Kenneth Renshaw, Violin

Biography

A native of San Francisco, 21-year-old violinist Kenneth Renshaw has appeared as a soloist with orchestras around the world, including the Lithuanian National Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Jenaer Philharmonie, Staatskapelle Weimar, Orquestra de Festival Ushuaia, and California Symphony. He has performed as a recitalist and chamber musician at the Caramoor Center for the Performing Arts, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele. Kenneth won first prizes at the 2012 Menuhin and 2010 Spohr International Competitions and the 2009 Los Angeles Philharmonic Competition. He has performed with pianist Leon Fleisher; flutist Sir James Galway; violinists Pamela Frank, Cho-Liang Lin, and Shmuel Ashkenasi; cellist Matt Heimovitz; and violist Atar Arad. He is currently a recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School. His teachers have included Itzhak Perlman, Li Lin, and Donald Weilerstein. Back for his second RSMI summer, Kenneth will make his Paris debut this October at the Louvre.