Jeremy Denk
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Jeremy Denk is an American classical pianist. He has performed with numerous orchestras and presented world premieres by Jake Heggie
, Libby Larsen
, Kevin Puts
, and Ned Rorem
. He frequently performs with violinists Joshua Bell
and Soovin Kim
. He has recorded several chamber works as well as a solo performance of Bach's Partitas 3, 4, and 6. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1997.
Denk is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, and received a master's degree in music from Indiana University and a doctorate in piano performance from the Juilliard School. He is now a member of the faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
.
Recordings:
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie is an American composer and pianist.Jake Heggie is the composer of the operas Dead Man Walking , The End of the Affair , At The Statue of Venus , To Hell and Back , and Moby-Dick , as well as the stage work For a Look or a Touch...
, Libby Larsen
Libby Larsen
Libby Larsen is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 400 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over fifteen operas...
, Kevin Puts
Kevin Puts
Kevin Matthew Puts is an American composer.-Life:Puts studied composition and piano at the Eastman School of Music and Yale University, earning the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Eastman. Among his teachers were Samuel Adler, Jacob Druckman, David Lang, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner,...
, and Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings.-Life:...
. He frequently performs with violinists Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist.-Childhood:Bell was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, the son of a psychologist and a therapist. Bell's father is the late Alan P...
and Soovin Kim
Soovin Kim
Soovin Kim is an Korean-American violinist.Kim was born in Iowa City, IA on April 10, 1976 to South Korean parents who had met and married in their native country then moved to the U.S. together. When Soovin was 2, any hopes he may have harbored to join his fellow Iowans on a certain path to hog...
. He has recorded several chamber works as well as a solo performance of Bach's Partitas 3, 4, and 6. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1997.
Denk is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory, and received a master's degree in music from Indiana University and a doctorate in piano performance from the Juilliard School. He is now a member of the faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music
Bard College Conservatory of Music
The Bard College Conservatory of Music is a program of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Founded in 2005, the program is unique among music conservatories in the United States in that all undergraduate students are required to participate in a five-year dual-degree program, in which...
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Recordings:
- Bach Partitas 3, 4, 6. Azica Records. (soon to be released)
- Tobias Picker's Piano Concerto #2 ("Keys to the City"). Russian Philharmonic. Thomas Sanderling, conductor. Chandos Records. (soon to be released)
- Corigiliano Violin Sonata. Joshua Bell, violin. Sony Records.
- Music of Justin Dello Joio. Trio with Carter Brey, cello and Ani Kavafian, violin. Bridge Records. (soon to be released)
- Faure Violin Sonata. Chausson Concert. Soovin Kim/Jupiter String Quartet. Azica Records
- Brahms and Dvorak Quintets. with Concertante Chamber Ensemble. Meridian Records
- Works for Solo Piano by Leon Kirchner. Sonata #2 for Piano. Albany Records
- Dvorak E-flat Piano Quartet, Music from Bridgehampton. Ani Kavafian, Cynthia Phelps, Carter Brey. Bridge Records
- Schubert, Bartok, Strauss. with Soovin Kim, violin. Koch Discover International