Violinist Alexi Kenney is forging a career that defies categorization. The recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, Kenney has appeared as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and as guest leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. As a recitalist, Kenney has performed at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Phillips Collection, 92nd Street Y, and many more. In 2021, he released his first commercial recording, Paul Wiancko’s X Suite for Solo Violin, accompanied by a visual album that pairs each of the seven movements of X Suite with seven contemporary sculptures. Kenney has been profiled by Musical America, Strings Magazine, and The New York Times, and has written for The Strad. As a chamber musician, Kenney regularly tours with Musicians from Marlboro and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has performed at numerous festivals, including Bridgehampton, Caramoor, ChamberFest Cleveland, Chamber Music Northwest, Festival Napa Valley, La Jolla, Ojai, Kronberg, Music@Menlo, Ravinia, and Spoleto. Kenney is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he was a student of Miriam Fried and Donald Weilerstein. www.alexikenney.com
