Background
Klein, Kenneth was born on September 5, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Samuel Raymond and Hildegarde (Shire) Klein.
Klein, Kenneth was born on September 5, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Samuel Raymond and Hildegarde (Shire) Klein.
Bachelor of Music, University of Southern California, 1963; studied with Nadia Boulanger, Paris, 1966-1967; studied with Fritz Zweig, Los Angeles, 1959-1977; studied with R. Lert, American Symphony Orchestra League Institute, 1963, 64; studied with Izler Solomon, Aspen Music Festival, 1961; studied with Friedelind Wagner, Bayreuth Festival, Germany, 1966.
Music director Guadalajara (Jalisco, Mexico) Symphony Orchestra, 1967-1978, Nassau Symphony, Garden City, Long Island, 1980-1986, Waterville Valley (New Hampshire) Festival, 1985, 86, Santa Cruz (California) Symphony, 1981-1985, South Dakota Symphony, Sioux Falls, 1983-1989, New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, New York City, since 1982. Guest conductor London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra National de France, Suisse Romande, Vienna Symphony, Casals Festival, Montreux Festival, Moscow Philharmonic and Puerto Rico Symphony, National Symphony Mexico, Bolshoi Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet.
Conductor (recordings) Music From Mexico, 1979, 93, Serenade to Music, 1987, Skyscrapers, 1987 (Fanfare Magazine Want List 1988), Mozart Album, 1990, Copland: Orchestra Works, 1990, Violin Album: Glazunov Tchaikovski, 1990, Morton Gould American Salute, 1991, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Sierra Album, 1994. Recordings for Electric and Music Industries/ANGEL, Vox, ASV, Unicorn-Kanchana, Collins Classics, Pickwick, Ribbonwood, Albany Records. Appointed chamber orchestra Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, 1998.
Debut Vienna's Musikverein, 1997-1998, Moscow Philharmonic, 1997.
Member American Symphony Orchestra League, Conductor's Guild.
Married Leslie Marie Jaen, April 30, 1978. 1 child, David Stewart Alan.