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The University of Minnesota School of Music and The Sax Shop at Schmitt Music present a Concert & Master Class with world renowned classical saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky on Wednesday, March 22 in the Twin Cities!
CONCERT – March 22 at 3:45 p.m. – FREE!
  • Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in Ferguson Hall: 2106 South 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455
  • Works by Gunther Schuller, David Amram, and others

MASTER CLASS – March 22 at 6:30 p.m.
Contact Adam Du Vall, Schmitt Music Sax Shop Manager, at 763-398-5409 for ticket and performance information.

Kenneth Radnofsky has appeared as soloist with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Jerusalem Symphony with Gisele Ben-Dor and Boston Pops with John Williams. Radnofsky gave the world premiere of Gunther Schuller’s Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony (composer conducting). David Amram’s Concerto “Ode to Lord Buckley” was premiered with the Portland Symphony, under Bruce Hangen’s direction, as well as 3 other works dedicated to him from Amram, including a new Trio for Violin, Saxophone and Piano written for his Amram Ensemble (with Elmira Darvarova and Thomas Weaver). Of the 100 plus works he has commissioned, Radnofsky has also premiered the works of Michael Colgrass, John Harbison, Donald Martino, Michael Gandolfi, Betty Olivero, James Yannatos, Baris Perker, Jakov Jakoulov, Elliott Schwartz, Michael Horvit and Yang Yong, to name a few. He is President of the Boston Woodwind Society, providing assistance to woodwind students, and Founder/President of World-Wide Concurrent Premieres and Commissioning Fund, Inc.

He teaches at New England Conservatory, Longy School of Bard College, Boston University, and world-wide. Radnofsky is a Selmer Artist. For more information, including recordings, please visit KenRadnofsky.com.