Kenneth
Radnofsky
Saxophone, Chamber Music
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Saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras and ensembles throughout the world, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Kurt Masur, Dresden Staatskapelle, Boston Pops, Taipei and Taiwan Symphonies, New World Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, Marlboro Festival, Portland String Quartet, and Moscow Autumn, a Russian new music festival.
Radnofsky made his New York Philharmonic debut in 1996, also under the direction of Maestro Masur, having made his Carnegie Hall debut some years earlier with the NY premiere of Gunther Schuller's Concerto with the National Orchestral Association. The world premiere of the Schuller was also given by Radnofsky, with the Pittsburgh Symphony, with both of the highly acclaimed performances conducted by the composer. David Amram's Concerto, "Ode to Lord Buckley,'" is also dedicated to Radnofsky, who premiered the work with the Portland Symphony, under Bruce Hangen's direction.
Other American composers commissioned by Radnofsky, have included, Chris Theofanidis, Larry Bell, Donald Martino, Milton Babbitt, Ezra Sims, Roger Bourland, Michael Horvit, Allen Johnson and an innovative commission of Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison for a Sonata, premiered Dec. 3, 1995 by 43 saxophonists in different locations around the globe in an effort organized by Radnofsky, entitled World-Wide Concurrent Premieres, Inc. (WWCP). Radnofsky is Executive Director of WWCP, and has created a network of musicians commissioning today's finest composers. Vincent Plush (Australia), and Georgy Dmitriev (Russia) have also written for Radnofsky.
Current solo CD releases include Debussy's Rhapsody with the NY Philharmonic (Teldec 13133), Radnofsky.com (Boston Records 1043, w/ conductor Hangen), Fascinatin' Rhythms (Boston Records 1044), Donald Martino's Saxophone Concerto (New World 80529-2), Michael Colgrass's Sax Concerto. "Dream Dancer,"( Mode 125), and Elliott Schwartz's Mehitabel's Serenade (Sax Concerto) on Albany-Troy 646. In 1991, he was featured soloist with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, performing Franz Waxman's A Place in the Sun under John Mauceri's direction (Philips 4321092). A new recording of Music of Our Time, will be released later in 2006.
During the last few years, Kenneth Radnofsky has commissioned and premiered solo works by Gunther Schuller, Yang Yong, David Amram, Michael Colgrass (2), John McDonald (4), Armand Qualliotine (3), Jaime Fatas, Pasquale Tassone (2), Shih-Hui Chen, Andy Vores, Lei Liang, Jakov Jakoulov(2), Donald Martino, and Elliott Schwartz, all while celebrating over 30 years of teaching, with concerts in Rome, Taipei, Havana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Mexico City, Montreal, Manchester, UK, Beijing, Shanghai and elsewhere. His recently formed Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet (2003) performs the works of Schwartz, Wuorinen and Donatoni, as well as vintage saxophone works by Glazounov and Pierne.
2005-6 includes world-wide tour (and recording) of Rachmaninoff and Chopin Sonatas. 2004-5 featured premieres of new works by Chen, McDonald, Qualliotine and guest performing/ teaching/designing a saxophone program for Venezuela. Radnofsky is committed to outreach on an international scale, nationally and locally; his editorial on such was published in the Christian Science Monitor. Radnofsky has given literally thousands of outreach performances as a member of Affiliate Artists and for the Selmer Company. They include a teaching component and investment in community to which he is deeply committed.
Kenneth Radnofsky performs exclusively on Selmer Instruments.
B.M., cum laude, University of Houston; M.M. with honors, NEC. Saxophone and clarinet with Joseph Allard, Jeffrey Lerner, David Salge, 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 The Boston Conservatory, Longy School.
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