Biography
Karen Kamensek, born in Chicago, is equally at home on the opera and concert stages. Her broad range of interests and her varied work extend from classical to modern, including many world premieres, film music and crossover projects (jazz and world music). A specialist in contemporary music, she regularly works with the American composer Philip Glass, whose Orphée she conducted in New York and Germany, as well as Glass’s world premiere of Les Enfants Terribles at the Spoleto Festival USA. Most recently she conducted Glass’ Satyagraha and the successful new production of Glass’ Akhnaten at the ENO, as well as Glass’ Passages with Anoushka Shankar at the BBC Proms and at the Philharmonie de Paris. In the 2019/20 season she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Glass’ Akhnaten. In t
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2001 — Yesterday
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Say, FazilStraussRachmaninoff
Colorado SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewGabriela Ortiz Antrópolis, Ortiz, G.PiazzollaRespighi
RTVE Orquesta y CoroConductor
View program, cast and crewScintillements, ClyneGlièreSibelius
Opéra Orchestre National de MontpellierConductor
View program, cast and crewStravinsky's Petruskha, HigdonKorngoldStravinsky
Musik i DalarnaConductor
View program, cast and crewCinderella and Swan Lake, StraussProkofievTchaikovsky, P. I.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewFeatured past performances
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Say, FazilStraussRachmaninoff
Colorado SymphonyConductor
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Scintillements, ClyneGlièreSibelius
Opéra Orchestre National de MontpellierConductor
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Stravinsky's Petruskha, HigdonKorngoldStravinsky
Musik i DalarnaConductor
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Cinderella and Swan Lake, StraussProkofievTchaikovsky, P. I.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewUpcoming performances
37Brilliant Bassoon, Von WeberWalton
Calgary Philharmonic OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewJan Lisiecki Plays Prokofiev, Say, FazilProkofievWalton
Seattle SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewThe Handmaid's Tale, Ruders
San Francisco OperaConductor
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Biography
Karen Kamensek, born in Chicago, is equally at home on the opera and concert stages. Her broad range of interests and her varied work extend from classical to modern, including many world premieres, film music and crossover projects (jazz and world music). A specialist in contemporary music, she regularly works with the American composer Philip Glass, whose Orphée she conducted in New York and Germany, as well as Glass’s world premiere of Les Enfants Terribles at the Spoleto Festival USA. Most recently she conducted Glass’ Satyagraha and the successful new production of Glass’ Akhnaten at the ENO, as well as Glass’ Passages with Anoushka Shankar at the BBC Proms and at the Philharmonie de Paris. In the 2019/20 season she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera with Glass’ Akhnaten. In t
