CHOPIN’S 200 TH BIRTHDAY

Kevin Kenner, piano

"...darting 'scherzando' flourishes he let rattle in fine dynamic shading over the keys.  A few listeners shook their heads in disbelief at such technical brilliance…”( Frankurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Kevin Kenner was the winner in 1990 of the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and of the Bronze Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Other awards include the International Terence Judd Award ( London, 1990), the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (Fort Worth, 1989) and the Gina Bachauer International Competition (Salt Lake City, 1988). Kevin Kenner has since performed as soloist with world-class orchestras including the Hallé Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Brussels, the NHK Symphony of Japan, and across the US. He records regularly for the BBC in England, where he now lives.

Programme:  Waltz in E major, KKIVa/12; Mazurka Op 68 No. 1 in C major; Mazurka in A minor (first version of Op 7 No. 2); Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20; 

Polonaise in G-flat major (Les adieux de Varsovie), B 36; Mazurka Op 6 No 2 in C-sharp minor; Nocturne in C-sharp minor, KK IV a/16; Sherzo No 2 in B-flat minor, Op 31;

Polonaise Op 71 No 3 in F minor; Valse Op 70 No 3 in D-flat major,  Mazurka Op 6  in F-sharp minor; Scherzo No 3 in C-sharp minor, Op 39; 

 Souvenir de Paganini, B 37; Mazurka KK IV a/7 D major; Valse Op 69 No 2 in B minor; Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54