"conveying the wonder, poignancy, beauty and drama of the human condition through live music."
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"Kim has the best imagination, the greatest storytelling ability, the greatest stick technique,
gaze, reach and communicative ability in the business. She's the real deal."
--Michael Goode
Founder and Principal Trumpet
Chicago Reading Orchestra
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Upcoming Events
Ossia Fine Arts Space
May 9th, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Ste 537, Chicago, IL
773.220.2356
www.ossiaspace.com
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures
Elizabeth Hale Knox, Mezzo-soprano
Saori Chiba, Pianist
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Cello Sonata
Racheli Galay-Altman, Cellist
Saori Chiba, Pianist
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Recent Events
PianoForte Salon Series
Broadcast live on WFMT 98.7 FM
May 9th, 2008 12:15 pm
Featuring Maria Storm, Violinist and Saori Chiba, Pianist
Listen to Kim's interview about the music of Edward Elgar at the start of this performance
Elgar: Violin Sonata in e minor, Op. 82
Eugene Ysaye: Reve d’enfant, Op. 14
Lakeside Pride Orchestra Spring Concert
February 10, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Unity Lutheran Church
1212 W. Balmoral
Lakeside Pride Orchestra Fall Concert
November 4, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Unity Lutheran Church
1212 W. Balmoral
(corner of Balmoral and Magnolia)
EDU Quartet
June 15, 2007 12:15 pm
Fine Arts Building, Fazioli Salon Series
Broadcast live on WFMT, 98.7
Lakeside Pride Orchestra
April 22, 2007 at 6:30pm
Unity Lutheran Church
5409 N Magnolia Ave., Chicago, IL
www.lakesidepride.org
including...
Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Haydn: Cello Concerto
~Racheli Galay, cello
Elgar: Chanson de Nuit
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances,
Suite no. 1
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Kim Diehnelt established her craft as a conductor and artistic coach in Finland and Switzerland where she worked with the South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra, and Russian and Baltic chamber ensembles. In Helsinki, Ms. Diehnelt founded the Helsinki Camerata, a group dedicated to a chamber music approach to orchestral works. She was Director of Chamber Music at the Musicology Department of Helsinki University and Music Director of the Helsinki Community College Orchestra.
In the United States, Ms. Diehnelt has been Music Director of the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, Opera Millennium (MN), Assistant Conductor for the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest (IL), and the Chicago Reading Orchestra (IL). Ms. Diehnelt was selected to attend the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen with David Zinman in 2002.
Ms. Diehnelt is an authority in the music of Edward Elgar. The Elgar Society in England sponsored her readings of Elgar’s Symphony no. 1, In the South tone-poem and the Cockaigne Overture with the Chicago Reading Orchestra.
Kim is also an active artistic coach in the Chicago area.
Read Kim's complete biography
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Elgar
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The British composer Edward Elgar is known in the States today only through his “Enigma Variations” or the famous “Pomp and Circumstance” march tune. The Variations were written before 1900, and there is much more orchestral repertoire from the 30 years that followed. Elgar’s temperament could swing from high spirits and wittiness to complete despondency and doom. Elgar’s works are very personal, with much more rubato and full-bloodedness than expected. His music speaks to humanity.
Elgar was a romantic composer from the time of Mahler and Strauss, around the turn of the century. He didn’t invent a new language of music, but furthered the orchestra’s palette through his self-taught style of composing and hands-on knowledge of each individual instrument. He raised the orchestra’s level of expression.
Contact Kim for program consultation, performance coaching and conducting.
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Artistic Coaching
Kim Diehnelt, conductor and score tutor, offers one-on-one coaching for performers, composers, and conductors. Kim will work with you or your ensemble to deepen your perspective of a musical work and polish your performance by providing critical, discerning, and respectful feedback.
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Press
In 2008, Ms. Diehnelt currated a monthly chamber music series at the Center on Halsted in partnership with Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles. Read the press release from the January concert here.
The 2006 CRO Summer Session highlighted the works of two comtemporary composers: Memories from My Previous Lives by the Silk Road Competition winner Angel Lam, and Dance Aurora by the recent Mahler Competition winner Bjorn Berkhout.
Read the commentary from the Chicago Reader.
The Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest recently celebrated their 75th anniversary with a concert honoring women in music, including their founder, Gladys Welge. Maestra Diehnelt conducted the concert which included the US premiere of a work by female composer, Angel Lam.
Read the review in the Wednesday Journal.
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