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Kim Kashkashian

Born: August 31, 1952

Kim Kashkashian, internationally recognized as a unique voice on the viola, was born of Armenian parents in Michigan. She studied the viola with Karen Tuttle and legendary violist Walter Trampler at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. Since fall 2000 she has taught viola and chamber music at New England Conservatory.

Following Grammy Award nominations for several previous recordings, Kashkashian received a 2012 Grammy Award in the "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" category for Kurtág and Ligeti: Music for Viola, on the ECM Records label. Kashkashian's recording, with Robert Levin, of the Brahms Sonatas won the Edison Prize in 1999. Her June 2000 recording of concertos by Bartók, Eötvös and Kurtág won the 2001 Cannes Classical Award for a premiere recording by soloist with orchestra.

Ten Essential Keith Jarrett Solo Recordings

by Karl Ackermann
January 10, 2023

Keith Jarrett is a perfectionist. Perfection and innovation are, more often than not, mutually exclusive qualities and that is where Jarrett reveals his unique strain of genius. He remains the most respected and influential figure in the world of jazz, improvisation, and beyond. Despite two strokes that have permanently left him unable to play piano, his ...

Enjoy Jazz 2019

by Henning Bolte
December 2, 2019

Alte Feuerwache and other venues Enjoy Jazz And More Mannheim, Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 27--November 1, 15-16, 2019 Enjoy Jazz And More this year lead me through two sections of its seven-week concert-series in October/November, with a great diversity of concerts ranging from seasoned German clarinet master Rolf Kühn to advanced ...

ECM @ 50

by Mark Sullivan
April 8, 2019

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of German record label ECM Records. Since its founding by Manfred Eicher the label has maintained unwavering standards of excellence, characterized by an unmistakable visual identity and rigorous production values. In addition to some 20 concerts featuring ECM artists, the 2019 Big Ears Festival (full review here) also hosted an “ECM ...

Rothko Chapel

By Kim Kashkashian

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Rothko Chapel; Gnossienne No. 4; Four; Ogive No. 1; ear for EAR (Antiphonies); Ogive No. 2; Gnossienne No. 1; Five; Gnossienne No. 3; In A Landscape.

Kim Kashkashian Sarah Rothenberg Steven Schick Houston Chamber Choir Robert Simpson.: Rothko Chapel

by Hrayr Attarian
December 20, 2015

On ECM's superb and captivating Rothko Chapel an elite group of musicians interprets Morton Feldman's sublime title piece and several others by John Cage and, the father of western musical modernism, Erik Satie. The disc explores the common conceptual and stylistic threads between the Feldman and Cage's works and their origins in Satie's oeuvre.

Kurtag/Ligeti: Music for Viola

By Kim Kashkashian

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: In Nomine - all'ongherese (Damjanich emlékko); Silent Lines To László Dobszay Letter to Vera Ligeti; For Imre Földes At 60; Chromatically Saucy; A Flower For Dénes Zsigmondy; In memoriam Blum Tamás; In memoriam Aczél György; H.J. - nóta; Vagdalkozós; The Carenza Jig; Kroó György in memoriam; Hommage à John Cage; Doloroso; Perpetuum mobile; Signs I; Signs II;Four Entwined Bodies To The Exhibition By Sári Gerlóczy; Panaszos nóta; Hora lung; Loop; Facsar; Prestissimo con sordino; Lamento; Chaconne chromatique.

Kim Kashkashian: Kurtag/Ligeti: Music for Viola

by Hrayr Attarian
December 3, 2012

There are more jokes about the viola, perhaps, than any other member of the violin family, but there are also exquisitely written pieces of music that in the hands of virtuosos come alive with vivid emotion and erudite articulation. Boston-based Kim Kashkashian is one of the premier violists in the world and has ...

Sounds and Silence: Travels with Manfred Eicher

by Nenad Georgievski
September 25, 2011

Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer Sounds and Silence: Travels with Manfred Eicher ECM Records2011 Some people have invented products and concepts that have revolutionized the world. Some have devoted their lives to helping others, while some have conquered mountains and have built business empires. Others have given us ...

Neharot

By Kim Kashkashian

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Betty Olivero: 01. Neharót Neharót (for viola, accordion, percussion, two string ensembles and tape); Tigran Mansurian: 02. Tagh for the Funeral of the Lord (for viola and percussion); Komitas: 03. Oror (for piano); Tigran Mansurian: 04.-06. Three Arias (Sung out the window facing Mount Ararat): I. Andante, ma non troppo; II. Tranquillo, poco libero; III. Lento, ma non troppo; Eitan Steinberg: 07. Rava Deravin (for viola and string quartet).