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About Kenneth Woods, conductor

American conductor and cellist Kenneth Woods

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Kenneth Woods, conductor

Hailed by the Washington Post as an "up-and-coming conductor" and a "true star" of the podium, conductor, rock guitarist, author and cellist Kenneth has worked with many orchestras of international distinction including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared on the stages of some of the world's leading music festivals, including Aspen, Lucerne, Round Top and Scotia. His work on the concert platform and in the recording studio has led to numerous broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

In 2010, Kenneth Woods was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestra of the Swan, with whom he made his debut in the final concert of the Spring Sounds Festival. He will not only be active with the orchestra in concert, but in recordings as well, starting with an all-Mahler CD for Somm Records in November of 2010. As music director of the Oregon East Symphony from 2000-9-, he transformed a tiny orchestra in a remote, rural area into possibly the most talked-about orchestra in the Pacific Northwest, winning universal praise for their nationally celebrated "Redneck Mahler" cycle, progressive programming and their innovative youth programs. Other permanent affiliations include the Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales (with whom he is often heard on Radio 3), and the Rose City Chamber Orchestra.

Kenneth Woods made his commercial recording debut as a conductor in sessions for Avie Records with the Northern Sinfonia. The disc of world-premiere recordings of music by Austrian émigré composer Hans Gál has been hailed by The Strad, Classical Music, Classical CD Reviews and Musical pointers for its "committed performances", "first class" and "quick witted" playing and Gramophone underlined Woods' "highly polished account, with orchestral playing throughout most assured." In June 2010, he was invited by the Stradivari Trust to conduct their 25th anniversary concert, featuring a string orchestra of many of the world's leading soloists and chamber musicians including Natalie Clein, Lawrence Power, Guy Johnston, Matthew Trussler and the Endellion and Fitzwilliam String Quartets.

As a cellist he has been recipient of the Aspen Fellowship (Mr. Woods has received the Aspen Fellowship as both a cellist and conductor), the Dale Gilbert Award (the only musician to win this award in consecutive years), the Strelow Quartet Fellowship, and the NEA Residency Fellowship. He has played chamber music with members of leading quartets, and the Cincinnati, Chicago, Toronto, Minnesota, Gewandhaus and Concertgebow orchestras. He is currently cellist of the string trio Ensemble Epomeo, with whom he performs regularly in the UK, Europe and the USA. His blog, A View from the Podium, is one of the 25 most popular classical music blogs in the world.

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