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Kevin Kenner

Kevin Kenner
ケヴィン・ケナー

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1963年5月19日生まれ、米カリフォルニア出身のピアニスト。
幼少よりピアノに親しみ、クシシュトフ・ブジュザに師事。その後、ピーボディ音楽院(ボルチモア)でレオン・フライシャーに5年間師事。1989年のヴァン・クライバーン国際ピアノコンクールで入賞。1990年に、第12回ショパン国際ピアノコンクールで最高位を受賞(1位無しの2位)。同年第9回チャイコフスキー国際コンクール・ピアノ部門3位など輝かしい成績を残している。その後録音も数多く行っており、ショパン、ラヴェル、シューマン、ベートーヴェン、ピアソラと多岐に渡っており、近年ではポーランドで室内楽カテゴリーにおいて最優秀賞の“フレデリック賞”を授与。またショパン時代のピアノにも造詣が深く、1848年のプレイエルを用いた国立ショパン研究所のレーベルで録音したショパンのソロ・ピアノ作品集は、フランスのディアパソン誌にて5つ星を獲得。教育者としても有名で、英国王立音楽大学教授を経て、2015年よりマイアミ大学フロスト音楽校教授。近年では、第17回ショパン国際ピアノコンクールに参加したチョ・ソンジンからの依頼によりコンクール直前に集中レッスンを行い、見事優勝に導いたことで、ケナーの教育者としての手腕が改めて認められている。2011年以降、ヴァイオリニストのチョン・キョンファからの熱烈なオファーを受け、彼女の10年ぶりとなる活動始動に伴いデュオパートナーとして世界ツアーに参加。“美しく穏やかな真珠のような輝きを放つピアニズム”(英・テレグラフ紙)と絶賛されるなど、キョンファのヴァイオリンを引き立てつつ存在感を放つアンサンブルは彼の高度な美的音楽性を聴衆に再認識させている。
Biography
Recognized as one of the top Chopin interpreters of our time, Kevin Kenner was the top prize winner in the 1990 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, as well as top prizes in the Tchaikovsky Competition and the Terrance Judd Competition, among others.
Born in California, Kenner was introduced early to the classical music traditions of Poland and studied as a teenager with Poland’s eminent professor Ludwik Stefański in Cracow. When he returned to the U.S. he continued his studies with Leon Fleisher at the
Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and worked with Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Center. Following a concert tour with conductor Stanisław Skrowaczewski, who frequently performed and recorded with Artur Rubinstein, described his collaborations with Kenner to be the most sensitive and beautiful he remembered.
He has performed and recorded with violinist Kyung-Wha Chung and concertized with the Tokyo, Escher, Belcea, Mosaiques, Apollon Musagete, Endellion and Vogler Quartets. In addition, he has frequently been invited to appear at the Verbier Festival and Warsaw’s “Chopin and His Europe” Festival.
A distinguished recording artist, Kenner’s interpretations of works by Paderewski and Chopin were each picked as recordings of the month by Grammophone magazine. Other recordings were heralded by Diapason, Fanfare and Polish National Radio.
After teaching for more than a decade as professor at London’s Royal College of Music, Kenner accepted a post at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he continues to prepare many young talented pianists for international performance careers.
He has served as juror at the Busoni Competition in Bolzano and at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw among many others.
参照:Warner Music Japan / Kevin Kenner ケヴィン・ケナー
Selected Reviews
Chopin Late Works: “Kenner’s sense of the long line and overall architecture is as impressive as his idiomatic phrasing.” (Gramophone)
Paderewski Piano Works: “His approach to Paderewski’s music reveals long acquaintance and great affection, with beautifully judged rubato and a beguiling intimacy….this is a piano disc – let alone a Paderewski recital – to treasure.” (Gramophone)
Chopin Resonances: “…counting amongst the most subtle and expressive piano playing enjoyed in several years” (Fanfare Magazine)
Paderewski Piano Concerto, Polish Fantasy: “Absolutely inspired collaboration between a master artist of the keyboard and a great orchestra” (American Record Guide)
“Paderewski’s superb Piano Concerto… and the sparkling Polish Fantasy receive fiery treatment here. Kenner is excellent.” (BBC Music Magazine)
“If we only discover one pianist during this year of Chopin, let it be Kevin Kenner.” (Le nouvel Observateur)
“…One of the important Chopin pianists of our time” (Fanfare Magazine)
Ravel Piano Works: “It is a quintessence of a remarkable musician’s style. Deserves maximum interest.” (Scherzo Magazine, Spain)
“His recital revealed an artist whose intellect, imagination and pianism speak powerfully and eloquently.” (The Washington Post)
“You listen to him and think how obvious it is that the music should be played this way and
it seems so simple that you wonder why everyone doesn’t do it.” (The Washington Post)
“…the best performance I have ever heard in the concert hall of all four of Chopin’s Ballades.” (The Independent)
“His recital’s strengths reaffirmed his stature as one of the finest American pianists to come along in years.” (Chicago Tribune)

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