Kenny Broberg has become one of the most decorated and internationally renowned pianists of his generation. He won the silver medal at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the bronze medal at the 2019 Tchaikovsky International Competition, and the Christel De Haan Classical Fellowship as a winner of the 2021 American Pianists Awards. Broberg is praised for his inventive, intelligent and intense interpretations.
«Broberg mastered everything he played throughout the weekend, drawing a palette of moods from every register,» writes The Indianapolis Star about Broberg’s performance during the American Pianists Awards Finals. «In the «Dante Sonata» from Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage, the pianist easily captured the drama of the journey, bringing together all the energy of those emotions in the epic finale.»
Broberg, who credits his first exposure to classical music to his Italian grandfather’s fondness for the Three Tenors, began piano lessons on his family’s upright piano at age 6. While growing up in Minneapolis, he began studying piano with Dr. Joseph Zins at Crocus Hill Studios in Saint Paul.
Broberg received his Bachelor of Music degree in 2016 from the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, studying with Nancy Weems. He continued his studies at Park University in Parkville, Missouri, under the direction of Stanislav Ioudenitch, a gold medalist in the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Also committed to teaching, Broberg has been Artist-in-Residence at the University of Indianapolis, Distinguished Fellow of Piano at the Oberlin-Como Academy, and is currently Adjunct Professor of Piano at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid.
Performing on stages and in concert halls on five continents, Broberg has worked with some of the world’s most respected conductors, including Ludovic Morlot, Kent Nagano, Leonard Slatkin, Vasily Petrenko, Michael Sanderling, Nicholas Milton, John Storgårds, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Alexander Sladkovsky, Gerard Schwarz and Nicholas McGegan. He has collaborated with numerous orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic, Russian National, Evgeny Svetlanov State Academic, Minnesota, Montreal, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Sydney, Seattle and Fort Worth Symphonies, among many others. He has appeared on WQXR, Performance Today, Minnesota Public Radio, ABC (Australia) radio and NPR. He is also a composer and transcriber, and his transcriptions have been
recorded. His performances have been released on Decca Gold, Warner Classics, the Steinway label and Universal Music Australia, and his album «Songbird» with violinist Maria Ioudenitch received the Chamber Music Recording Award at the Opus Klassik 2023 Awards.
He is currently an exclusive artist of IberArtis Musicians Agency, a brand belonging to Global IberArtis S.L.