Professional Summary
Kenneth Renshaw will join CCM's faculty as Assistant Professor of Violin on Aug. 15, 2025.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Renshaw came to international attention in 2012 after winning First Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in Beijing. He was also a prize winner in the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition of Belgium and First Prize recipient of the inaugural Manhattan International Concert Artists Competition.
He has since performed extensively around the world: as soloist with orchestras including the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Lithuanian National Orchestra, the Jenaer Philharmonie, the Staatskapelle Weimar and the China Philharmonic, and recitals at notable venues such as the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele in Germany and the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. As a chamber musician he has collaborated with many esteemed artists: pianist Leon Fleisher, violinists Itzhak Perlman, Pamela Frank and Cho-Liang Lin, flautist Sir James Galway and violist Kim Kashkashian at festivals such as Caramoor, Ravinia and Music@Menlo.
Equally committed to teaching and mentoring the next generation of young musicians, Renshaw has served as Teaching Assistant to Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School since 2018. He also served as Teaching Assistant for Li Lin since 2017. Under his guidance, students have won top prizes in the Yehudi Menuhin, Zhuhai, Leonid Kogan, Johansen, Michael Hill, Elmar Oliviera, Stulberg and Louis Spohr International Competitions. He has built a thriving private violin studio in New York, with students winning many regional and national competitions and acceptances to Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Colburn, the New World Symphony, Music@Menlo, Morningside Music Bridge and other notable institutions.
Renshaw has served as chamber music faculty at the Perlman Music Program's Summer Music School and Sarasota Winter Residency, and the Crowden Music Center's Chamber Music Workshop. In 2018 he participated in a cultural exchange residency in São Paulo, Brazil teaching masterclasses and mentoring students from GURI Youth Orchestra programs, sponsored by Juilliard.
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