Mark Stryker of The Detroit Free Press attended the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Flute Concerto, written for soloist Marina Piccinini and premiered by Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony. Stryker wrote, “Kernis’ Flute Concerto proved to be a corker…It’s…
“Aaron Jay Kernis has composed a big and entertaining work, which has a lot to say….” That’s what Richard Fairman of The Financial Times wrote when he attended the UK premiere of Kernis’ Flute Concerto, which featured soloist Marina Piccinini…
Thomas May, of Memeteria attended the US premiere of Aaron Kernis’ new Violin Concerto. He wrote, “In last night’s Seattle Symphony concert led by Ludovic Morlot, James Ehnes introduced a brand-new violin concerto written for him by one of today’s…
On March 17, Seattle Symphony premiered Aaron Jay Kernis’ Violin Concerto with guest soloist James Ehnes performing the stamina-challenging work. Melinda Bargreen of observed, “…Lengthy, complex and assertive, the new concerto demands almost superhuman agility and stamina of the soloist…
Aaron Jay Kernis’ Concerto With Echoes was featured at the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s January 22 concert “The New Brandenburgs.” Boston Classical Review’s Aaron Keebaugh called Kernis’ work “a stunningly beautiful score, chock-full of romantic feeling….” Read more: http://ow.ly/XEWzb.
On January 22, soloist Marina Piccinini joined the Detroit Symphony for the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Flute Concerto. Mark Stryker of The Detroit Free Press called Kernis’ music for the “solo part full of challenging leaps, passages that…
When reviewing Naxos’ new American Classics disc “Aaron Jay Kernis – Three Flavors,” – which features the Albany Symphony – B.A. Nilsson (Metroland.net) wrote about the composer’s orchestral work. “….[Kernis] describes Three Flavors as ‘a tasting of three different meals…
“I am delighted to again be working closely with the terrific Nashville Symphony in my new role as director of its [new] Composer Lab & Workshop.” And so, Aaron Jay Kernis announces his new partnership with the Nashville Symphony for…
New from Naxos: “Three Flavors” (8.559711), a recent portrait disc of Aaron Jay Kernis’ music: Three Flavors, Two Movements (with Bells), and “Ballad(e) out of the Blue(s)” (from Superstar Etude No. 3). Released as part of the American Classics series,…
When the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra gave the Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Viola Concerto, Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times wrote, “[It] is conventional on the surface but richer in its inner working. It is a…