Hailed as “positively ravishing... a marvel of emotional maturity and assurance" (San Francisco Classical Voice), New York-based violinist Kenneth Renshaw is an emerging artist who is recognized for his unique emotional depth and intensity of performances. Kenneth gained international attention in 2012 after winning First Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition in Beijing. He was also a prize winner at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition of Belgium, and was invited to join the roster of Manhattan International Artists as First Prize winner of their inaugural competition.  He has been a featured soloist with many orchestras internationally such as the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Lithuanian National Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, and the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed recitals at prestigious European venues including the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele in Germany.  Equally dedicated to teaching, Kenneth serves as teaching assistant to both Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at The Juilliard School, where he holds the Starling Foundation Violin Teaching Fellowship. His students have been awarded top prizes in the junior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition and the Juilliard Precollege Concerto Competition. He will be assistant chamber music faculty at the Perlman Music Program summer 2019.  Kenneth is a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where he holds Bachelors and Masters degrees. His major teachers include Itzhak Perlman, Li Lin, Catherine Cho, and Donald Weilerstein.