"making magic out of sound"
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"The baton in the hands of Maestra Kim Diehnelt inspires confidence. She knows exactly what the music needs and has the craft to attain it."
-- EL Herald, Aguascalientes
"Ms. Diehnelt has become "one of the people to watch" in Chicago's ever eclectic music scene. She can be found appearing with many of our city's best orchestral and chamber ensembles."
-- Saori Chiba
Pianist and Chamber Musician
Upcoming Events
Classical Connoisseur
All you need is ears!
With a trio of guest musicians
February 19, 2012, 2 pm
Round Lake Area Public Library
Classical Connoisseur
Sounds Funny: Hearing Wit and Humor in Music
with guest musician Susan Stokdyk
March 4th, 2012, 2 pm
Winnetka Public Library
Classical Connoisseur
Composer as Illusionist
With guest quartet
November 6th, 2011, 2 pm
Niles Public Library
Composer as Illusionist
Conductor
South Loop Symphony
Sherwood Music School
Chicago, IL. Nov 12, 2011
Classical Connoisseur
Baroque : An Ear for the Bizarre
With guest musician Kim Sopata
November 20th, 2011, 2pm
Antioch Public Library
An Ear for the Bizzare
Recent Events
Composer
Waukegan Symphony Orchestra
Caprio
with oboe soloist Joni Day
World premiere
Trapp Auditorium
Waukegan, IL. October 23, 2011
Waukegan Symphony Orchestra
Host/moderator
The Masterless Masterclass
With pianist Winston Choi
August 11, 2011. 7 pm at PianoForte
Fine Arts Building
410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
The Masterless Masterclass
Host/moderator
The Masterless Masterclass
July 16, 2011. 7 pm at PianoForte
Fine Arts Building
410 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
The Masterless Masterclass
Conductor
Ensemble Warhol
Contrapose Dance
The Fort Point Theatre Channel
Calderwood Pavilion
Boston, MA. June, 2011
Memories and Fantasies
The Classical Connoisseur
Heart Murmurs:
Love and Longings in Music
Niles Public Library
February 12, 2011
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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 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), and the Chicago Reading Orchestra. Ms. Diehnelt was selected to attend the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen with David Zinman in 2002. Kim is currently the Music Director of the South Loop Symphony, Chicago, IL.
Ms. Diehnelt is an authority on the music of Edward Elgar. The Elgar Society in England has sponsored Kim’s conducting of Elgar’s Symphony No. 1, the tone-poem In the South, and the Cockaigne Overture. Kim regularly speaks on Elgar: His story, his music, coaches performers on Elgar's works, and sponsors recitals and live radio broadcasts of Elgar's chamber music. In 2010, Ms. Diehnelt was asked to be a founding member of the Elgar Society - North America Branch; she presented Podium Time with Elgar at the inaugural conference in March, 2010.
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Elgar
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Works
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.
More on Edward Elgar
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The Classical Connoisseur
"The Classical Connoisseur fills an urgent need of today’s listener. Audiences are hungry to explore what it is they are hearing – not in terms of the anatomy of music, but through discovering music’s ability to create metaphor - and enchantment."
As the Classical Connoisseur Maestra Kim helps people experience the magic of music. In a dynamic style that awakens the palette, Kim “conducts” listeners through music samples and live performances, as she explores how composers and musicians create meaning within sounds. Only the Classical Connoisseur offers listeners the magic of music.
For bookings, please contact Kim.
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Press
In 2010, Ms. Diehnelt was asked to fill in as conductor for the Orquesta Sinfonica de Aguascalientes for a performace of Miramontes, De falla and Sibelius. Read the review in the Aguascalientes Herald.
In 2008, Ms. Diehnelt curated 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 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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