Andrew Dawes is a Canadian

Canada

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 violinist born February 7, 1940 in High River, Alberta

High River, Alberta

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He was first violinist of the Orford String Quartet from 1965 until 1995 and plays a J.B.Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ; was an emiliano luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.-Biography:...

 violin crafted in Parma in 1770. His teachers included Clayton Hare

Clayton Hare

Clayton Hare was a Canadian teacher, conductor, and violinist. He was the third principal conductor of the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra and taught at a number of universities including Mount Allison University, the University of Portland, and Mount Royal College.-External links:* at The Canadian...

, Murray Adaskin

Murray Adaskin

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, and Lorand Fenyves.

Awards

• Appointed Member of the Order of Canada
  Order of Canada
  The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
  
   in 1991 http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2936
• The Dorothy Somerset Award for Excellence in Performance and Development
• The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal created in 2002 to mark the 50th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II...
  
  
• Juno Awards: 11 nominations and 3 wins
• Chalmers National Music Award
• The Canada Council Molson Prize
• 1964 Prix de Virtuosité from the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
  Conservatoire de musique de Genève
  The Conservatoire de musique de Genève is a music school in Geneva, Switzerland.Founded by François Bartholoni in 1835. This conservatory is the oldest music education institution in Switzerland and one of the oldest conservatory in Europe. Franz Liszt has taught at this conservatory during the...
  
  

Competition Juror

Dawes has acted as a juror on a number of competitions including

• The London International String Quartet competition
• The Coleman Chamber Music Competition
• The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
  Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
  Begun in South Bend, Indiana, USA in 1973, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition is the largest chamber music competition in the world, and the only with separate Junior and Senior Divisions...
  
  
• Chairman of the Banff String Quartet Competition from 1989–2004

Teaching

Dawes has been a Professor of Music at various institutions

• University of Toronto
  University of Toronto
  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
  
   Faculty of Music
• Professor Emeritus The University of British Columbia
  University of British Columbia
  The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
  
   School of Music
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Catherine Thornhill Steele Chair in Music at the McGill University
  McGill University
  Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
  
  

Recordings

Notable Dawes' recordings include

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

External links

• Biography page
• Andrew Dawes in the Canadian Encyclopedia