BY ALAN SHERROD Just what does it take for something to become a tradition? A specific concert selling out two years in row is probably a good start. For the second year, Maestro Aram Demirjian and the Knoxville Symphony…
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KSO’s 2023-24 Season: A Q&A with Maestro Aram Demirjian
BY ALAN SHERROD With the sales of single tickets having begun for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season of concerts, Knoxville music lovers are now confronted with the reality of picking and choosing from the five series and the…
Review: KSO and Demirjian Find Freshness in Grieg and Tchaikovsky for Season Opener
BY ALAN SHERROD The four months of summer break for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concerts always seems a bit interminable. But there we were—strolling into the Tennessee Theatre lobby feeling that strange sense of excitement that is not…
Review: Demirjian and the KSO Present Gems from the Past: Mozart, Farrenc, and Still
BY ALAN SHERROD Browsing the obituaries of notable citizens in the New York Times in September 1875, readers may have come across an obit for “Mme. Jean Louise Farrenc…a musician and composer of considerable distinction in the generation immediately…
KSO Music Director Aram Demirjian Receives The 2020 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award
BY ALAN SHERROD In its twentieth year of assisting young conductors on the threshold of substantial careers, the Solti Foundation U.S. has announced that the 2020 recipient of The Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award is Knoxville Symphony Orchestra music…
KSO’s 2019-20 Masterworks Season Lineup: A Q&A with Maestro Aram Demirjian
By Alan Sherrod The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra released the news of their 2019-20 season programming last month, planting the seeds of excitement in Knoxville classical music listeners. KSO music director and conductor Aram Demirjian took the time to answer…
Review in the Knoxville Mercury: Storm Fizzles, Demirjian and KSO Dazzles
My review of last week’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concerts featuring guest conductor Aram Demirjian and violinist Philippe Quint can be found in this week’s Knoxville Mercury. That concert featured works by John Adams, Ligeti, Bruch, and Beethoven.
KSO This Week: Guest conductor Aram Demirjian — Beethoven, Bruch, Ligeti, Adams
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Guest conductor: Aram Demirjian Guest violinist: Philippe Quint Thursday and Friday, January 21,22, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville Tickets: http://www.knoxvillesymphony.com or 865-291-3310 ———————————– It is now the 2016 side of the…
Review: The Gravity of ‘The Planets’ – Resistance is Futile
Although last evening’s Masterworks concert—Part 2 of the KSO’s Cosmos Festival— had the massive orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst as its focus, there were other attractions to enchant the listener.
Not To Be Eclipsed, KSO Celebrates the Cosmos With A Festival
While Knoxville mostly missed the celestial entertainment of the Total Eclipse this week due to cloud cover and rainy weather, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Cosmos Festival will not require special glasses or rain gear, but—at most—a ticket or two.