“...wonderfully orchestrated... endlessly evolving...”
CURRENT & UPCOMING
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We will begin with a soft launch of the DARK CITY recording of superb Grammy winning artist ZUILL BAILEY in August 2026. Sent to select interested conductors only! 2027 will see a CD and LP of the work! The superb RSNO conducted with awesome precision by James Lowe.
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HURRICANE—Piano Concerto No. 2 written during my Wachtmeister Fellowship at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts for virtuoso pianist MICHAEL LEWIN finished and in press with my publisher DONEMUS. Premiere to follow—stay tuned!
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Saxophone virtuoso and Timothy McAllister and brilliant Cimbalomist Chester Englander commission a new work ‘Eruption Cycles’ from Knehans for a premiere in the 2027-28 season.
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Fresh out of the studio finishing recording of ‘A PATCHEN CYCLE’ with brilliant Bass-Baritone CODY QUATTLEBAUM and his associate for this project pianist Michael Delfin.
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Dazzling violin soloist and artistic director of the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra Simos Papanas has commissioned a new violin concerto ‘The Aegean’ to be premiered in summer 2027.
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Steinway artist and multi-award winning virtuoso pianist Sophia Agranovich has commissioned a new piano concerto—piano concerto no. 3!—to be recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Grammy winning conductor Michael Repper in summer 2027.
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Jennet Ingle interviews Douglas on his compositions, his work as a record company director and producer as well as his company’s partnership with Global Arts United to create and deliver the Thessaloniki Art and Music Summit each summer in Greece.
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As part of his NEW LULLABY project, international recording and touring guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan takes delivery of Knehans’ new work for programming in this ongoing series of soothing solos.
Douglas Knehans
Winner of prizes, awards and recognitions for his compositions and recordings, Douglas Knehans’ (b.1957) work has been awarded by the 2019 ISCM World Music Days; The American Prize; The Kennedy Center; Clouzine International Music Awards; Independent Music Awards; Global Music Awards Multi-Gold Medalist; The Australia Council for the Arts; The Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts; Meet the Composer; New Music USA; The American Music Center; Carnegie Hall and many others. His compositions feature at concert halls globally including Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall in NYC and equally well regarded venues in Europe, Asia and Australia.
“I just want to write music that touches people, that is immediate, that is powerful, colorful and dramatic. You can get to know the type of music I write by taking a little time to listen to some of the excerpts and pieces on this website.
If you like it, I hope to hear from you!”
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“This is music of tremendous imagination. Knehans scores with a masterly hand, his sound paintbrush unerringly hitting the mark.”
RECENT RELEASES
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“An astonishingly visceral Winterreise for the 21st century,”
“This is what contemporary opera should be like.”