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Kevin Kenner

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A New Recording by Kevin Kenner!Paderewski on the piano, playing Paderewski!American pianist Kevin Kenner was the youngest winner at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in 1980 and went on to achieve the highest ranking (second place, with no first place awarded) at the 12th competition in 1990, when he competed again. This release from the NIFC (Chopin Institute)the first since NIFCCD010, which featured Chopins Four Impromptusis a collection of Paderewskis piano works! Ignacy Jan Paderewski (18601941) was a preeminent Polish composer and pianist in the post-Chopin era; a great Polish figure who also made significant contributions as an editor of Chopins scores and as a politician who served as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The highlight of this album is the use of a 1925 Steinway piano said to have belonged to Paderewski. Furthermore, the NIFCs new series, Resonan