JESSE IRONS

VIOLIN

Jesse Irons, violin, enjoys a busy and excitingly diverse musical life in and around his home city of Boston. In addition to his work with the Handel and Haydn Society, he is the Assistant Concertmaster of Boston Baroque and appears regularly with the Boston Early Music Festival and numerous small ensembles including Gut Reaction and Musicians of the Old Post Road. He has appeared as soloist with Newton Baroque, Sarasa, Chicago’s Baroque Band, and the City Orchestra of Hong Kong. Always game for experimentation, Jesse recently performed an entirely-improvised 1690s-style violin sonata in concert with keyboardist Andrus Madsen. This season will bring him to Minnesota as soloist in Vivaldi's Four Seasons, algorithmically altered to reflect the 2050 United Nations Climate Model, reimagining Vivaldi's piece in the context of a projected future in which nothing has been done to curb climate change.

A member and Co-Artistic Director of the Grammy-nominated ensemble A Far Cry, he has appeared in concert across North America, Europe, and Central and Southeast Asia. As an educator, Jesse has mentored students on historical performance and chamber music at MIT, Yale, Stanford, Eastman, Peabody, and New England Conservatory. Jesse lives with his wife and frequent collaborator Emily, daughter Isabelle, and the newest addition to the family, a mountain bike yet to be named.