“American conductor Aram Demirjian, 33, current music director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, has been awarded the annual $30,000 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award [given] to a rising maestro of 38 years or younger” by the Solti Foundation, writes Nicholas Beard in Monday’s (4/20) Musical America (subscription required). “Foundation Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Artistic and Awards Committee President Elizabeth Buccheri announced their protégé’s award—the Foundation’s 11th … Demirjian has been at Knoxville’s helm for three years, a period of substantial artistic and ticket-revenue growth. The orchestra was scheduled to participate in this year’s SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras at the Kennedy Center. Some of his recent guest appearances have included the Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, and Kansas City symphonies, as well the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. He is the former associate conductor of the Kansas City Symphony and holds a joint Bachelor of Arts in Music and Government from Harvard University and a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from New England Conservatory.”
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