The World of MICROVIDS 🎶 Composer, Stefania de Kenessey on Music, Poetry & Love

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🎶✨ How can nineteen tiny piano miniatures blossom into one of the most expansive, collaborative, and award-winning projects of our time?
Welcome to Season 6 Episode 3: The World of MICROVIDS — Composer & Advocate for Women in Music, Stefania de Kenessey. In this episode of The Piano Pod, I sit down with Stefania de Kenessey, a composer whose works have been heard at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, La MaMa, and around the world.
Her latest project, Microvids (unis.org/microvids), began as nineteen piano miniatures written during the pandemic — and has since grown into a global tapestry of music, poetry, improvisation, orchestral performance, and film.
In our conversation, Stefania opens up about:
• ✅ The surprising origins of MICROVIDS and how “tiny nothings” became her richest work
• ✅ Collaborations with pianist Donna Weng Friedman, violinist Curtis Stewart, narrator Krystal Joy Brown, and the New Jersey Youth Symphony under Helen Cha-Pyo
• ✅ Award-winning films inspired by MICROVIDS, including Silent Cry
• ✅ How MICROVIDS can connect with youth orchestras and piano students around the world
• ✅ Her advocacy for women in music, her Hungarian roots, and her expansive multi-genre style — from opera to dance to provocative video works like Menstrual Rosary
👉 Stay tuned until the end for rapid-fire fun, candid reflections, and exclusive performance excerpts from MICROVIDS, Unorthodox, and Menstrual Rosary.
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• 🌐 Stefania's Website (stefaniadekenessey.com)
• 🎬 Watch Silent Cry (youtu.be/yOD20djjKFo?si=nv-wDvwwIrLM1da5) (award-winning short film)
• 🎬 Watch Menstrual Rosary (youtu.be/KH39LkPDEUQ?si=61ruJ_YsJxcCJHwB) (winner of 33 film awards)
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