10月27日|周五
4 PM
钢琴大师班
凯文·肯纳
格林菲尔德大厅
克莱蒙特大道130号
纽约，纽约10027
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凯文·肯纳
THE YEAR 1990 WAS A MILESTONE FOR PIANIST KEVIN KENNER whose artistry was recognized throughout the world by three prestigious awards: the top prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw (together with the Peoples’ Prize 和 prize for the best Polonaise), the recipient of the International Terrence Judd Award in London, 和 the bronze medal at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow (together with the prize for best performance of a Russian work). And in the years leading up to those remarkable accomplishments, he won prizes at the Van Cliburn International Competition (Fort Worth, 1989) 和 the Gina Bachauer International Competition (盐湖城, 1988).
出生在南加州,Kenner showed his interest in piano from a very young age 和 studied there with Polish pianist Krzysztof Brzuza. 作为一个青少年, Brzuza sent him to Pol和 to audition for the eminent professor Ludwik Stefański, who immediately prepared him for the Tenth International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, where as the youngest competitor he received a special award 和 finished in 10th place.
Kenner’s sojourn in Pol和 took place during a momentous period in Polish history, 与团结工会的开始相吻合, 罢工, 抗议和严重的粮食短缺, 给他留下不可磨灭印象的事件. 在他的波兰语老师去世后, he 继续d his studies with legendary American pianist Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory in 巴尔的摩. And he finalized his formal training with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, 德国.
Shortly after his prize at the 1990 Chopin Competition, Kenner settled in Engl和 where he remained for 19 years. He frequently appeared at Wigmore Hall 和 the South Bank Centre, recorded with the BBC Symphony 和 engaged in numerous projects with BBC Radio 3. The UK papers described Kenner as a “player of grace, 微妙的变化和强度, with a mature grasp of dramatic structure 和 proportion: in short, 一个接近巅峰的成年音乐家.(英国《newbb电子平台》), 和 following an appearance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Adrian Jack of the Independent described his recital as “…the best performance I have ever heard in the concert hall of all four of Chopin’s Ballades”. Following a tour of Italy with the renowned conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who had recorded with pianists such as Artur Rubinstein, he described Kenner’s Chopin interpretations as the most sensitive 和 beautiful he remembered.
KENNER’S PERFORMANCE CAREER has connected him with the Hallé Orchestra, BBC交响乐团, 柏林交响乐团, 华沙爱乐乐团, 捷克爱乐乐团, 18世纪的管弦乐队, 比利时广播电视爱乐乐团, 日本NHK交响乐团, 和 in the US with the symphony orchestras of San Francisco, 圣地亚哥, 盐湖城, 堪萨斯城, 新泽西, 罗彻斯特, 巴尔的摩, St. 保罗和其他许多人. 他曾与查尔斯·格罗夫斯爵士合作过, 安德鲁•戴维斯, 汉斯Vonk, Frans Bruggen, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 杰西Maksymiuk, Kazimierz科德, 吉里·贝洛拉维克和安东尼·威特.
肯纳也是一位活跃的室内音乐家. After working as duo partner to cellist Matt Haimovitz, he established a continuing partnership with violinist Kyung-Wha Chung with whom he has recorded 和 toured in Europe, 亚洲和美洲. He has performed with illustrious string quartets such as the Belcea, 东京, Endellion, Vogler, 软糖, 和埃舍尔四重奏. His most recent collaboration with the Apollon Musagète Quartet 和 double-bassist Sławomir Rozlach resulted in an award winning recording of the two Chopin Piano Concertos arranged by Kenner 和 Krzysztof Dombek for string quintet. He has also recorded special arrangements of works by Piazzolla as a member of the Piazzoforte Ensemble, earning him a “Fryderyk” in 2006 for best chamber recording of the year by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Five years later he was awarded another “Fryderyk” for his recording of Paderewski’s Concerto 和 Polish Fantasy with the Podlaska Philharmonic.
Teaching has been one of Kenner’s passions since accepting a post in 2000 at the Royal College of Music in London, 他教了十多年书的地方. 自2015年以来, he has worked at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he currently serves as Associate Professor 和 Artistic Director 和 Founder of the Frost Chopin Academy, an annual summer academy that connects talented students of Chopin’s music in direct contact with some of the world’s most respected Chopin specialists. Kenner also served as visiting professor at the Academy of Music in Łódź, 2015-2017年波兰, from which he also received an honorary doctorate (2018).
Kenner’s commitment to building 和 supporting the next generation of classical pianists includes participating as juror in some of the most celebrated international piano competitions including the Busoni International Competition in Bolzano (2017), the Prague Spring International Music Competition (2021) 和 the International Chopin Competition (2010, 2021). He has also been invited to serve as chair of the jury at the International Chopin Competition in Darmstadt (2018), 迈阿密全国肖邦比赛(2020), 和 the Parnassus International Competition in Peru (2021).
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