Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk has established himself as one of America's most thought-provoking,
multifaceted, and compelling artists. He has appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago,
San Francisco, and London. He regularly gives recitals in New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
and Washington, DC. This season includes a 13-city recital tour throughout the US, as well
as a performance of Bach's complete set of six keyboard concertos in a single evening with
the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Upcoming engagements include tours with the
Australian Chamber Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Denk is known for his
original and insightful writing on music, which has appeared in The New Yorker,
The New Republic, and on the front page of The New York Times Book
Review. He looks forward to performing and curating as artistic director of the 2014
Ojai Music Festival, for which he is also composing the libretto to a semi-satirical
opera.
In 2012, Mr. Denk made his debut as a Nonesuch Records artist with a pairing of
masterpieces old and new: Beethoven's final Piano Sonata and György Ligeti's Etudes. The
disc was named one of the best of 2012 by The New Yorker, NPR, and The
Washington Post. Later this year, he will release a disc of the Goldberg
Variations, a piece he described in the grip of infatuation as "a recipe for monotony
and failure ... a fool's errand attempted by the greatest genius of all time." Mr. Denk has
a long-standing attachment to the music of American visionary Charles Ives; his recording
of the composer's two piano sonatas was selected for many "best of the year" lists. Last
season, he was invited by Michael Tilson Thomas to appear as a soloist in the San Francisco
Symphony's American Mavericks festival, and he recorded Henry Cowell's Piano
Concerto with the orchestra. Mr. Denk has also cultivated relationships with many living
composers, and has several commissioning projects currently in progress.
Mr. Denk has toured frequently with violinist Joshua Bell, and their album French
Impressions was recently released on the Sony Classical label, winning the 2012
ECHO Klassik award. He also regularly collaborates with cellist Steven Isserlis. Mr. Denk
has appeared at numerous festivals, including the Italian and American Spoleto festivals,
and the Santa Fe Chamber Music, Verbier, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Aspen, and Mostly Mozart
festivals. His website think denk-recounting his experiences of touring,
performing, and practicing-was recently selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress
Web Archives. He lives in New York City.