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Martin Beaver (born November 10, 1967) is a Canadian violinist. He was the first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet from 2002 until its final season in 2013. As a part of the Tokyo String Quartet, he played the ''Paganini-Comte Cozio di Salabue'' violin (circa 1727) on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation, part of the Paganini Quartet collection of instruments made by
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. He currently performs on a violin made by Nicolò Bergonzi. Beaver is now on the faculty at the
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in
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and remains active as both a chamber musician and soloist. In 2013, he founded the Montrose Trio with pianist Jon Kimura Parker and cellist Clive Greensmith.


Early life

Martin Beaver was born in
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, and raised in
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, Canada. His early violin teachers include Claude Letourneau and Carlisle Wilson. Subsequently, he studied violin with Victor Danchenko at the
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,
Henryk Szeryng Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (usually pronounced ''HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g'') (22 September 19183 March 1988) was a Polish- Mexican violinist. Early years He was born in Warsaw, Poland on 22 September 1918 into a wealthy Jewish family. The surname ...
at the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, and
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at
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. He also played with the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for many years.


Awards

*Top prizes at the 1990
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, the 1991
Montreal International Music Competition The Concours musical international de Montréal (CMIM) is an elite-level competition for classical musicians who are interested in pursuing an international career as a professional concert artist. Established in 2001 by the late André Bourbeau a ...
, and 1993
Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition (, ) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (1876–1 ...
* 1993: Virginia P. Moore Award from the
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* 2013: Sanford Medal from
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Teaching

Beaver has taught at
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, the
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, Hillfield Strathallan College the Peabody Conservatory of Music of
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, the Steinhardt School of
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, and has been the Artist in Residence at the
Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...
. During the fall of 2013, Beaver joined the faculty at The Colburn School as co-director of the String Chamber Music Studies Program and Professor of violin.


Recordings

Beaver has recorded for the Rene Gailly,
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,
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and both of Canadian Broadcast Corporation’s record labels. With the Tokyo String Quartet, he recorded with
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and Biddulph Recordings.


References


External links


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaver, Martin Canadian male classical violinists 1967 births Living people The Royal Conservatory of Music alumni Yale School of Music faculty Academic staff of The Royal Conservatory of Music Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 21st-century Canadian classical violinists 21st-century Canadian male musicians Canadian male violinists and fiddlers