Jeanne Lamon
Music Teacher, Musical Artist
1949 –
Who is Jeanne Lamon?
Jeanne Lamon, CM OOnt, violinist and conductor, born in New York, was raised in New York state, and began studying the violin at the age of seven. She studied violin at the Westchester Conservatory of Music with Editha Braham and Gabriel Banat. Later she attended Brandeis University in Boston where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree studying violin with Robert Koff, the original second violinist of the Juilliard Quartet. From Brandeis University, Lamon left the USA to study in the Netherlands with Herman Krebbers, then the concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.
She returned to North America in the mid-1970s to establish her career as a baroque specialist. Lamon held the position of concertmaster for and appeared in solo performances with many prestigious ensembles and orchestras in the USA and became in 1974 the first violinist to win the prestigious Erwin Bodky Award for Excellence in the Performance of Early Music.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1949
New York City - Also known as
- Jean Lamon
- Lamon, Jeanne
- Jeanne Lamon, CM
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Brandeis University
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on July 23, 2013
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