Stefania de Kenessey - Associate Professor of Music Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

de Kenessey, Stefania

Stefania de Kenessey

PhD, Music Composition, Princeton University

Associate Professor of Music Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

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Areas of Expertise:

Classical music composition

Profile:

Stefania de Kenessey is a leading figure in the revival of neoclassicism. Fanfare described her most recent CD, Shades of Light, Shades of Dark, as “fully worthy to share a program or disc with the masterpieces by Mozart or Brahms.” Her music is played in Europe, Australia, Singapore, China, and throughout the United States. Ms. Kenessey has been honored repeatedly for her works in genres ranging from chamber and vocal music to operas and symphonies. She has written concertos for virtuosos such as trumpeter Chris Gekker and flutist Elizabeth Mann and premiered with the Singapore Symphony, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and the Absolute Ensemble Orchestra.

Courses Taught:

Human Voice Through the Ages
The Politics of Music
Musical Aesthetics
The Language of Music
The Drama of Opera

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