Violin
Best known for his work with the Turtle Island Quartet and The Hot Club of San Francisco, Evan studied violin performance and music theory at The Cleveland Institute of Music and holds a BM in violin performance from the Berklee College of Music. An accomplished player of various non-classical genres, he paid early dues as a contest fiddler, winning first place in the 18 and under division of the Canadian Old-Time Fiddle Championship, at the U.S. Scottish Fiddling Championship, and the Kentucky State Fiddling Championship.
He went on to play with many of his fiddling heroes including Stéphane Grappelli, Vassar Clements, and Johnny Gimble. After joining the Turtle Island Quartet in 1997, he spent ten years touring extensively in North America and Europe, recording five acclaimed CD’s with the group, two of which received GRAMMY® awards. He continues to make his name as a leading voice in gypsy jazz, primarily through his sixteen plus years of performing and recording with the Hot Club of San Francisco.
During the pandemic, necessity mothered some reinvention of Evan’s career, as it did that of so many other performing artists. One shape that reinvention took was online instruction, including videos for Denis Chang’s DC Music School. You can learn more about that and much more on Evan’s website, evanpricemusic.com. For our part, we’re happy to be welcoming him back to Django in June.