Titles by: CHRISTOPHER KACHIAN
CHRISTOPHER KACHIAN
Guitarist Christopher Kachian performs and teaches throughout the world. He regularly appears with the Heidelberger Kammerorchester, Kammerensemble Cologne, Radio Symphonie Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, St. Paul Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, and VocalEssence. He has performed in Japan, China, Europe, Africa, Cuba, Costa Rica, Peru, and throughout North America. As a champion of new music, he has commissioned and premiered over thirty works for guitar including ten concerti. His concerts are broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio, National Public Radio, and American Public Radio including several appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. Notable recordings include Carols and Lullabies (RCA 1995), Images, Shadows and Dreams (Collins Classics 1996), Woodwind Music (Innova 1997), and Phoenix Ensemble #1. (Valve-Hearts 1998), Falls Flyer (10,000 Lakes 2002), and Cyprus, First Impressions (Innova 2005). His discography includes numerous other recordings of music ranging from blues to chamber music. Mr. Kachian has also composed several scores for public television. Dr. Kachian is the past editor of the guitar column for String Notes, the journal of the Minnesota chapter of the American String Teacher's Association/National String Orchestra Association. From 1990-2002 he was guitar director for Minnesota Music Teachers Association for whom he authored a guitar pedagogy syllabus. Since 1984, Chris Kachian has directed one of the largest, multi-genre guitar programs in the USA at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he is a professor of music. In addition to teaching privately, he lectures on guitar pedagogy and guitar history and literature. His research and expertise range from World Music to the music of Europe and the Americas, and from popular musical idioms to film music.