Two Artists Sign with Kirshbaum Associates

Mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor and conductor Peter Oundjian will receive worldwide representation from the New York agency

New York's Kirshbaum Associates recently announced the signing of two new musicians, mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor and conductor Peter Oundjian, both for worldwide representation.

Sought after by many of the most accomplished composers of our time, Kelley O'Connor was the singer for whom John Adams wrote The Gospel According to the Other Mary. She has also given the world premiere performances of Joby Talbot’s A Sheen of Dew on Flowers with the Britten Sinfonia and Bryce Dessner’s Voy a Dormir with Robert Spano and the Orchestra of St. Luke's.

In recent seasons, she has performed Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Lieberson’s Neruda Songs with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Stéphane Denève, a program of Berio and Crumb with the New York Philharmonic, and Korngold’s Abschiedslieder with Sir Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor Peter Oundjian spent the early part of his career as first violinist of the Tokyo String Quartet. He is now the Principal Conductor of the Colorado Symphony and Music Director of the Colorado Music Festival. Prior to that he spent 14 years at the helm of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Oundjian has also been Music Director at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, as well as being a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music.