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'''Andrew Dawes''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (February 7, 1940 – October 30, 2022) was a Canadian violinist.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/435596005.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13%2C+1987&author=Ronald+Hambleton+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.2&desc=Curious+package+stretches+Sharon+tradition "Curious package stretches Sharon tradition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133839/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/435596005.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13,+1987&author=Ronald+Hambleton+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.2&desc=Curious+package+stretches+Sharon+tradition |date=2018-02-01 }}. ''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton , Jul 13, 1987 Page: D.2</ref> He was known for his performances with the [[Orford String Quartet]].<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436306544.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+9%2C+1990&author=Ronald+Hambleton+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.16&desc=Orford+quartet+lives+up+to+the+bravos "Orford quartet lives up to the bravos"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133840/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436306544.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+9,+1990&author=Ronald+Hambleton+Special+to+The+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.16&desc=Orford+quartet+lives+up+to+the+bravos |date=2018-02-01 }}. ''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton Nov 9, 1990 Page: D.16</ref>
'''Andrew Dawes''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (February 7, 1940 – October 30, 2022) was a Canadian violinist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schabas |first=William |date=2006-02-07 |title=Andrew Dawes |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andrew-dawes-emc |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.proquest.com/docview/435596005 "Curious package stretches Sharon tradition"] . ''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton , Jul 13, 1987 Page: D.2</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Albert Dawes, CM |url=https://andrewdawes.ca/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=andrewdawes.ca}}</ref> He was known for his performances with the [[Orford String Quartet]].<ref>[https://www.proquest.com/docview/436306544 "Orford quartet lives up to the bravos"] . ''Toronto Star'' - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton Nov 9, 1990 Page: D.16</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Dawes was born in [[High River]], [[Alberta]].<ref name="CurtinWinters1994">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6LeJYlcUHAsC&pg=PA127 Curtin Call: A Photographer's Candid View of 25 Years of Music in Canada]''. Exile Editions, Ltd.; 1994. {{ISBN|978-1-55096-051-8}}. p. 127–.</ref> His violin teachers included [[Clayton Hare]] and<ref name="Szabo1996">Franz A. J. Szabo. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=JpNcUKdRU7cC&pg=PA116 Austrian Immigration to Canada: Selected Essays]''. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 1996. {{ISBN|978-0-88629-281-2}}. p. 116–.</ref> [[Murray Adaskin]], and he studied with [[Lorand Fenyves]] at the Conservatoire de Geneve.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VisKAQAAMAAJ Opera Canada]''. Volumes 15–17. Canadian Opera Association; 1974. p. 20.</ref><ref name="Colgress1988">Ulla Colgress. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ays-AAAAMAAJ For the Love of Music: Interviews with Ulla Colgrass. &#91;Robert Aitken ...&#93;]''. Oxford University Press, Incorporated; 1988. {{ISBN|978-0-19-540665-8}}. p. 130.</ref>
Dawes was born in [[High River]], [[Alberta]].<ref name="CurtinWinters1994">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=6LeJYlcUHAsC&pg=PA127 Curtin Call: A Photographer's Candid View of 25 Years of Music in Canada]''. Exile Editions, Ltd.; 1994. {{ISBN|978-1-55096-051-8}}. p. 127–.</ref> His violin teachers included [[Clayton Hare]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/austrianimmigrat0000unse/page/116/mode/2up |title=Austrian Immigration to Canada: Selected Essays |publisher=Carleton University Press |year=1969 |editor-last=Szabo |editor-first=Frank A.J. |pages=116 |chapter=Canada's Musical Life |isbn=9780886292812 |access-date=2023-08-11 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/austrianimmigrat0000unse/page/116/mode/2up |url-access=registration}}</ref> and [[Murray Adaskin]], and he studied with [[Lorand Fenyves]] at the Conservatoire de Genève.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VisKAQAAMAAJ Opera Canada]''. Volumes 15–17. Canadian Opera Association; 1974. p. 20.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Colgrass |first=Ulla |url=https://archive.org/details/forloveofmusicin0000colg/page/130/mode/2up |title=For the Love of Music: Interviews with Ulla Colgrass |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1988 |pages=130 |isbn=978-0-19-540665-8 |access-date=2023-08-11 |url-access=registration}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Dawes was first violinist of the Toronto-based [[Orford String Quartet]] throughout its existence from 1965 to 1991.<ref name="ThompsonSchwartz1998">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf3GPo9jJzkC&pg=PA63 Concert Life in Puerto Rico, 1957-1992: Views and Reviews]''. La Editorial, UPR; 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-8477-0320-3}}. p. 63–.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=px_uAAAAMAAJ Saturday Night]''. Volume 105, Issues 6–10. Consolidated Press Limited; 1990. p. 10.</ref> The group toured through North America in 1984.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TvfjAAAAMAAJ Ovation]''. Vol. 5. Ovation Magazine Associates; 1984. p. 6.</ref> He also performed with the [[Tokyo String Quartet]] in 1995.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/a-moving-toronto-goodbye-from-the-tokyo-quartet/article10807289/ "A moving Toronto goodbye from the Tokyo Quartet"]. ROBERT HARRIS. ''The Globe and Mail'', April 5, 2013</ref>
Dawes was first violinist of the Toronto-based [[Orford String Quartet]] throughout its existence from 1965 to 1991.<ref name="ThompsonSchwartz1998">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf3GPo9jJzkC&pg=PA63 Concert Life in Puerto Rico, 1957-1992: Views and Reviews]''. La Editorial, UPR; 1998. {{ISBN|978-0-8477-0320-3}}. p. 63–.</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=px_uAAAAMAAJ Saturday Night]''. Volume 105, Issues 6–10. Consolidated Press Limited; 1990. p. 10.</ref> The group toured North America in 1984.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TvfjAAAAMAAJ Ovation]''. Vol. 5. Ovation Magazine Associates; 1984. p. 6.</ref> He also performed with the [[Tokyo String Quartet]] in 1995.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/a-moving-toronto-goodbye-from-the-tokyo-quartet/article10807289/ "A moving Toronto goodbye from the Tokyo Quartet"]. ROBERT HARRIS. ''The Globe and Mail'', April 5, 2013</ref>

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Dawes was a Professor of Music at the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Music|Faculty of Music, University of Toronto]]. He was Professor Emeritus of the School of Music, [[University of British Columbia]]. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Music at [[McGill University]]. He was a member of the board of directors of the Saint James Music Academy, and a director of the [[Vancouver Academy of Music|Vancouver Academy of Music's]] Chamber Music Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=2936&t=12&ln=Dawes|title=The Governor General of Canada|last=General|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|language=en|access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref>


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Dawes served as a juror at music competitions including the London International String Quartet Competition, Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and [[Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition]]. He was chair of the [[Banff International String Quartet Competition]] from 1989 to 2004.
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Dawes was a Professor of Music at the [[University of Toronto]] Faculty of Music. He was Professor Emeritus The [[University of British Columbia]] School of Music. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Music at [[McGill University]]. He was a member of the board of directors of the Saint James Music Academy , and a director of the [[Vancouver Academy of Music]]'s Chamber Music Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=2936&t=12&ln=Dawes|title=The Governor General of Canada|last=General|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|language=en|access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref>


In 2013, the [[National Film Board of Canada]] produced a brief tribute to Dawes entitled ''Dynamic Range,'' written and directed by [[Lisa Jackson (filmmaker)|Lisa Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/andrew_dawes_dynamic_range/ |title=Andrew Dawes: Dynamic Range |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref>
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Dawes served as a juror on a number of music competitions, including the London International String Quartet competition, the Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and the [[Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition]]. He was chairman of the [[Banff International String Quartet Competition]] from 1989 to 2004.


In 2013 the [[National Film Board of Canada]] produced a video biography written and directed by [[Lisa Jackson (filmmaker)|Lisa Jackson]] of Dawes' life entitled "Dynamic Range"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/andrew_dawes_dynamic_range/ |title=Andrew Dawes: Dynamic Range |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref>
As of 2022, the rare 1770 [[Giovanni Battista Guadagnini|Guadagnini]] violin that Dawes played from 1957 to 2018 is called the ''Dawes, de Long Tearse''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=42602 |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1770, the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse' |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> [[Robert Uchida]] is the current performer.


Dawes died of prostate cancer on October 30, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestrad.com/news/canadian-violinist-andrew-dawes-has-died/15670.article|title=Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes has died|website=[[The Strad]]|date=November 2, 2022|access-date=November 2, 2022}}</ref>
As of 2022, the 1770 [[Giovanni Battista Guadagnini|GB Guadagnini]] violin that Dawes had played is now known as the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse' Guadagnini. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/property/?ID=42602 |title=Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1770, the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse' |access-date=2022-10-30}}</ref> It is currently played by [[Robert Uchida]].


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2013 Governor General Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in Classical Music
* Appointed Member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1991<ref name="gg.ca"/><ref>[https://www.thestrad.com/canadian-violinist-andrew-dawes-receives-governor-generals-lifetime-achievement-award/1305.article "Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award"]. ''The Strad'', 9 April 2013</ref>
* Appointed Member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1991<ref name="gg.ca"/><ref>[https://www.thestrad.com/canadian-violinist-andrew-dawes-receives-governor-generals-lifetime-achievement-award/1305.article "Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award"]. ''The Strad'', 9 April 2013</ref>
* The Dorothy Somerset Award for Excellence in Performance and Development
* The Dorothy Somerset Award for Excellence in Performance and Development
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.andrewdawes.ca/ Andrew Dawes official website]
* {{official website|http://www.andrewdawes.ca/}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/andrew-dawes-emc Andrew Dawes. The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* {{discogs artist|Andrew Dawes}}


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Latest revision as of 19:49, 10 November 2024

This article is about the Canadian violinist. For the Australian athletics coach, see Andrew Dawes (coach).
Andrew Dawes
Born(1940-02-07)February 7, 1940
High River, Alberta, Canada
DiedOctober 30, 2022(2022-10-30) (aged 82)
Aldearrubia,Spain
OccupationViolinist

Andrew Dawes CM (February 7, 1940 – October 30, 2022) was a Canadian violinist.[1][2][3] He was known for his performances with the Orford String Quartet.[4]

Early life and education

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Dawes was born in High River, Alberta.[5] His violin teachers included Clayton Hare[6] and Murray Adaskin, and he studied with Lorand Fenyves at the Conservatoire de Genève.[7][8]

Career

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Dawes was first violinist of the Toronto-based Orford String Quartet throughout its existence from 1965 to 1991.[9][10] The group toured North America in 1984.[11] He also performed with the Tokyo String Quartet in 1995.[12]

Dawes was a Professor of Music at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. He was Professor Emeritus of the School of Music, University of British Columbia. He was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Music at McGill University. He was a member of the board of directors of the Saint James Music Academy, and a director of the Vancouver Academy of Music's Chamber Music Institute.[13]

Dawes served as a juror at music competitions including the London International String Quartet Competition, Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He was chair of the Banff International String Quartet Competition from 1989 to 2004.

In 2013, the National Film Board of Canada produced a brief tribute to Dawes entitled Dynamic Range, written and directed by Lisa Jackson.[14]

As of 2022, the rare 1770 Guadagnini violin that Dawes played from 1957 to 2018 is called the Dawes, de Long Tearse.[15] Robert Uchida is the current performer.

Dawes died of prostate cancer on October 30, 2022.[16]

Awards

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Recordings

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Notable Dawes recordings include

  • Beethoven Complete Sonatas for Piano & Violin with Jane Coop
  • Beethoven The Complete Quartets with the Orford String Quartet
  • Mozart String Quartets with the Orford String Quartet

References

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  1. ^ Schabas, William (2006-02-07). "Andrew Dawes". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. ^ "Curious package stretches Sharon tradition" . Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton , Jul 13, 1987 Page: D.2
  3. ^ "Andrew Albert Dawes, CM". andrewdawes.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. ^ "Orford quartet lives up to the bravos" . Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Ronald Hambleton Nov 9, 1990 Page: D.16
  5. ^ Curtin Call: A Photographer's Candid View of 25 Years of Music in Canada. Exile Editions, Ltd.; 1994. ISBN 978-1-55096-051-8. p. 127–.
  6. ^ Szabo, Frank A.J., ed. (1969). "Canada's Musical Life". Austrian Immigration to Canada: Selected Essays. Carleton University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780886292812. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  7. ^ Opera Canada. Volumes 15–17. Canadian Opera Association; 1974. p. 20.
  8. ^ Colgrass, Ulla (1988). For the Love of Music: Interviews with Ulla Colgrass. Oxford University Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-19-540665-8. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  9. ^ Concert Life in Puerto Rico, 1957-1992: Views and Reviews. La Editorial, UPR; 1998. ISBN 978-0-8477-0320-3. p. 63–.
  10. ^ Saturday Night. Volume 105, Issues 6–10. Consolidated Press Limited; 1990. p. 10.
  11. ^ Ovation. Vol. 5. Ovation Magazine Associates; 1984. p. 6.
  12. ^ "A moving Toronto goodbye from the Tokyo Quartet". ROBERT HARRIS. The Globe and Mail, April 5, 2013
  13. ^ General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada". Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  14. ^ "Andrew Dawes: Dynamic Range". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  15. ^ "Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Parma, 1770, the 'Dawes, de Long Tearse'". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  16. ^ "Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes has died". The Strad. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  17. ^ Governor General of Canada. "Andrew A. Dawes, C.M." Governor General's Office. Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  18. ^ "Canadian violinist Andrew Dawes receives Governor General's lifetime achievement award". The Strad, 9 April 2013
  19. ^ "The Orford String Quartet". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  20. ^ "Andrew Dawes". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
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