JeremyDenk
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Katharina Sommer
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Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
About Jeremy
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists, proclaimed by the New York Times as "a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs". Also a New York Times bestselling author, Jeremy is the recipient of both the MacArthur 'Genius' Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In the 2024/25 season, Jeremy continues his collaboration with longtime musical partners Joshua Bell and Steven Isserlis, with performances at the Tsindali Festival and Wigmore Hall, following on from his multi-concert artist residency at the Wigmore in 2023/24. He also returns to the Lammermuir Festival in multiple performances, including the complete Ives violin sonatas with Maria Wloszczowska, and a solo recital featuring female composers from the past to the present day. He performs this same solo programme on tour across the US, as well as continuing his exploration of Bach in ongoing performances of the complete Partitas. Jeremy is known for his interpretations of the music of American visionary Charles Ives, and in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, Nonesuch Records will release a collection of his Ives recordings later this year.
Highlights of Jeremy's 2023/24 season included premiering a new concerto written for him by Anna Clyne, co-commissioned and performed by the Dallas Symphony led by Fabio Luisi, the City of Birmingham Symphony led by Kazuki Yamada, and the New Jersey Symphony led by Markus Stenz. He also reunited with Krzysztof Urbański to perform with the Antwerp Symphony, and with the Danish String Quartet for their festival Series of Four.
Jeremy has performed frequently at Carnegie Hall, and in recent years has worked with such orchestras as Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony. Meanwhile, he has performed multiple times at the BBC Proms and Klavierfestival Ruhr, and appeared in such halls as the Köln Philharmonie, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boulez Saal in Berlin. He has also performed extensively across the UK, including recently with the London Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Denk is also known for his original and insightful writing on music, which Alex Ross praises for its “arresting sensitivity and wit.” His New York Times Bestselling memoir, Every Good Boy Does Fine was published to universal acclaim by Random House in 2022. Meanwhile, his latest album of Mozart piano concertos was deemed “urgent and essential” by BBC Radio 3, while his recording of the Goldberg Variations reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Charts.
Representation
European management with Askonas Holt
Partner Managers:
Opus 3 Artists (general management)
Season Highlights
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Selected Repertoire
Adams | Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? |
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Bach | Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052–1065 |
Bartók | Piano Concerto No.2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 • Piano Concerto No.3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 12 |
Beethoven | Piano Concertos, Nos 1-5 |
Brahms | Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.15 • Piano Concerto No.2 in B♭ major, Op.83 |
Clyne | ATLAS (written for Jeremy Denk, 2024) |
Mendelssohn | Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25 |
Messiaen | Oiseaux Exotiques |
Mozart | Piano concerto No.13 in C major, K415 • Piano Concerto No.19 in F major, K459 • Piano concerto No.20 in D minor, K466 • Piano concerto No.21 in C major, K467 • Piano concerto No.23 in A major, K488 • Piano concerto No.25 in C major, K503 • Piano concerto No.27 in B♭ major, K595 |
Rachmaninov | Piano concerto No.3 |
Ravel | Piano concerto in G major • Piano concerto for the Left Hand |
Schumann | Piano concerto in A minor, Op.54 |
Sample Programmes
Programme 1
Ravel: Sonatine Mozart: Sonata in A Minor Ravel: Gaspard de le Nuit Bach: Toccata in F# Minor Mazzoli: Heartbreaker Ligeti: Devil’s Staircase Beethoven: Op.110
Programme 2
Ligeti: Etudes Bach: Goldberg Variations
News
Press
Anna Clyne Piano Concerto, City of Birminghan Symphony conducted by Kazuki Yamada
Symphony Hall, BirminghamMay 2024The quicksilver changes of mood and direction are mostly prompted by the extrovert piano writing, projected with real wit by Denk.
- The Guardian
- 02 May 2024