Jeremy Denk
As well-known for chamber music as for his appearances as a soloist and recitalist, pianist Jeremy Denk is a longtime collaborator of violinist Joshua Bell. He has also performed alongside such acclaimed ensembles as the Shanghai Quartet and Jupiter String Quartet, as well as some of the world's premiere orchestras. His recordings span the works of contemporaries like John Corigliano (Corigliano: The Red Violin Concerto; Violin Sonata, 2007, with Bell) and Bach (Goldberg Variations, 2013). Emphasizing his range, Denk released the solo album c.1300-c.2000 in 2019.
Born in Durham, North Carolina in 1970, Denk studied music at Oberlin Conservatory. He received post-graduate degrees at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied with György Sebök, and at Juilliard, where his teachers included Herbert Stessin. In 1997, Denk gave his major debut at Alice Tully Hall in New York City and recorded a collection of new works for the Indiana University label that included David Dzubay's Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Denk went on to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1998.
He quickly drew notice and began premiering important new works, like Jake Heggie's Cut in Time, in 2001 with the Eos Orchestra, and Leon Kirchner's Duo No. 2, in 2002 with Ida Levin. Denk's first recording as a soloist was the acclaimed 2003 Chandos release of Tobias Picker's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Keys to the City), with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas Sanderling. That year, he also premiered Ned Rorem's The Unquestioned Answer.
Denk first appeared with Joshua Bell at the 2004 Spoleto Festival. The two went on to collaborate on dozens of performances across the globe, and received critical acclaim for their 2007 recording of the Corigliano violin sonata for Sony. That year, Denk also contributed to the Albany Records release Leon Kirchner: Works for Solo Piano. He performed alongside violinist Soovin Kim and the Jupiter String Quartet on a 2008 album of Chausson and Fauré works on Azica Records, and 2010 saw the release of Jeremy Denk Plays Ives. The pianist recorded Bach Partitas 3, 4, 6 for Azica the following year. He teamed up with Bell in early 2012 for French Impressions, a Sony Classical release that included compositions by Saint-Saëns, Franck, and Ravel.
Signing with Nonesuch, Denk issued the solo album Plays Ligeti and Beethoven in May of 2012. He returned a year later with his version of the Goldberg Variations for Nonesuch. Denk's highest-charting solo album to date, it reached number four on the Billboard Classical Albums chart.
Back on Sony, an album with Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, For the Love of Brahms, followed in 2016. The ambitious double-length solo set c.1300-c.2000 arrived on Nonesuch in early 2019. It included selections ranging from Guillaume de Machaut (born 1300) to Philip Glass. He followed that with 2020's I Still Play. Focusing on contemporary composers, it featured performances by Denk, Timo Andres, Brad Mehldau, and Randy Newman.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Audio Only Version) (Édition StudioMasters) (Audio Only Version)
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 30 Sep 2013
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
c.1300-c.2000
Solo Piano - Released by Nonesuch on 8 Feb 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart Piano Concertos
Jeremy Denk, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 30 Jul 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Binchois: Triste Plaisir
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 1 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach : Partitas Nos. 3, 4 & 6
Classical - Released by Azica Records on 4 Jan 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
c.1300-c.2000
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 8 Feb 2019
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Sonates pour alto et piano
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 27 Apr 2010
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Keys to the City - And Suddenly It's Evening - Concerto pour violoncelle & orchestre
Jeremy Denk, Paul Watkins, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Retrospective: French Sonatas
Chamber Music - Released by Champs Hill Records on 14 Feb 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Audio Only Version)
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 30 Sep 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: 4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 8 Jan 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jeremy Denk Plays Ives
Classical - Released by Think Denk Media on 27 Jul 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Duos from Marlboro
Paula Robison, Daniel Phillips, Ida Levin, Rudolf Serkin, Peter Zazofsky, Jeremy Denk
Chamber Music - Released by Bridge Records on 15 Jul 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance
Jeremy Denk, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on 27 May 2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Composing America
Herman Melville, Yousif Sheronick, Stephen Salters, Jeremy Denk, The Lark Quartet, John Adams
Chamber Music - Released by Bridge Records on 3 Feb 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
"Encore" Pieces for Violin and Piano
Classical - Released by Meridian Records on 6 Oct 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo