr. Bach Festival in 2008. As a member of the Mancini Trio at Crowden, Kenneth received coaching and mentoring from conductor George Cleve; in addition, his string quartet was selected to perform in master classes given by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Takacs String Quartet.

Kenneth was awarded full scholarships to attend Music at Menlo International Chamber Music Institute in 2007 and 2008. While there, he performed in master classes and received coaching by such international artists as Jorja Fleezanis, Joseph and Ian Swensen, Roberto Diaz, Ralph Kirshbaum, Philip Setzer, Wu Han, and David Finckel.

At age 8, Kenneth performed at Carnegie Hall as a member of the Villa Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra. The same year, he played for San Francisco mayors Willie Brown and Art Agnos.

In 2007, he won First Place in the San Francisco Bay Area American String Teachers Association Competition and Alternate First Place in the California State VOCE Competition of the Music Teachers Association of California. He was also a winner in the Jr. Bach Festival Auditions for three years (2006 to 2008). Kenneth received Second Place in the Oakland East Bay Symphony Concerto Competition and was featured in a pre-concert performance at the Paramount Theater with that symphony in 2008.

Also in 2007, Kenneth was soloist in Mozart's Violin Concerto No.4 with the Diablo Youth Symphony at the Lesher Center for Performing Arts. In addition he was invited to play in master classes given by Sylvia Rosenberg (Julliard and Eastman faculty) and world-renowned Baroque violinist John Holloway.

For more info, visit www.cys.org

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• California Youth Symphony
• CYS
• Leo Eylar
• Kenneth Renshaw
• Sibelius Violin Concerto
• young artist
• School of the Arts

[yellotheemcee]

i feel bad for cys... they have to compete with people who arent even in their orchestra for their concerto competitions

[xplorer1991]

@yellotheemcee That's not true. There's the young artist competition and there are senior soloist competition. The young artist competition is for the May concert and can feature anyone who is under 18. The senior soloist competition is limited to only seniors in the orchestra and that concert occurs in May.

[yellotheemcee]

@xplorer1991 i stand correcteddd

then i feel bad for the non seniors in cys

[xplorer1991]

@yellotheemcee True, but they'll get their chance when they become seniors.

[yellotheemcee]

@xplorer1991 not necesairly... don't people leave for sf or other circumstances