Violinist Alexi Kenney, recipient of a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, has performed as soloist with the Detroit, Indianapolis, Oregon, Columbus, and California symphonies, the St. Paul and Lausanne chamber orchestras, and in recital at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and the Phillips Collection. He has been profiled by the New York Times and written for The Strad. Alexi regularly performs as chamber musician at Marlboro, Bridgehampton, ChamberFest Cleveland, Caramoor, Ravinia, and Kronberg, and as a member of the Bowers Program at Lincoln Center (formerly CMS 2). He has also served as Guest Concertmaster of both the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Born in Palo Alto, California, Alexi studied at the New England Conservatory with Don Weilerstein and Miriam Fried. He plays a violin made in 2009 by Stefan-Peter Greiner in London.
The Quarantine Arrangements
“I began arranging music during all of my free time in quarantine, just exploring pieces or songs that I was naturally drawn to. Composing or arranging is something I’d never done before, and developing these arrangements was a lot of fun.”
“Produced in self-isolation during the COVID-19 outbreak in NYC. No cello? No problem!”
“My interpretation of one of my favorite songs, Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” from her album of the same name. Original composition written March 29, 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak in NYC and recorded in my apartment.”
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“I had a lot of fun writing this purely solo violin arrangement of this ICONIC song 🙂 This arrangement written and recorded by me on April 29, 2020 during quarantine times in NYC.”
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“My arrangement of Bach’s Sarabande from the G Major French Suite for keyboard, BWV 816. Recorded in my closet in New York City during quarantine, May 2020. One of my favorite movements of Bach’s; I hope it brings some light into your day :)”
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“Robert Schumann Widmung from Myrthen, Op. 25 Arranged for solo violin (in quarantine) by me, 26 May 2020.”
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For more of Alexi’s work visit Alexi Kenney on Youtube.
