Adam Schoenberg: American Symphony, Finding Rothko & Picture Studies

Featuring

Michael Stern
Kansas City Symphony
Adam Schoenberg

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Recording & Production

Keith O. Johnson received a Grammy® for Best Surround Sound Album in 2011 for his work with the Kansas City Symphony on Britten's Orchestra, shared with producer David Frost.

Recording & Production

Keith O. Johnson, the recording engineer, is a true audio legend who has designed and patented numerous innovative products, including the revolutionary HDCD encoding process.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Adam Schoenberg's goal as a composer is to bring beauty into the world and allow listeners to momentarily escape and be transported by his music.

Performer Biography

Michael Stern, the conductor, is the Music Director of the Kansas City Symphony and also the founding artistic director and principal conductor of the IRIS Orchestra in Tennessee.

Interpretation

The composer notes that his music is deceptively difficult, requiring significant discipline and emotional depth from performers due to its rhythmic and technical challenges, despite appearing straightforward on paper.

Composer Biography

Adam Schoenberg, the composer, is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music and earned his master's and doctorate from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Robert Beaser and John Corigliano.

Recording & Production

David Frost, the producer, has received 14 Grammy® Awards, including four for Classical Producer of the Year, and has produced numerous critically acclaimed recordings.