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Michael Kannen
Michael Kannen, Director of Chamber Music
Sidney Friedberg Chair in Chamber Music
Cellist Michael Kannen was a founding member of the Brentano String
Quartet and for seven years performed with that group on concert stages
around the world, on radio and television, and on recordings. During
those years, the Brentano Quartet was awarded the first Cleveland
Quartet Award, the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, a Royal Philharmonic
Award and was the first participant in the Chamber Music Society of
Lincoln Center II program. Mr. Kannen continues to perform chamber
music around the country, at major festivals, as a member of the Apollo
Trio, and on period instruments with the Houston-based group Context.
Mr. Kannen performs regularly with flutist Paula Robison and
harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, and has collaborated with such artists
as Jessye Norman, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Sergiu Luca, Hilary Hahn, Donald
Weilerstein, Eugene Drucker, Leon Fleisher, Mitsuko Uchida, David
Golub, Charles Neidich, Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman and with jazz
artists Michael Formanek and Uri Caine.. His activities range from
performances on period instruments to premieres of the music of our
time. He has recorded for the CRI label. Mr. Kannen has served on the
faculties of Dartmouth College and the Purchase College Conservatory.
He is currently the Director of Chamber Music at the Peabody
Conservatory of Music, where he holds the Sidney Friedberg Chair in
Chamber Music.
Contact Michael Kannen via email at michael.kannen@gmail.com
