Revisiting One Body for Today
“And I speak of the goddess I speak of the goddess I speak of the beautiful goddess O tell them what I would say…” The One Body of Gaia...
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JOHN KENNEDY
CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER
JOHN KENNEDY
Conductor and Composer
News - Coming in 2022
John will be conducting the
World Premiere of Omar
by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels at Spoleto Festival USA,
May 27-June 12.
John will be conducting the
U.S. Premiere of Coraline
by Mark-Anthony Turnage
at West Edge Opera,
July 30-August 7.
New post about a piece for today.
Hear John's music in the digital short Arden (2021).
JOHN KENNEDY
Conductor and Composer
With a legacy of artistic leadership fueled by creativity and experimentalism, John Kennedy has led acclaimed performances worldwide in opera, orchestral, dance, and new music. As the Resident Conductor and Director of Orchestral Activities for Spoleto Festival USA, Kennedy is acclaimed for his imaginative programming linking music of all eras, as well as illuminating performances of contemporary music. A prolific composer whose work has been hailed for its beauty, strangeness, and communicative capacity, Kennedy is a devoted agent of music as a living cultural force.
CONDUCTING
COMPOSITIONS
NEW MUSIC
“A brilliant, clear account of the harmonically attractive, rhythmically complex score under contemporary music expert John Kennedy... Kennedy's work and that of his musicians was superb.”
Opera News
"Conductor John Kennedy not only made the demanding, meticulous details of the score sound easy, but also brought forward a dense emotional richness..."
Gramophone (UK)
"His reading of Beethoven 7 had it all: carefully controlled dynamics, subtle interpretative nuance, a perfect sense of musical line, and a sure knack for unleashing the raw energy and power of his marvelous players where called for.”
Charleston City Paper
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