Jeffrey Kahane
Jeffrey Kahane is an American pianist and conductor. As a pianist, Kahane in high demand as an accompanist, and is best known for his work with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Kahane grew up in West Los Angeles and began study the piano at the age of five. Kahane fell in love with rock & roll at the age of ten, got a guitar, taught himself to play the instrument and joined numerous bands of kids his own age, playing at school dances and writing his own songs. At 15, Kahane was introduced to a new teacher, pianist/composer Jakob Gimpel, who reignited Kahane's love for classical music. Kahane studied piano and conducting at the San Francisco Conservatory and entered the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1981. He finished a respectable fourth place, but as this particular competition was nationally televised by PBS, the appearance also amounted to his network broadcast debut, and led to his concert career. In 1983, Kahane won the Artur Rubinstein Competition in Israel, and made his Carnegie Hall debut in a Rubinstein Tribute Concert. Kahane soon became a favored accompanist for Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw, and Joshua Bell. In 1987, Kahane was awarded the first Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award. In the late 1980s, Kahane was invited to perform a Mozart piano concerto and to conduct the work from the keyboard at the Oregon Bach Festival. The success of this appearance opened the door to Kahane's second career as a conductor.
In 1991, Kahane founded the Gardner Chamber Orchestra in Boston, a group of young professionals and students in Boston, and led it for four years. In 1995 Kahane was named music director of the Santa Rosa (California) Symphony Orchestra, a well-respected regional orchestra, largely made up of professional musicians from the nearby greater San Francisco area. Kahane held this position until 2006. Kahane and his family continue to live in Santa Rosa and locally he remains the director of the Green Music Festival of Sonoma County. In 1996, Kahane was made music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and helped to bring the already established body into a new era, taking them on world tours and to Carnegie Hall, and in 2006, leading them through the first-ever complete Mozart piano concerto cycle undertaken by an American orchestra. Kahane was also music director of the Colorado Symphony until June 2010. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sonoma State University in recognition of his contributions to education and the arts, and in 2011 he received a master's degree in Classics to add to his accomplishments.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos
Hilary Hahn, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 14 Oct 2003
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Lorraine
Margaret Batjer, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, David Shostac, Brook Ellen Schoenwald, Jeffrey Kahane, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Yarlung Records on 4 Mar 2013
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos
Hilary Hahn, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 14 Oct 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos for Two Harpsichords BWV1060-1062&BWV1061a
Robert Levin & Jeffrey Kahane & Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, Robert Levin, Jeffrey Kahane, Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by CFClassic on 25 Apr 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tippet Rise OPUS 2017: Daydreams
Chamber Music - Released by PentaTone on 15 Jun 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Festival Prelude, Burleske & Salome's Dance
Jesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, Eugene Espino, Michael Chertock
Classical - Released by Telarc on 1 Jun 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jalbert, Bach, Pärt & Vasks: Music for Violin & Orchestra
Margaret Batjer, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
Classical - Released by BIS on 2 Aug 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 40th Anniversary
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by Yarlung Records on 1 May 2009
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety", Overture from Candide & Fancy Free
Jeffrey Kahane, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schoenfield: 4 Parables; Vaudeville; Klezmer Rondos
Jeffrey Kahane, Wolfgang Basch, Carol Wincenc, New World Symphony Orchestra, John Nelson
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 4 Apr 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Romantic Music for Viola and Piano
Kazuhide Isomura, Jeffrey Kahane
Chamber Music - Released by Musical Heritage Society on 9 Jul 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonie n° 2 - Fancy Free - Ouverture de Candide
Jeffrey Kahane, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 3 Nov 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Romantic Music for Viola and Piano
Kazuhide Isomura, Jeffrey Kahane
Chamber Music - Released by Musical Heritage Society on 9 Jul 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo