James Ehnes

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James Ehnes {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OM|FRSC}} (born January 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American concert violinist and violist.

Early life

Ehnes was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Alan Ehnes,{{Cite news|url=https://passages.brandonsun.com/passage-details/id-290170/EHNES_Alan|title=Alan Ehnes|date=12 Oct 2019|work=Brandon Sun|access-date=17 Mar 2025}} long time trumpet professor at Brandon University (Canada), and Barbara Withey Ehnes, former ballerina with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Ruth Page's International Ballet, and Chicago Ballet, and former director of the Brandon School of Dance. Ehnes began his violin studies at the age of four and at age nine became a protégé of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/francis-chaplin-emc|title=Francis Chaplin|last=King|first=Betty Nygaard|date=13 Dec 2013|website=Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=4 Feb 2020}} He studied with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and from 1993 to 1997 at The Juilliard School, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music upon his graduation.{{cite web|url=http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm4-2/sm4-2Ehnes_en.htm|access-date=17 February 2012|title=The Boy from Brandon: Canada's Violin Hope|author=Hanson, Philip|date=1 October 1998|work=La Scena Musicale}}

James Ehnes toured with Jeunesses Musicales Canada during the 1992–1993 season, when he was only 16 years old.{{Cite web|title=BAnQ numérique|url=http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/|access-date=2021-06-11|website=Numerique.banq.qc.ca|language=fr}}

Career

Ehnes has performed with all of the major orchestras in North America including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,the San Francisco Symphony and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in the U.S., as well as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brandonu.ca/music/dept-faculty/ehnes-2/|title=James Ehnes | School of Music|website=Brandonu.ca}}

In Europe he has performed as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the London Symphony Orchestra, London's Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Ulster Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, plus many others.

In October 2005, he was awarded a Doctor of Music degree (honoris causa) from Brandon University and in July 2007 he became the youngest person ever elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2010, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.{{cite web |first=Annabelle |last=Cloutier |title=Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada |url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13725&lan=eng |work=Governor General of Canada |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=22 April 2014}}

Ehnes performs on the 1715 "ex-Marsick" Stradivarius.{{Cite web |last=Fishman |first=Elly |date=2023-01-17 |title=The Man Who Fixes the World's Finest Violins |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/january-2023/the-violin-doctor/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Chicago Magazine |language=en-US}} His commercial recordings have won many awards and prizes, including 11 Junos, two Grammies,{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/james-ehnes-grammy-award-violinist-1.5014263 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-02-12 |archive-date=2021-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003135919/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/james-ehnes-grammy-award-violinist-1.5014263 |url-status=dead }} and two Gramophone Classical Music Awards - 2008 Best Concerto{{Cite web|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2008/concerto|title=Concerto|website=Gramophone}} for Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto - 2021 Artist of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/awards/gramophone-classical-music-awards-2021/artist-of-the-year|title=Artist of the Year | James Ehnes|website=Gramophone}}

Ehnes was awarded the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards in the Instrumentalist category.{{Cite web|url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_music_awards/winners-to-date/instrumentalist|title=Instrumentalist: Winners to date|website=Royal Philharmonic Society}}

Ehnes joined the Royal Academy of Music as visiting professor of violin in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ram.ac.uk/people/james-ehnes|title=James Ehnes|website=Royal Academy of Music}}{{cite web|title=James Ehnes joins London's Royal Academy of Music as visiting professor of violin|url=http://www.thestrad.com/james-ehnes-joins-londons-royal-academy-of-music-as-visiting-professor-of-violin/3211.article|website=The Strad|date=March 16, 2017}}

Ehnes joined The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music faculty as a professor of practice in violin as of August 1, 2024.{{cite web|title=Violinist James Ehnes appointed to Jacobs School of Music faculty|url=http://music.indiana.edu/news-events/news/info/2023/10/ehnes-james-appointment.html|website=Jacobs School of Music|date=October 13, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Violinist James Ehnes Joins Jacobs School of Music Faculty|url=http://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-james-ehnes-joins-jacobs-school-of-music-faculty/|website=The Violin Channel|date=October 16, 2023}}

Ehnes is artistic director of the Seattle Chamber Music Society. He and violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen, and cellist Edward Arron perform as the Ehnes Quartet.{{cite journal

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Personal life

Ehnes lives in Ellenton, Florida with his wife and two children.

In a 2009 interview, they asked "Living in Florida, do you have American citizenship?" Ehnes said "I have dual. My parents are Americans. When they moved to Brandon, Manitoba in 1973, they never expected to stay. But it was a great place to live, so they’ve been there ever since."{{cite web|title=James Ehnes Returns|url=https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/feature-stories/2347-james-ehnes-returns|website=The WholeNote|date=October 29, 2009}}

Discography

= James Ehnes =

1995 Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin
2000 Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 | Violin Sonata No. 2 | Five Melodies
2000 Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 | Tzigane | Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata, Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata No. 1
2000 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin
2000 French Showpieces - Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso | Havanaise, Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire | Rêverie et caprice, Ernest Chausson: Poème, Claude Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne, Darius Milhaud: Cinéma Fantaisie, Jules Massenet: Méditation from the opera Thaïs
2001 Max Bruch: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
2002 Bruch: Concerto No. 2 and Scottish Fantasy
2002 Fritz Kreisler - Track 20. Petite Valse (Piano Solo: James Ehnes)
2003 Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet, Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quintet No. 2
2004 Romantic Pieces
2004 Henryk Wieniawski | Pablo de Sarasate
2004 Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Op. 94, Potpourri for Viola and Orchestra / Adagio and Rondo alla Polacca for Violin and Orchestra / Violin Concerto in G major
2004 Ernő Dohnányi: Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 43
2004 Luigi Dallapiccola: Tartiniana (Divertimento for Violin and Orchestra)
2005 John Adams: Road Movies for violin and piano, Hallelujah Junction for two pianos (Piano: Andrew Russo, James Ehnes)
2005 Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto
2005 Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.1
2006 Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord Vol.2
2006 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-5
2006 Samuel Barber, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, William Walton: Violin Concertos - Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey (50th Annual Grammy Awards - Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra))
2007 Paul Schoenfield: Four Souvenirs for violin and piano, Café Music for piano trio
2007 Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto (2008 Gramophone Classical Music Awards - Best Concerto)
2009 Homage
2009 Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/22/paganini-24-caprices-reviews | title=Paganini: 24 Caprices: James Ehnes/Paganini: 24 Caprices: Thomas Zehetmair | work=The Guardian | author=Andrew Clements | date=2009-10-22 | access-date=2015-06-30}}
2010 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet
2011 Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1 | Violin Concerto No. 2 | Viola Concerto
2011 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto | Sérénade mélancolique | Valse-Scherzo | Souvenir d'un lieu cher (I. Méditation - II. Scherzo - III. Mélodie)
2012 Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 1 - Rhapsody Folk Dances No. 1 | Rhapsody Folk Dances No. 2 | Violin Sonata No. 1 | Violin Sonata No. 2 | Andante
2012 Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
2013 Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 2 - Sonata for Solo Violin | Violin Sonata in E minor | Romanian Folk Dances | Hungarian Folksongs | Hungarian Folk Tunes{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jan/20/bartok-violin-piano-2-ehnes-review | title=Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano Vol 2: Sonatas and Folk Dances – review | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks|authorlink=Fiona Maddocks | date=2013-01-19 | access-date=2015-06-30}}
2013 Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto | Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
2013 Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin - Violin Concerto No. 1 | Violin Concerto No. 2 | Violin Sonata No. 1 | Violin Sonata No. 2 | Sonata for Two Violins | Sonata for Solo Violin | Five Melodies
2013 Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
2014 Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto | Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7, String Quartet No. 8
2014 Bartók: Works for Violin and Piano, Vol. 3 - Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano | Sonatina (Transcription for Violin and Piano) | 44 Duos for Two Violins
2014 American Chamber Music: Aaron Copland | Charles Ives | Leonard Bernstein | Elliott Carter | Samuel Barber
2015 Hector Berlioz: Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 (violin) | Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (viola)
2015 Cesar Franck and Richard Strauss: Violin Sonatas
2015 Leoš Janáček: The Wandering of a Little Soul (Violin Concerto)
2015 Aaron Jay Kernis: 2 Movements (with Bells)
2015 The Essential James Ehnes (containing works by Bach, Kreisler, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Berlioz)
2015 Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | Giuseppe Tartini: The Devil's Trill | Jean-Marie Leclair: Violin Sonata, Op. 9 No. 3
2016 Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata | Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata | Ottorino Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor | Jean Sibelius: 10 Pensées lyriques, Op. 40: 5. Berceuse
2017 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 | Violin Sonata No. 6
2017 Beethoven: Violin Concerto | Romance no. 1 Op. 40 | Romance no. 2 Op. 50, Franz Schubert: Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D 438
2017 Bartók: Rhapsody Folk Dances No. 1 | Rhapsody Folk Dances No. 2 (Violin and Orchestra)
2018 William Walton: Viola Concerto
2018 Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
2018 James Newton Howard: Violin Concerto, Aaron Jay Kernis: Violin Concerto, Bramwell Tovey: Stream of Limelight (61st Annual Grammy Awards - Best Classical Instrumental Solo)
2019 Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto
2019 James Newton Howard: A Hidden Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2019 Beethoven: Op. 12 Violin Sonata No. 1 | Violin Sonata No. 2 | Violin Sonata No. 3, Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
2020 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 | Violin Sonata No. 5 | Violin Sonata No. 8, Six German Dances, Rondo in G Major
2020 Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 | Violin Sonata No. 10
2020 Bach & Brahms Reimagined - Johannes Brahms: Horn Trio, Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
2021 Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for solo violin
2021 Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
2022 Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
2023 Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto
2023 Karol Szymanowski: Myths | George Frideric Handel: Violin sonata in D major (HWV 371) | James Newton Howard: 133...At Least | Tchaikovsky: Twelve Pieces Op. 40–6, Chanson sans paroles | Josef Suk: 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano Op. 17–4, Burleska | Samuel Dushkin: Sicilienne | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee | Manuel Ponce: Estrellita | Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
2024 Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
2024 Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto (2022 concert) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley
2024 Leonard Bernstein: Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" | John Williams: Violin Concerto No. 1 - St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Stéphane Denève
2024 Jean Sibelius: Works for Violin and Orchestra - Violin Concerto | Six Humoresques | Two Serious Melodies | Two Serenades | Suite for Violin and String Orchestra - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner ([https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHSA%205267 Chandos, CHSA 5267])
2024 Ehnes & Armstrong Play Brahms & Schumann - Robert Schumann: Märchenbilder, Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Op. 120 No. 1, No. 2 (Version for Viola) | Wiegenlied - James Ehnes (viola), Andrew Armstrong (piano) ([https://onyxclassics.com/release/ehnes-armstrong-play-brahms-schumann-brahms-sonatas-op-120-weigenlied-schumann-marchenbilder/ Onyx Classics, ONYX4256])
2025 Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole | Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 | Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy - BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena ([https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2020333 Chandos, CHAN 20333])
2025 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos - BWV 1042, BWV 1044, BWV 1060, BWV 1052, BWV 1041, BWV 1043, BWV 1056, BWV 1064 - National Arts Centre Orchestra ([https://outhere-music.com/en/albums/j-s-bach-complete-violin-concertos Analekta, AN28893-4])

= Ehnes Quartet =

2016 Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810, Jean Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor
2021 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 | Grosse Fuge
2021 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 | String Quartet No. 14
2021 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 | String Quartet No. 11
2022 Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 | String Quartet No. 16

References

External links

[http://www.jamesehnes.com/ Official James Ehnes site]
[http://intermusica.co.uk/artist/James-Ehnes Intermusica agency page on James Ehnes]
[http://www.discogs.com/artist/1567732 James Ehnes] - Discogs
[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001656532 James Ehnes] - AllMusic
[https://www.chandos.net/artists/James_Ehnes/8511 James Ehnes] - Chandos Records
[http://onyxclassics.com/artist/james-ehnes James Ehnes] - Onyx Classics
[http://onyxclassics.com/artist/ehnes-quartet Ehnes Quartet] - Onyx Classics
[https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/ehnes-james.html James Ehnes] - Jacobs School of Music
[http://www.ram.ac.uk/people/james-ehnes James Ehnes] - Royal Academy of Music
[http://www.seattlechambermusic.org/about/artistic-director James Ehnes, Artistic Director] - Seattle Chamber Music Society
[http://www.chambersoloistsdetroit.org/james-ehnes James Ehnes] - Chamber Soloists of Detroit
[http://www.chambersoloistsdetroit.org/ehnes-quartet Ehnes Quartet] - Chamber Soloists of Detroit

interview, feature article
[http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm4-2/sm4-2Ehnes_en.htm October 1998 Cover Story] - La Scena Musicale
[http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm6-9/heifetz-en.html June 2001 Cover Story] - La Scena Musicale
[http://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/newsroom/feature-stories/2347-james-ehnes-returns The WholeNote (November 2009) James Ehnes Returns]
[https://houstonsymphony.org/meet-james-ehnes-violin-2/ Houston Symphony] (September 2011) James Ehnes on Brahms Violin Concerto
[https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/james-ehnes-happy-at-helm-of-seattle-chamber-music-society-preserves-his-17-year-summer-tradition/ The Seattle Times] (July 1, 2012) James Ehnes, happy at helm of Seattle Chamber Music Society, preserves his 17-year summer tradition
[https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2016/06/05/interview-james-ehnes/ Ludwig van Toronto] (June 2016) Reflections: James Ehnes @ Forty
[https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/4039--interview-james-ehnes-on-working-from-home Presto Music (2021) James Ehnes on working from home]
[https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/5885--interview-james-ehnes-on-john-williams-and-leonard-bernstein Presto Music (2024) James Ehnes on John Williams and Leonard Bernstein]
[http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20093/9819/ Violinist.com interview with James Ehnes] (2009 album, Homage)
[http://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/20161/17308/ Violinist.com interview with James Ehnes] (2015 album, Four Seasons)
interview with James Ehnes - [http://www.vanclassicalmusic.com/the-great-canadian-artists-an-interview-with-violinist-james-ehnes Vancouver Classical Music] | [http://seenandheard-international.com/2017/05/an-intriguing-spring-festival-with-james-ehnes-as-violist-and-conductor-2/ Seen and Heard International] (2017)
[http://tarisio.com/cozio-archive/cozio-carteggio/james-ehnes-interview James Ehnes interview] - (Tarisio Auctions, 2014)
[http://backstage.ravinia.org/posts/james-ehnes-keeps-a-compelling-calendar James Ehnes Keeps a Compelling Calendar] - (Ravinia Festival, 2023)
[https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/manitobas-james-ehnes-says-brahms-concerto-one-of-the-reasons-i-play-violin Calgary Herald] (November 22, 2024) James Ehnes says Brahms' concerto 'one of the reasons I play violin'
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ABC Classic - Legends (February 25, 2025) [https://web.archive.org/web/20250227151355/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/legends/legends-james-ehnes-2025/104865222 Violinist James Ehnes] - Archived from [https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/legends/legends-james-ehnes-2025/104865222 the original]

Audio and video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPXd0Q4q_Fk James Ehnes plays Sibelius Violin Concerto] (2015) Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8d86UZXQDs James Ehnes plays Korngold Violin Concerto] (2022) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley ([https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/notes/29972 Program Notes])
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5uEkxFq3_k James Ehnes plays Brahms Violin Concerto] (2023) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley ([https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/notes/33668 Program Notes])
[https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/27864 James Ehnes plays Beethoven Violin Concerto] (2020) National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley
[https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/27888 James Ehnes and NAC Orchestra musicians play Beethoven chamber music] (2020) String Quintet, Op. 29, Septet
[https://www.wqxr.org/story/national-symphony-orchestra/ WQXR Carnegie Hall Live - Korngold Violin Concerto] National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (February 12, 2024) 4m30s interview1, 29m Korngold, 57m encore1, 1h6m encore2, 1h10m interview2 [https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/02/12/National-Symphony-Orchestra-0800PM carnegiehall.org]
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7hdjb2oVI Mendelssohn String Octet, Op.20] - Montreal Chamber Music Festival (June 19, 2022)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4duxvu4vaI Schubert Fantasie in C major, D.934] - Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival (August 23, 2020)
Utah Symphony: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5MA6mhYLE James Ehnes on Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1]
Philharmonia Orchestra: James Ehnes on Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoNMrpmEAKM interview] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojv79_GFjNI Listening Guide, Part 1] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76t7UQZ9Zw0 Listening Guide, Part 2]
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Pkb46kdfM In Conversation | James Ehnes]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdnjTwZT_iY The Violin Channel: James Ehnes - VC 20 Questions] (Bravo! Vail Festival, 2017)
[https://nac-cna.ca/podcasts/episode/james-ehnes National Arts Centre Orchestra - NACOcast] (April 16, 2007)
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tn1k1 BBC Radio 3 - In Tune] (August 11, 2014)
[https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2015/05/07/60267/james-ehnes-on-the-beethoven-violin-concerto-2/ Houston Public Media] (May 7, 2015) James Ehnes on Beethoven Violin Concerto
[http://wigmore-hall.org.uk/podcasts/james-ehnes-in-conversation-with-clemency-burton-hill James Ehnes in Conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill] - Wigmore Hall Podcast (November 2017)
[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/article/james-ehnes-on-his-string-quartet-and-recording-late-beethoven James Ehnes on his string quartet and recording late Beethoven] - Gramophone Podcast (2022)
[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/article/james-ehnes-on-leonard-bernstein-and-john-williams James Ehnes on Leonard Bernstein and John Williams] - Gramophone Podcast (2024)
[https://www.gramophone.co.uk/podcasts/article/james-ehnes-on-the-complete-bach-violin-concertos James Ehnes on the complete Bach violin concertos] - Gramophone Podcast (2025)
[https://www.rnz.co.nz/concert/programmes/three-to-seven/audio/2018975388/a-musical-child-of-the-prairies Radio New Zealand - Three to Seven] (February 18, 2025) interview: A musical child of the prairies