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Kevin Kenner – 2nd Prize winner, 12th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1990). Kevin Kenner began his musical education with pianist Krzysztof Brzuza at the College of Music in San Diego. At the age of 17, he moved to Cracow where he studied at the Music Academy with Ludwik Stefański. Next, he studied with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, and subsequently with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover (1981–1990).

Mr. Kenner first took part in the Chopin Competition in 1980 as a 17-year-old. Ten years later, in 1990, he returned to Warsaw, this time taking the highest honour – 2nd Prize (no 1st Prize was awarded) and the Chopin Society Award for best polonaise performance. Mr. Kenner also took part in the International Gina Bachauer Piano Competition in Salt Lake City (1982 and 1988 with 5th Prize), the Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth (special award, 1989), the William Kapell Competition in College Park (1989) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1990 – 3rd Prize and best Russian music performance award).

Mr. Kenner has performed with many famous conductors, including Kazimierz Kord, Charles Groves, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Hans Vonk, Andrew Davis, and top orchestras including the Hallé Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and orchestras from San Francisco, New Jersey, St. Paul, Salt Lake City, Rochester, Baltimore and Brussels.

Mr. Kenner also works as a chamber musician, and has appeared with the Tokyo String Quartet, Edellian String Quartet, Vogler String Quartet and Fine Arts Quartet, among others.

He has made several recordings, including works of Chopin: 24 Preludes, complete Scherzos, Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise in E flat major, Nocturne in D flat major Op. 27 No. 2 and Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.

Kevin Kenner teaches piano playing at the Royal College of Music in London and gives masterclasses in Japan, the US and Poland.

Stanisław Dybowski