The news is out! The
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has named Aram Demirjian as its 8th
Music Director, after an exhaustive search stretching back to October
of 2014. Holding a master's in conducting from New England
Conservatory, he will be making a jump from his post at the Kansas
City Symphony where, among other things, he initiated a weeknight
concert series entitled “Classics Uncorked,” akin to our “Scotch
and Strings” and “Beer and Beethoven” endeavors. His youthful
enthusiasm and genuine personality were hits with the selection
committee. There is a subtle
circularity to Aram's appointment here. One of his mentors, Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra music director Robert Spano, can claim as his
first music teacher Bernice Dryer, the mother of the recently
deceased KSO violinist Norris Dryer.
From
the musicians' standpoint, the wide range of the candidates'
conducting styles and the spectrum of repertoire they've chosen have
forged the orchestra into a formidable performing unit. (Cue Dwight
Schrute from The Office
giving that speech- “WE ARE WARRIORS!!”)
We eagerly await the
repertoire choices Maestro Demirjian (pronounced “de-MURR-gin”)
makes to complement the solo repertoire which was chosen last
November.
It
has been a long journey with many high points. We can't wait to see
what the Maestro has in store for us!
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