Biography: Kenneth Alford (F. J. Ricketts), Kenneth Elliot, Kenneth Leighton, Kent Nagano, Kalevi Aho, Kim Borg, Kim Kashkashian, King of Navarre IV Thibault, King's College Choir, King's Singers,

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Kenneth Alford (F. J. Ricketts) Biography, Photos, Pictures

After playing the cornet, piano and organ in the Royal Irish Regiment and serving in India, Ricketts became a student bandmaster at the Royal Military School of Music He became the bandmaster for the Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders in 1908

Kenneth Elliot Biography, Photos, Pictures

Cincinnati-based classical vocalist Kenneth Elliot can sing lower than any of the other performers of this name, including the New Orleans disc jockey known as “Jack the Cat

Kenneth Leighton Biography, Photos, Pictures

Leighton was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford and in 1951 won the Mendelssohn Scholarship, enabling him to continue his studies in Rome He won many distinguished prizes and was appointed as lecturer and Fellow of Worcester College in 1968

Kent Nagano is one of the most exciting American conductors, with a particular expertise in 20th Century repertoryHis parents were Nissei (second-generation Japanese-Americans), who ran a family farm in Morro Park

A large-scale symphonic composer, Aho studied at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and later in Berlin His compositions employ classical polyphony and his orchestrations are reminiscent of Shostakovich and Mahler

Borg received vocal training at the Sibelius Academy as well as in Vienna, Rome and New York He is also a qualified engineer His professional concert début came in 1947 and he built his career in opera houses in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Stockholm, and has appeared all over Europe and America

Kim Kashkashian Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in Detroit of Armenian descent, chamber musician and viola soloist Kim Kashkashian has been featured on over 30 albums, and her repertoire, which ranges from Bach to pieces by contemporary composers, constantly explores the versatility and emotional range of her instrument

King of Navarre IV Thibault Biography, Photos, Pictures

Thibault has the largest surviving corpus of literature from the northern trouveres of France, and, perhaps, of any trouvere whatsoever He composed in almost every form known at the time including courtly and pastoral verse, crusade songs, jeux-partis, and religious works

King's College Choir Biography, Photos, Pictures

Hailing from King’s College in Cambridge, England, the King’s College Choir is one of the world’s most respected choirs, originally founded in the 1440s by King Henry VI

King's Singers Biography, Photos, Pictures

The King’s Singers is a six-man vocal ensemble which tours the world singing a variety of repertoryThe group was formed in 1965 by Alastair Hume, Simon Carrington, and Brian Kay

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