VC ARTIST | Alexi Kenney — "Piercing Insight and a Masterful Sense of Voicing"

American violinist, Alexi Kenney, is praised by critics for his musical flexibility, personal style, and insightful and artistic interpretations

A graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Miriam Fried and Donald Weilerstein, Alexi was awarded a 2020 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and a prestigious 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant. He is a former prize winner at the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition and the 2012 Menuhin Competition. Alexi is a member of The Bowers Program at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

In April 2021, Alexi is releasing his first recording, Paul Wiancko’s X Suite for Solo Violin, accompanied by a visual album that pairs each of the seven movements of X Suite with seven contemporary sculptures from the Donum Estate in Sonoma, California.

His recent solo engagements include performances with the Detroit Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and in a play-conduct role as guest leader of both the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | PAUL WIANCKO | X SUITE FOR SOLO VIOLIN | ALLEMANDE | 2021

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY & RENANA GUTMAN | MESSIAEN | LOUANGE À L'IMMORTALITÉ DE JÉSUS | 2020

 

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | PAUL WIANCKO | X SUITE FOR SOLO VIOLIN | ORISON | 2021

 

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY & RENANA GUTMAN | CLARA SCHUMANN | ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO NO. 1 | 2020

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | ORIGINAL COVER | ARIANA GRANDE | THANK U, NEXT (ARR. KENNEY) | 2020

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | SCHUMANN | WIDMUNG FOR SOLO VIOLIN (ARR. KENNEY) | 2020

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | J. S. BACH | SONATA NO. 3 FOR SOLO VIOLIN BWV 1005 | LARGO | 2020

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY & RENANA GUTMAN | SCHUBERT | INTRODUCTION AND VARIATIONS ON "TROCKNE BLUMEN" | 2020

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | PIAZZOLLA | TANGO ETUDE NO. 3 | 2015

 

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | BACH | PARTITA NO. 2 IN D MINOR | CHACONNE | NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY | 2016

VC ARTIST ALEXI KENNEY | JOHN ADAMS | CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN | HUGH WOLFF & NEC PHILHARMONIA | 2016

 

Name: Alexi Kenney

Violin: 2009 Stefan Peter Greiner

Bow: F-N Voirin

Strings: Thomastik Peter Infeld

Accessories: Korfker Shoulder Rest & Andrea Sanctus Rosin

Teachers: Don Weilerstein | Miriam Fried

School: New England Conservatory

Management: Opus 3 Artists

Website: www.alexikenney.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexikenneyviolin

Instagram: @alexikenney

YouTube: Alexi Kenney