Kenneth Griffiths

Kenneth Griffiths earned a B.A. and Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and received the M.M. degree from the University of Tennessee. He studied piano in Australia and Europe (London and Munich), and accompanying with Gerhard Hüsch (Munich, Indiana University).

Before arriving in Cincinnati, Professor Griffiths taught at Indiana University and the University of Tennessee. He has given numerous masterclasses throughout the United States and Australia, and has accompanied professional recitals in Australia, the United States, Japan, England, Germany, Russia and Australia for such artists as Kathleen Battle, Susan Dunn, John Garrison, Ben Matthews, Susanne Mentzer, Jessye Norman, Stanford Olsen, David Shifrin, Benita Valente, Sarah Walker and Delores Ziegler.

Mr. Griffiths has appeared as concert narrator in Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon with the Arditti, LaSalle, and Vermeer Quartets, and with pianists Peter Serkin and Stefan Litwin in Stony Brook, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Basel. He has appeared at the Ravinia and Salzburg Festivals, and is also featured on the Deutsche Gramophone recording of the same work with the LaSalle Quartet. Since 1992, Professor Griffiths has been on the faculty of the Tanglewood Music Festival vocal/accompanying program where he teaches master classes, a “Russian For Singers” class, and prepares recital and chamber music ensembles.

Mr. Griffiths has been a member of the College-Conservatory of Music faculty since 1982.