Kenneth
Radnofsky,
Saxophonist
Saxophonist
Kenneth Radnofsky has appeared as soloist with leading
orchestras and ensembles throughout the world, including the Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra and New York Philharmonic under the direction of
Kurt Masur, Jerusalem Symphony, Dresden Staatskapelle, Boston Pops,
Taipei and Taiwan Symphonies, New World Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra,
Marlboro Festival, Portland String Quartet, and Moscow Autumn, a Russian
new music festival.
Radnofsky made his
Carnegie Hall debut with the New York premiere of Gunther Schuller's
Concerto with the National Orchestral Association. Radnofsky also
gave the world premiere of Schuller's Concerto with the
Pittsburgh Symphony, with both of the highly acclaimed performances
conducted by the composer. David Amram's concerto Ode to Lord
Buckley is dedicated to Radnofsky, who premiered the work with the
Portland Symphony under Bruce Hangen. He has performed on numerous
occasions with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, appeared as soloist with
the Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose (Hovhaness, Olivero,
Gandolfi concerti), and performed with the Boston Classical Orchestra
under Steven Lipsitt.
Of his 100+ commissions, American
composers who have written for Radnofsky include Schuller, Amram, James
Yannatos, Michael Gandolfi, Michael Colgrass, Donald Martino, Milton
Babbitt, Ezra Sims, Chris Theofanidis, Michael Horvit, John McDonald,
Larry Bell, Roger Bourland, Allen Johnson, Elliott Schwartz, Pasquale
Tassone, Armand Qualliotine and an innovative commission of Pulitzer
Prize winning composer John Harbison for a Sonata, premiered Dec. 3,
1995 by forty-three saxophonists in different locations around the globe
in an effort organized by Radnofsky, entitled World-Wide Concurrent
Premieres, Inc. (WWCP). Mr. Radnofsky is Founder of WWCP, and has
created a network of musicians commissioning today’s finest composers.
Yang Yong, Christian Yufra, Juan Ruiz, Jaime Fatas, Shih-Hui Chen, Andy
Vores, Lei Liang, Vincent Plush, Georgy Dmitriev and Jakov Jakoulov have
also written for Radnofsky, with concerts in Istanbul, Rome, Taipei,
Havana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Mexico City, Montreal,
Caracas, Manchester, UK, Beijing, Shanghai, and elsewhere.
Concurrent with his frequent performing
and over 30 years of teaching, Radnofsky has designed and implemented a
saxophone program for Venezuela with saxophone professor Claudio
Dioguardi. He has given masterclasses throughout the U.S. and in Brazil,
Israel, China, and Turkey. Radnofsky is committed to outreach
internationally, nationally, and locally; his editorial on the topic was
published in the Christian Science Monitor. Radnofsky has given
literally thousands of outreach performances. They include a teaching
component and investment in community to which he is deeply committed.
He is President of the Boston Woodwind Society, an organization
dedicated to fostering the development of talented young woodwind
players, succeeding its founder, the late Matthew Ruggiero, and
co-founder, with Michael Couper, of the woodwind music publishing house
RCEditions.
Current solo CD releases include David
Amram's Ode to Lord Buckley (NewportClassic Recordings),
Debussy's Rhapsody with the New York Philharmonic (Teldec
13133/Apex), Radnofsky.com (Boston Records 1043),
Fascinatin’ Rhythms (Boston Records 1044), Gandolfi Fantasia
(BMOP/sound 1028), Donald Martino’s Saxophone Concerto (New
World 80529-2), Michael Colgrass’s concerto Dream Dancer, (Mode
125), and Elliott Schwartz's concerto Mehitabel’s Serenade
(Albany-Troy 646). He is featured soloist with the Hollywood Bowl
Orchestra, in Franz Waxman’s A Place in the Sun under John
Mauceri’s direction (Philips 4321092).
Radnofsky is a Selmer artist.
B.M., cum laude, University of Houston;
M.M. with honors, NEC. Saxophone and clarinet with Joseph Allard,
Jeffrey Lerner, David Salge, Steven Hoyle, Terry Anderson, and Duncan
Hale. Recordings on Spectrum, Teldec, Continuum, Golden Crest, Deutsche
Grammophon, Northeastern, Margun, Marlboro Recording Society, Philips,
Boston Records. Also faculty of Boston University, Longy School.
Related links: www.kenradnofsky.com
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2017-06-01
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