Scott St. John
violin, United States (St. Lawrence String Quartet)
As violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at Stanford University, Scott St. John resides and teaches in the Bay Area of California. The Quartet performs over 100 concerts worldwide every year in addition to their performances for Stanford's Lively Arts series.
St. John made his Carnegie debut in 1988 after winning first prize in the Alexander Schneider Competition. Winner of the 1989 Young Concert Artists Award, he has since played an enormous variety of concerts across North America, including solo appearances with the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony, and Toronto Symphony.
From 1999 to 2006, St. John held a prestigious position as associate professor of violin at University of Toronto. He has a long association with the Marlboro Music Festival, including both summers in Vermont and national tours with Musicians From Marlboro. His solo recordings include an all-Dvořák CD, and two volumes of Paganini works for violin and guitar. A recent recording of Mozart's Symphonia Concertante with his sister Lara St. John won a Juno Award for best recording: solo with orchestra.
St. John joined the St. Lawrence String Quartet in 2006. SLSQ maintains a busy touring career and actively works with current composers. In 2012 SLSQ presents a new John Adams work for string quartet and orchestra, with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. Performances include the Bay Area, Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Carnegie Hall in New York.
Born in London, Ontario, St. John began his violin studies at age three with Richard Lawrence and subsequently worked with Gerard Jarry in Paris and David Cerone of the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1990, St. John graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied violin with Arnold Steinhardt and chamber music with Felix Galimir.
