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"The playing is remarkable...you can hear the organ breathing, even weeping, as if it were almost human." - Radio Canada
Award-winning solo organist Kevin Komisaruk concertizes frequently throughout Europe and North America, and can be heard on network broadcasts of Radio France, SRC/CBC, and National Public Radio. He records with Quebec’s ATMA record label; his 2001 disc of works by John Bull received several awards and citations including those from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada, Belgium's Magazine d'orgue, and the Journal of Seventeenth-century Music. His 2005 recording of works by Samuel Scheidt on the meantone organ at Knox College Toronto has been critically acclaimed by Radio Canada and European journals Goldberg and Scherzo. Dr. Komisaruk holds three degrees in performance from McGill University in Montreal, where he studied organ with John Grew, harpsichord with Hank Knox, and choral literature with Iwan Edwards. He received additional instruction from Kenneth Gilbert and Tom Plaunt, as well as Marie-Claire Alain and Montserrat Torrent.
Kevin Komisaruk taught at the McGill Conservatory of Music from 1994 to 1998, and directed choral curriculum at the National Theatre School of Canada (English Acting) in 2001. An accomplished liturgical musician, he has served as Music Director for major Canadian Anglican parishes including the Church of St Mary Magdalene (Toronto), and the Church of St. John the Evangelist (Montreal). His Toronto-based solo recital series, Art of Touch, is in its second season. |