WOOD, JASPER

The violinist Jasper Wood made his solo orchestral début in 1987 with Symphony Nova Scotia under the baton of Georg Tintner. He has won great respect as a soloist with leading orchestras, including those of Toronto, Montreal and Buffalo, and in recitals throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. He holds a master of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with David and Linda Cerone. Jasper Wood has been awarded both the Sylva Gelber Award and the Virginia Parker Prize, two of the most distinguished honours awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. He currently performs on a 1700 "Taft" Stradivarius violin on loan from an anonymous donor and the Canada Council for the Arts. He is Assistant Professor of Violin at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

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