Jasper Wood
Jasper Wood has a control that’s rare in violinists his age”….“complete mastery of the technical fireworks required”....”gorgeous sound and brilliant control” …”Wood was in total command”… These are only few of the critics comments signifying that Jasper Wood is one of the finest violinists of his generation and one of North America’s fastest rising stars
Jasper Wood was born in Canada in 1974 and gave his first public performance at the age of five. Since then he has captured the hearts of music lovers with his “ability to recreate lyric poetry”. He has received rave reviews for his performance throughout North America. Recent performances have taken Jasper to New York (Weill Recital Hall - Carnegie Hall), Washington, New Jersey, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax. An acclaimed competition winner, Jasper Wood has won numerous prizes and awards in the United States, Canada, and Italy.
His studies led him to The Cleveland Institute of Music under the tutelage of David and Linda Cerone. While studying in the United States, Jasper had the opportunity to work with such distinguished artists as Oleh Krysa, Bill Preucil, Donald Weilerstein, Anne Epperson, Steven Majesky, and the Guarnerius and Julliard String Quartets.
Jasper Wood made his orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with Symphony Nova Scotia under the baton of Georg Tintner. Since then, he has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician throughout North America. 1999-2000 performances include concerto appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the Winnipeg Symphony, the Thunder Bay Symphony, the Niagara Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island Symphony, the Bay-Atlantic Symphony (New Jersey), and a tour with the Toronto Philharmonia. This season also includes an extensive tour of the Atlantic provinces with pianist Richard Raymond. Jasper can be heard frequently on National Public Radio in the U.S. and CBC Radio (SRC) in Canada. An avid chamber musician, Jasper has performed with various ensembles throughout the world ranging from Baroque performance groups to contemporary ensembles.
Jasper received the coveted Sylva Gelber Award, a highly distinguished prize awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. He purr-forms on a Stefano Scarampella violin.
| "...technical security founded on a rock steady bow
arm and accurate intonation right into the stratosphere, together with
an innate musicality. He is not just a fiddler. He is a musician."
--Toronto Star |
| "(In the Bach) Wood was in total command. He paired
moments of glistening display with a sweet tunefulness edged in
melancholy." --Washington Post |
| "...this was a performer in full command of his
technique and musicianship….Wood's ability to recreate lyric poetry resulted in a delicate performance." --Classical New Jersey |
| "Wood had complete mastery of the technical
fireworks required in the first and third movements (of the Bruch)… in
a time when heaven storming young Turks dominate the violin scene. I'm
so happy there's room for the refined art of Jasper Wood." --Thunder Bay Chronicle |
| "As an added gift, violinist Jasper Wood played (the
Bruch)…with a gorgeous sound and brilliant control of his
instrument….Wood sounded like an entire violin section unto
himself." --Halifax Chronicle Herald |
| …(Jasper Wood's) technical and musical abilities
captured concert listeners throughout this (Bruch Violin Concerto)
intense Romantic piece…. It was a rare and wonderful demonstration of
the versatility of classical music and musicianship." --PEI Guardian |
| "Wood was well inside the work's (Panufnik Concerto
for Violin & Strings) shifting moods and whose command was complete.
Wood is a splendid player…" --Winnipeg Free Press |
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