Kenneth Tse
Kenneth Tse 謝德驥 (born 1972) is a Chinese American classical saxophonist. Tse was mainly self-taught as a youth until he met world-renowned saxophone artist and pedagogue Eugene Rousseau in 1989. He then studied at the Indiana University School of Music with Rousseau from 1993–1998, where he received his BM, MM, and the first Artist Diploma awarded to a saxophonist. Rousseau has called him “a brilliant saxophonist, worthy of any stage in the world”. Tse earned a doctorate degree at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana having studied with saxophonist Debra Richtmeyer.
Teaching and performing career
Widely recognized as one of the leading classical saxophonists in the world, Tse is a well-known classical saxophonist and teacher. He taught at the University of Missouri from 2000-2002. He joined the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Iowa in fall 2002.
Recordings
- "Stony Brook Soundings Vol. I (BRIDGE 9318) featuring Kenneth Tse and Escher String Quartet, music by Perry Goldstein
- Stellar Saxes" Duo recording with Nobuya Sugawa 2008, Crystal Records (CD359)
- Wind Music of Francis Poulenc, 2008, Winds of Iowa
- Adolphe Sax Series Volume IX, 2006, Arizona University Recordings (AUR CD3122), featuring Dale Underwood and Kenneth Tse
- Pas de Trois, 2006, Crystal Records (CD 358), trio music for saxophone, bassoon, and piano by Feld, Froom, Goldstein, Freund, and van Beurden.
- Seven Settings, 2006, University of Iowa, this is a disc contains works for saxophone by University of Iowa composers
- Lyric Soprano, 2005, Crystal Records (CD 658), music for soprano saxophone only by Naulais, Bedard, Worley, Lewis, including arrangements by Tse of music by Pusculli, Faure, Albeniz, and Piazzolla.
- An American Exhibition, 2002, Crystal Records (CD 657), this disc contains all music by American composers such as Canfield, Cheetham, Larsen, Still, Vosk, Hartley, and Lewis; some of the pieces were written specially for Tse
- In Memory, 2000, Enharmonic Records (ENCD00-014), this is a disc dedicated to his deceased mother, containing music by Bach, Canteloube, Reed, Husa, et al.
- Sonate, 1997, RIAX Records (RICA-2002), music by Maslanka, Saint-Saens, Rueff, and Worley
- Sparkling Sax, 1996, Crystal Records (CD 656), was his debut solo disc containing music by Feld, Muczynski, Heiden, Bernstein, etc.
Musical works written for Tse
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