JEAN, KENNETH

Born in New York City, Kenneth Jean grew up in Hong Kong and returned to the United States in 1967 to live in San Francisco. After violin studies at San Francisco State University, he entered the Julliard School at the age of nineteen and was accepted into the conducting class of Jean Morel. The following year he made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of New York and was immediately engaged as the orchestra’s Music director.

For two seasons, Kenneth Jean was conducting assistant of the Cleveland Orchestra. From 1979 until 1985, he served as resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In 1990, Mr. Jean was one of two recipients of the prestigious Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductor Award, which is given biannually to exceptional American conductors.

He has been the Music Director of the Florida Symphony Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Chicago Symphony, and Principal Guest Conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. In 1997 Mr. Jean became Music Director of the Tulsa Philharmonic. He has recorded works by Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Falla, Albeniz and Ravel for Naxos, and Chinese contemporary works for Marco Polo.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551141
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.551145
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.551147
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.551148
ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection	8.570015-16
Art & Music: Renoir - Music of His Time	8.558176
BEETHOVEN (THE BEST OF)	8.556651
BEETHOVEN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552105-06
BEETHOVEN: Adagio	8.552240
BEETHOVEN: Best of Beethoven (The)	8.551101
BEETHOVEN: Romantic Beethoven (The)	8.552213
BEETHOVEN: Romantic Beethoven (The)	8.570078
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto / Romances Nos. 1 and 2	8.550149
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto / Sextet	8.571008
BERLIOZ (THE BEST OF)	8.556678
BERLIOZ: Overtures	7158
BERLIOZ: Overtures	8.550231
BEST OF NAXOS 5	8.550005
BEST OF NAXOS 6	8.550006
BEST OF NAXOS 7	8.550007
BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES	8.554044
BOLERO AND OTHER SPANISH FAVOURITES	8.570052
CAFE CLASSICS (AUSTRALIA ONLY)	8.555258-59
CAN-CAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE OPERA	8.550924
CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The)	8.223350
CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / CHU: The Yellow River Piano Concerto	8.223488
CHILL WITH BEETHOVEN	8.556790
CHILL WITH RAVEL	8.556789
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 4	8.556624
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.556627
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.556628
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551160
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.556630
CLASSICAL CHILLOUT - The Essential Collection	8.570223-24
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 5: Classical Music to Dine to	8.555361
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945	8.550835
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
DISCOVER CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.550008-09
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 1	8.550035-36
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
EXPLOSIVE CLASSICS	8.554581
EXTREME CLASSICS	8.557941-42
Fantasia	8.551166
French Overtures (Famous)	8.553264
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 1 (Australia)	8.570036
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 5 (Australia)	8.570040
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 7 (Australia)	8.570042
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 8 (Australia)	8.570043
GRIEG: Lyric Pieces / RAVEL: Mother Goose / NIELSEN, C.: Alladin Suite / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Mlada / PROKOFIEV: Cinderella Suite	8.557953DK
IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN	8.551165
Intermezzo: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556616
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NZ 2001	8.555883
Lark Ascending (The): Violin Showpieces	8.553509
Liebesleid: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556615
MACABRE MASTERPIECES	8.557930-31
MASSENET: Escarlmonde Suite / Suite No. 1 / Cendrillon Suite	8.223354
MASSENET: Esclarmonde and Cendrillon Suites	8.555986
MENDELSSOHN (THE BEST OF)	8.556660
MENDELSSOHN : The Best Of Mendelssohn	8.551110
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor / TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major	8.550153
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major	8.553232
NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 2	DVDI 1025
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 9	8.556823
ONCE UPON A TIME	8.557953-54
RAVEL (THE BEST OF)	8.556673
RAVEL (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552125-26
RAVEL: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe / Piano Concerto / Ma mere l'oye	8.553276
RAVEL: Bolero / Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 1 / Ma Mere L'oye	8.550173
RAVEL: Bolero / Rhapsodie espagnole / Daphnis et Chloe / La Valse	8.571056
RAVEL: Rapsodie Espagnole / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloe	8.550424
RHAPSODY	8.550327
ROMANCE	8.553216
RUSSIAN FAVORITES	8.571094
Russian Favourites	8.553249
Russian Fireworks	8.550328
SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals / RAVEL: Mother Goose (Children's Classics)	8.554463
SCARY MASTERPIECES - Music by Grieg, Liszt, Dvorak, Franck, Ducas, Saint-Saens	8.570362
Serenade: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556619
SONATA - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING	8.556609
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME	8.550580DX
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE AND OTHER ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES	8.554066
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat (The)	8.553274
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556652
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552117-18
TCHAIKOVSKY : Violin Concerto	DVDI 1006
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.552216
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.570081
Ten Years Of Success	8.554103
The Art of Takako Nishizaki	8.223996-97
THE BEST OF MARCO POLO	8.223002
THE BEST OF TAKAKO NISHIZAKI	8.223979
VIVA ESPANA!	8.571099
Viva Espana: The Music of Spain	8.550174
W.H.Smiths Vol. 2 (Children's Classics 2)	8.554572