Adrian Anantawan

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Name = Adrian Anantawan

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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Instrument = Violin
Genre = Classical
Occupation = Musician
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Adrian Anantawan (born 1983) is a Canadian violinist. Anantawan, who began studying violin at age nine, has performed with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra [ [http://www.tso.ca/season/press/press_releases/press02.22.cfm?YearMonth=2008,7 Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Media Room] ] and has performed at the White House. [ [http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/September/20060925152441jmnamdeirf0.3944361.html State Department Launches Global Cultural Initiative ] ] He is an alumnus of Etobicoke School of the Arts. [ [http://www.catholicradio.ca/25anniversaryJPII/anantawan.html Catholic Radio - 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II] ] Growing up in the neighbourhood of Clarkson, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, he attended St. Christopher's Elementary School, and is a member of the St. Christopher's Church Parish.

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, in Mississauga, and later under violist Mark Childs in Toronto. [ [http://www.enablelink.org/include/article.php?pid=&cid=&subid=&aid=1205 Abilities Magazine] ] [ [http://www.catholicradio.ca/25anniversaryJPII/anantawan.html Catholic Radio - 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II] ]

In 1999 and 2000, Anantawan earned positions with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, ranking second nationally in his audition for the year 2000. [ [http://www.nyoc.org/english/alumni_violin.php NYOC - National Youth Orchestra of Canada Alumni List (Violins) ] ] 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. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/musicaroundus/march_concerts.html CBC - Music Around Us - Glenn Gould Studio] ] [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1111607128220_107016328/?hub=WFive CTV - W-Five - Help and Hope] ] [ [http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org/performers/anantawan.html Abilities Arts Festival] ] In 2001, Anantawan received the Mississauga Arts Council Emerging Music Talent award [ [http://www5.mississauga.ca/MAC/ArtsAwardsHistory.htm Mississauga Arts Awards History] ] 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. [ [http://www.meadowmount.com/music.shtml Meadowmount School of Music - Highlights from 2001 Sound Samples] ] On the same year, he won the International Rosemary Kennedy Award and debuted at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. [ [http://www.vsarts.org/x747.xml VSA Arts - Arts in Action] ] In 2005, he received the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award. [ [http://www.galaxie.ca/en/2/etoile_c_7.html Galaxie Rising Stars Program of the CBC] ] In 2006, after enjoying a full merit scholarship, Anantawan graduated from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. [ [http://www.catholicradio.ca/25anniversaryJPII/anantawan.html Catholic Radio - 25th Anniversary of the Pontificate of John Paul II] ] While there, he studied under Ida Kavafian and Yumi Ninomiya Scott. In the summers of 2004, 2005 and 2006, he won scholarships to the National Arts Center Young Artist Program and studied with Pinchas Zukerman. [ [http://www.nac-cna.ca/en/nacnews/viewnews.cfm?ID=1449 2007 NAC Young Artists Programme Participants] ] [ [http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org/performers/anantawan.html Abilities Arts Festival] ] Summer of 2006 and January 2007 also saw Anantawan with a full scholarship at the Perlman School of Music under Itzhak Perlman. [ [http://www.mco-ocm.qc.ca/bioproge1.htm Biography - L'Orchestre de Chambre de Montreal] ]

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. [ [http://www.mediainfo2004.gr/cgibin/hweb?-A=1795&-V=calendar&-w= CITY OF ATHENS - Cultural Events During the Paralympics] ] In November 2005, he debuted with the Toronto Symphony under the direction of Peter Oundjian. [ [http://www.tso.ca/season/press/press_releases/press02.22.cfm?YearMonth=2008,7 Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Media Room] ] In the spring of 2006, his recital at the Glenn Gould Studio for CBC Radio 2 - “Music Around Us” was broadcasted live nationally. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/musicaroundus/march_concerts.html CBC - Music Around Us - Glenn Gould Studio] ] In September 2006 he performed at the White House to help launch the President's Global Cultural Initiative [ [http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2006/September/20060925152441jmnamdeirf0.3944361.html State Department Launches Global Cultural Initiative ] ] . In 2008, he completed his Master's degree in Music with a full scholarship at Yale University under Peter Oundjian. [ [http://www.yale.edu/bulletin/html/music/statistics.html Yale University - School of Music - Honors and Recipients of Named Scholarships] ]

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 [ [http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org/performers/anantawan.html Abilities Arts Festival] ] and Bloorview Kids Rehab Center in Toronto. [ [http://www.bloorview.ca/foundation/about/documents/reporttodonors200506.pdf Bloorview report & list for web] ]

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

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
*Special documentary entitled 'The Story Behind The Notes', premiered on The Documentary Channel, June 30/2008 [ [http://www.tso.ca/season/press/press_releases/press02.22.cfm?YearMonth=2008,7 Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Media Room] ]

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