James Ginsburg

Jim Ginsburg’s mission is to bring Chicago’s finest classical musicians to a world-wide audience by recording, distributing and promoting their work through high-quality recordings on the Cedille Records label. Cedille furthers the careers of outstanding local classical performers and composers featuring the music about which they are most passionate. Their mutually collaborative effort has resulted in a unique catalog of nationally recognized innovative recordings. Jim started his not-for-profit business out of his home in Edgewater in 1994. His office remains Edgewater based, located only a few blocks from his home.

Jim has furthered public awareness of contemporary classical music groups and promoted new initiatives, such as the Emerging Artist Competition for Chicago-based musicians. Cedille is the only independent classical label in Chicago, currently offering 160+ Chicago artists on world premiere recordings, of over 300 works with 18 Grammy nominations. Cedille is now famous beyond its Edgewater roots. While Jim continues to live and work in Edgewater, his message has gone out to the world, helping initiate younger audiences into new perspectives on classical music.

James Ginsburg

“There’s so much more still to do.
It keeps me going, and keeps our artists going.”

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