Kenny Broberg

Kenny Broberg was born in 1993, and has studied the piano since age six. He plays “with an emotional sophistication far beyond his years” (Duluth News Tribune). Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kenny studied for nine years with Dr. Joseph Zins. Currently, he studies at the University of Houston Moores School of Music with Professor Nancy Weems. He has also taken private lessons and classes with Abbey Simon, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Menahem Pressler, and Arie Vardi, among others. Kenny has played concerti with a number of orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, the Moores School Symphony Orchestra, the Moores School Wind Ensemble, the New Orleans Civic Symphony. Conductors he has worked with include Carlos Miguel Prieto, Ludovic Morlot, and Franz Anton Krager. Notable awards include the Second Prize and Audience Favorite at the Seattle Symphony International Piano Competition, Bronze Medal at the 2014 New Orleans International Piano Competition, Silver and Bronze Medals at the Wideman International Piano Competition, the Gold Medal at the Mika Hasler Young Artist Competition, and the Silver Medal at the Young Texas Artists Competition. He has taught and given masterclasses in the U.S. and in South America. Solo, concerto, and chamber performances have been aired on the radio on NPR and KUHF 91.7 Houston.