Graeme JENNINGS
violin
Graeme Jennings,
born in 1968 in Australia, studied at the Queensland
Conservatorium where he completed his Bachelor's Degree in 1989, and
later on, at the San Francisco Conservatory, earning his Master's
Degree in 1992. His principal violin teachers were Isadore TINKLEMAN,
Anthony DOHENY and John CURRO.
Whilst a student, he was concertmaster
of the Queensland Youth Orchestra, the Australian Youth Orchestra, and
at Expo '88, the International Youth Orchestra.
He made his solo debut in 1985 with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Performing Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1. Since then he has
performed widely throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia,
Australia and New Zealand.
As a recitalist, Graeme has a repertoire ranging from Bach through
Boulez and beyond . . . His main focus these days is on chamber music, as
well as being an enthusiastic proponent of new music. He has been
highly complimented on his interpretations by composers such as
Lutoslawski, Carter, Tippett, Berio, Ferneyhough and many others. After
hearing him give the Australian premiere of his Partita for violin
and piano, Witold LUTOSLAWSKI described Graeme as an "inspired
performer".
Under the auspices of an Australia Council Grant, he moved to
San Francisco in 1990, devoting himself almost entirely to the
discipline of string quartet playing. In the following years he studied
with Mark SOKOL (formerly of the Concord String Quartet) with whom, in
1991, he formed the Conservatory Quartet. This group was renowned for,
amongst other things, its marathon, single-evening performances of
Elliott CARTER's complete string quartets.
In 1994, he joined the Arditti String Quartet as Second
Violinist with whom he has toured widely throughout the world, made
more than 40 CD recordings, and given world premieres of works by
composers such as Ades, Andriessen, Barrett, Boesmans, Birtwistle,
Carter, Cerha, Dillon, Furrer, Guerrero, Harvey, Hosokawa, Huber,
Jarrel, Kagel, Kurtag, Lachenmann, Nishimura, de Pablo, Reynolds, Rihm,
Scelsi, Stockhausen, Wuorinen, Xenakis and Zender. The Arditti Quartet
has received numerous awards including the prestigious Ernst von
Siemens Prize for 1999, and two Grammaphone awards for their recordings
of Carter and Birtwistle.
January 2005
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