Miguel Kertsman

Miguel Kertsman’s compositions span music genre boundaries encompassing Symphonic, Chamber, and Vocal music for the Classical Concert Stage, as well as Theater, Experimental, Jazz, and Electronica. Works have been commissioned, performed, or recorded by artists such as mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager, guitarist John Williams, conductor Dennis Russell Davies, and orchestras including the Vienna Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, São Paulo State Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra among others.

Performances of his works at venues including Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall NY, Halls at the Konzerthaus and Musikverein Vienna, Bregenz Opera Festival, Franz Liszt Festival, St. Paul's at Covent Garden, Memorial da América Latina Brazil, The United Nations, The Olympics, The World Expo, among others.

Kertsman's music has been globally released or published by Sony Classical, RCA Victor/BMG, Universal Edition, Naxos Records and other labels and publishers. Miguel Kertsman has designed post-graduate programs, curricula and courses in Composition, music production and management, holding lectures, masterclasses and colloquia at universities including Dartmouth College, Danube University Krems, Northwestern University, the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki Arts University, the Janáček Academy, and elsewhere.

In addition to his composition work, as a solo recording artist Kertsman’s progressive compositions, experimental Jazz-Rock and Global Music releases and unique keyboard playing have also earned him a place on the international scene.

Brazilian-American composer Miguel Kertsman, born in Recife in 1965, graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1986 with honours, subsequently continuing conducting studies with Attilio Poto at Boston Conservatory, and composition with Stanley Wolfe at New York’s Juilliard School.