STEFANIA DE KENESSEY’s music has been heard throughout New York City, from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to Joe’s Pub and LaMama; internationally, it has been performed in more than 35 countries, from Australia to Venezuela. Her output ranges from choral, vocal and operatic pieces to chamber and orchestral work, as well as scores for documentary films, theater and dance companies. She has written concertos for such virtuosos as trumpeter Chris Gekker and flutist Elizabeth Mann; she has had premieres with St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Singapore Symphony, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra and the Absolute Ensemble, conducted by Kristjan Järvi. Her music has been applauded for its “bright, lively quality…accessible melody, with touches of theater music and early rock drifting through it” (New York Times), full of “subtle shifts and changes” (Washington Post), “scintillating” and “sensitive” (American Record Guide).“Her melodic, many-layered, and deeply moving compositions…fully worthy to share a program or disc with masterpieces by Mozart or Brahms…deserve a lasting place in the modern repertoire.” (Fanfare) De Kenessey is committed to helping women composers and musicians achieve parity in an unequal, biased world. She serves on the advisory board of The New Historia, an organization dedicated to recovering the unmarked legacies of women throughout the world. She is also the founding president of the International Alliance for Women in Music. www.stefaniadekenessey.com