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Kenneth Young |
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Kenneth Young is one of New Zealand’s leading conductors. He has established himself as a passionate and skilled interpreter of the Romantic and 20th-Century repertoire, and twenty years of practical orchestral playing have given him a specialised rapport with his colleagues. Himself a composer, he has a particular interest in post-Romantic repertoire, and he has received recognition for his recordings of New Zealand orchestral music.
Young took up the position of Principal Tuba with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in 1976, and his experience as a conductor with the NZSO dates from 1985, culminating in his appointment as the orchestra’s Conductor-in-Residence early in 1993. He has worked with all the regional orchestras throughout New Zealand, and his engagements with the NZSO and the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra have included highly acclaimed CD recordings of the orchestral works of Edwin Carr and Gareth Farr, and opera excerpts with the New Zealand tenor Keith Lewis. He has also regularly conducted seasons with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.
Outside New Zealand, Young has worked with the Queensland Orchestra, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the City of Osaka Sinfonia and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to his work as a performer and conductor, Young has become one of New Zealand’s leading composers. Various commissions from Chamber Music New Zealand, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the International Festival of the Arts and Radio New Zealand have been performed nationwide and also in the United States, Europe and Australia. |
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| Recordings |
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MMT2021 Gareth Farr – Orchestral Works
Farr at his colourful best: Waipoua, Le Temps est à la Pluie, Tabuh Pacific, Queen of Demons, and the ever-popular From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs. |
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MMT2060 David Farquhar – Three Symphonies
With this recording it is at last possible to assess the contribution of one of New Zealand's senior composers to the symphonic genre.
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MMT2026 Gareth Farr – Te Papa (CD Single)
Written to celebrate the opening of the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa combines symphony orchestra, operatic soprano and tenor and Maori karanga. |
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MMT2037 Landscapes – New Zealand Orchestral Music
This recording showcases works by seven of the foremost New Zealand composers of orchestral music: Lilburn, Cresswell, Grenfell, Lodge, Hamilton, Harris and Anthony Ritchie.
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MMT2022 Keith Lewis – Opera Kings, Gods & Mortals
In this programme of operatic arias by Handel, Gluck and Mozart, New Zealand’s busiest tenor performs the music for which he is most well-known.
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MMT2027 Kenneth Young – Orchestral Works
Three works from a unique New Zealand voice – the Symphony, Virgen de la Esperanza, and Dance, performed by the NZSO with the composer conducting. |
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