New York – Karen Kamenšek, a Conductor of Slovenian descent who served as artistic director of the Maribor opera house and the chief conductor of its orchestra years ago, has won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for her version of Philip Glass’s opera Akhnaten, Delo reports, quoting foreign media. The Grammies were conferred on Sunday. Kamenšek was born in Chicago but her parents come from Kamnica near Maribor. She graduated in conducting and piano from the University of Indiana. From 2000 to 2002 she was the chief conductor…
