Performers Index ~ K


  • Kabaivanska, Raina     (15 DEC - )Rus=Sop
  • HREF="http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sonoma/09.12.96/music-9637.html">
    Kahane,
    Jeffrey ( - )= Cond Santa Rosa CA Sym
  • Kaler, Ilya (EEL yah KAH ler)
  • Kalish,
    Gilbert    (KAY lish)
  • Kalnins, Alfreds (AHL freds KAHL neensh)
  • Kamio, Mayuko ( - ) =V
  • Kamu, Okko (OH koh KAH moo) (7 MAR - )Finn=Con-V
  • HREF="http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/kirb.html">
    Kanawa
    (See Te Kanawa, Kiri)( - )NZ=Sop

  • Kancheli, Giya     (10 AUG 1935 -
    )Rus=Violist-Composer

  • Kang, Choong-Mo     ( - )Kor=P
  • Kang,
    Dong-Suk     (dohng SOOK, Kahng) ( - )Korean=V
  • Kanka, Michal ( - ) =Cello
  • Kanta, Ludovit (LOO doh veet KAHN tah)Czech=Cellist
  • Kapell, William ( - ) P
  • Kaplan, Mark ( - ) =V
  • Kapp, Richard ( 9 OCT 1936, Chicago - 4 JUN 2006, CT ) Am= Cond. Philharmonia Virtuosi
    A founding member of the MUSIClassical list group.
  • HREF="http://www.kapralova.org/">Kapralova,
    Vitezslava (Brno, 24 JAN 1915 - Montpellier, 16 JUN 1940)Czech-Cond
  • Karajan,
    Herbert Von     (HER' bert Fon KAR' ah yon) (5 APR - )GER=Con
  • Karasev, Grigori (St. Petersburg, Russia - _Bass. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Karpatova, Mariana (Gotze Delchev, - )Bulgaria=Mez-Sop, MET 1998
  • Karr, Gary (20 NOV - )Am=Double bass
  • Kars, J. R. (15 MAR - )Austrian=P
  • Kasarova,
    Vesselina     ( - )Soprano

  • Kashkashian, Kim     ( -
    )Am-Detroit=Violist

  • Kasman, Yakov     ( - )
    = P
  • Kaston, Motti (Tel Aviv, - )Israel=Bar, MET 1989
  • Katchen,
    Julius     (Katch in)( 1926-1969 )Am=P
  • KATIMS, Milton( Brooklyn, NY 24 JUN 1909 - Seattle, 27 FEB 2006)Am-Cond.

  • Katin,
    Peter     (14 NOV - )Eng=P
  • KATOWICE(kah toh VEET seh) (Polish city)
  • Katsaris, Cyprien (SIP ree in Kah TSAH res)
  • Kaufman, Mindy ( - )Am-flute
  • Kavacevitch, Stephen Bishop =P (koh vah SAY vitch) =P
  • Kavafian, Ani (AH' nee kah VAH' fee in)AM=V (sister)
  • Kavafian, Ida (EYE' dah kah VAH' fee in)AM=V (sister)
  • Kavakos, Leonidas ( - ) =V
  • KECSKEMET (KECH keh meht) (Hungarian city)
  • Keene, Constance. m-Abram Chasins. Second husband, Milton Kean. (Brooklyn 9 FEB 1921 - 24 DEC 2005)Am-p
  • Keenlyside, Simon (3 AUG - )Eng=Bar
  • Keilberth, Joseph (KYL bert)( - ) =C
  • Kelemen, Pal (pahl KEH leh mehn)
  • Kelemen, Milko (MEEL' koh KAY' leh man)
  • Kelemen, Zoltan (ZOHL tan KEH leh men)
  • Kelly, Georgia ( - )=HARP=COMP
  • Kelly, Paul Austin (Kingston, NY - ) Tenor. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Kempe, Rudolph (KEM' peh) ( 14 JUN - )Ger=Con
  • Kempf, Freddy ( - ) P


  • Kempff,
    Wilhelm    (VIL' helm kemft) (25 NOV 1895 - 23 MAY 1991)GER=P

  • Kennedy,
    Nigel    (28 DEC - )Eng=V
  • Kenny, Y (25 NOV - )Australian=Sop
  • Kentner, L (19 JUL - )Hung-Br=P
  • Kertesi, Ingrid (KEHR teh shee)
  • Kertesz, Gyorgy (Jorg KEHR tehs)

  • Kertesz, Istvan     (EEST' fawn
    KAIR' tehs)Hun-Ger=Con

  • Keske, Kathleen     ( - )Am=Sop
  • Kevehazy, Jeno (YEH noh KEH veh hah zee)

  • Keylin, Misha     ( - ) = V

  • Keyrouz, Soeur
    Marie     ( - )
  • Keyte, Christopher (KRIS toh fer KEET)
  • Khanzadian, Vahan (Syracuse, NY - )Am=Ten, MET 1993
  • Kim, Benny =V

  • Kim, David     ( - )Am=V
  • Kim, Eric ( - ) =CEL
  • KIM, Michelle(-)AM-Pianist

  • Kim, Sung-Im     ( - )Kor=P

  • Kim, Wonjung     ( - )=Sop
  • Kimm, F (24 MAY - )Eng=MezSop
  • Kind, Sylvia (Chur, Swizerland 15 AUG 1915 - Port Angeles, CA 30 MAY 2002) American harpsicordist and teacher, University of Washington School of Music from 1967 to 1978. Seattle Times Obituary.
  • Kinderman, William ( - )P
  • King, R (27 JUN - )Eng=Con
  • King, Thea
    (24 DEC - )Eng=Clar

  • KING'S NOYSE
    Director, David Douglas
  • Kipnis,
    Alexander     ( KIP nis) ( 13 FEB 1891 - 14 MAY 1978)Rus-Am=bass
    (father)

  • Kipnis, Igor
    (EE
    gohr KIP nis) (Berlin, 27 SEP 1930 - CT 23 JAN 2002)AM=P-Pf-harpsichordist-TEACHER (son)

    Was a member of the MUSIClassical list group.

      HREF="http://www.mundoclasico.com/articulos/entrevistas/arch_050.shtml">
      MundoClasico
      Interview
  • KIPNIS-KUSHNER Piano Duo See Kushner, Karen below
  • HREF="http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/kirchhof_bio.htm">
    Kirchhof,
    Lutz ( - )Ger=Lute
  • HREF="http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/kirchschlager_bio.htm">
    Kirchschlager,
    Angelika ( - ) Mez-sop
    A. Kirchschlager BIO
  • Kirkby, Emma (26 FEB - )Eng=Sop
  • Kirkpatrick, Ralph
    (10 JUN 1911 - 13 APR 1984 )Am=harpsichordist-Clav
  • Kirschbaum, R (4 MAR - )Am=Cel
  • Kissin, Evgeny (KIS seen) (10 OCT 1971 -
    )Rus=P
      HREF="http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/kissin/">
      Kissin, Sony
      Classical - Bio


  • Kivrak, Osman     ( - ) = Violist
  • Klee, Bernard (19 APR - )Ger=Con

  • Kleiber, Carlos     (KAR los
    KLY ber) (Berlin, 3 JUL 1930 - Frankfurt, 13 JUL 2004)Ger-Austrian=Con, son

  • Kleiber, Erich     (ER
    ish KLY ber)(Vienna, 5 AUG 1890 - Zurich, 27 JAN 1956 )Austrian=Con, father
  • Klein, Andreas ( - )P

  • Klemperer,
    Otto     (Breslau, 14 MAY 1885 - Zurich, 6 JUL 1973 )GER=Con
      HREF="http://www.concentric.net/~Onk145/Klemperer.htm">
      Otto Klemperer by
      Cynthia Remmers

  • Kletzki,
    Paul     (KLET skee) ( - )Cond
  • Klien, Walter (VAL' ter KLEEN) (27 NOV - )Austrian=P
  • KLOCKE, HENNINGGer-tenor
  • Klose, Margaret (KLO zeh)
  • Kluson, Josef ( - ) =Viola
  • Kmentt, Waldemar (VAHL duh mar kment)( - )Tenor
  • Knapperstbusch, Hans (kh NAP erts bush)(12 MAR 1888 - 1965)Ger=Con
  • Knussen, Oliver (12 JUN - )Eng=Con
  • Koch, Rami (RAH mee KOHK)
  • Koch, Ulrich (OOL rik KOHK) ( - )Violist
  • Kochel, Ludwig (Kehr' shel) (14 JAN - )Austrian Mozart cataloger
  • KOCIAN QUARTET (COACH ee ahn)
  • Kocis, Zoltan
    (ZOHL tahn n KOH cheesh)
    (30 MAY - )Hung=P
  • Kojian, Varujan (vah roo JAHN koh JYAHN)( - )=con
  • Kollo,
    Rene     (reh NAY KOH loh) (20 NOV - )Ger=Ten
  • KOLN=COLOGNE GERMANY
  • Komen, Paul (powl KOH men) ( - )P
  • Komlosi, Ildiko (Budapest - )Hungary=Mez-Sop, MET 1998
  • Kondonassis, Yolanda (kahn dahn A sis)(Norman, OK - )Am=harp
  • Kondrashin, Kiril (KEER' el kohn DRAH' sheen)(1914-1981)RUS=C
  • Kong, Xiang-Dong ( - ) P
  • Kontarski, Alois (9 OCT - )Ger=P
  • Konwitschny, Franz (kohn VITCH nee)( - )Ger=Cond
  • Koo, Tamas (TAH mahsh KOH)( - )=cellist-con
  • Kooistra, Taco (TAH koh KOY strah)

  • Koopman, Ton     (tone KOPE' mahn)
    (2 OCT - )DUTCH=Cond
  • Koppelstetter, Martina (Mahr TEE nah KOH puhl shteh tuh)
  • Koptchak, Sergei (Dacov, - )Slovak Republic=Bass, MET 1983
  • Kormendi, Klara (KLAH rah KOR mehn dee) ( - )Hung=P
  • Korte,
    Oldrich Frantisek     (OLD' reech FRAHN' tah shek KOR' tah)( - )
    Czech=Comp-P
  • Kosler, Zdnek (ZDEHN yec KOHSH ler)( - )Czecg=cond
  • Kostelanitz, Andre (ahn DRAY Kohs teh LAHN its)( - )Am=con
  • Kostler, Ab (AHP KOH ster) ( - )
  • HREF="http://www.classical.net/music/guide/society/krs/krstop.html">
    Koussevitsky,
    Serge (SAIRgh koo seh VITZ kee) (26 JUL 1874 -
    1951)Rus=Con-dblbass
  • HREF="http://www.emiclassics.com/artists/biogs/skob.html">
    Kovacevich,
    Stephen Bishop (Koh vah' seh vitch) (17 OCT 1940 - )Am=P-Con
  • Kovacs, Bela (BAY lah KOH vahk)
  • Kovacs, Janos (YAH nosh KOH vahk)( - )Hung=con
  • Kovacic, E (12 APR - )Austrian=V
  • Koves, Peter (PAY tehr KOH vehsh)
  • Kowalski, Jochen (Wachow, - )German=Male Alto, MET 1993
  • KRAKOW aka CRACOW (KRAH koof) Poland
  • Krainis, Bernard ( 1925 - 18 AUG 2000)Am-Recorder soloist Boston Globe, AP Obit
  • Krakauer, Barbara (1932 - 30 APR 2001)Am=V-Teacher
  • Kraus, Alfredo (ahl FRAY doh) (24 SEP 1927 - 10 SEP 1999)Sp=Ten
  • Kraus, Lili (krouse) ( - )=P
  • Krause, Janet (krouse)
  • Krause, Tom (Tohm KROW seh)

  • Kravtsova,
    Tatiana     ( - )Rus-Sop
  • Krchek, Jaroslav (YAH roh slahv KER khehk)( - )Czech=Con
  • Krebbers, Herman (HEHR munn KREH bers)
  • Krebs, Helmut (HELL moot Krehps) ( - )=countertenor

  • Kreisler,
    Fritz     (KRY sler) (2 FEB 1875 - 1962
    )Austrian=V-Com
  • Kremer,
    Gidon     (GEE dohn KRAY mer) (27 FEB - )Rus=Violinist
  • Krenn, Werner (VEHR ner krehn)
  • Krips, Josef (YOH sef Krips) ( - )Ger=con
  • Krivine, Emanuel ( - ) = Cond- Lyon
    National Orchestra
  • Kroeze, Myra (MEE rah KROO zuh)

  • KRONOS
    QUARTET
  • Kuebler, David (Detroit, - )Am=Ten, MET 1981


  • Kubelik, Rafael     (RAH fy el KOO beh lik)(29 JUN 1914 - 11 AUG 1996)Czech=Con-Com
  • Kuentz, Paul (KOONtz)=C

  • Kuerti, Anton Emil     (AHN ton KWEAR' tee) (Vienna, 21 JUL 1938 - )Am=P
  • Kuhlmann, K (7 DEC - )Am=MezSop
  • Kuhn, G (25 AUG - )Ger=Con

  • Kuijken,
    Barthold     (KY' ken) (8 MAR - )Belgian=Flute
  • Kuijken, Sigiswald (KY' ken) 16 FEB - )Belgian=V-Viola-cond,
  • Kuijken, W (31 AUG - )Belgian=Viola
  • Kulashov, Valerie (KOO lah shof) ( 0 )Rus=P
  • Kunzel, Erich ERik KAHn' zel( 21 MAR 1935 - )Am-Cond. Official Personal Site
  • Kurtz, Efrem (EHF rehm Koorts)( - )Cond.

  • Kushner, Karen     (15 JUN
    1958 - )Am=P Kipnis-Kushner Duo

  • Kushnerova,
    Elena     (Moscow, - )Russian Pianist, living in Germany
  • Kvapil,
    Radoslav     (Brno, Moravia - )Czech=P
  • Kweksilber, Marianne (mah ree AH nah KVEHK zihl ber)
  • Kwella, P (26 APR - )Eng=Sop
  • Kwiecien, Mariusz (Krakow, - )Poland=Bar, MET 1998
  • Kyrkjebo, Sissel (SIH suhl SHER shuh boh)( - )Norwegian Vocalist
  • Kyselak, Ladislav (LAH dih slahv KIH sheh lahk)( - )=Violist-teacher