Jeremy Denk, Piano

Durham-born pianist Jeremy Denk, a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and winner of the 2014 Avery Fisher Prize, has steadily built a reputation as a refined and compelling artist with a broad and thought-provoking repertoire. In addition, Denk has achieved increasing recognition for his original and insightful writing on classical music, which The New Yorker critic Alex Ross praises for its "arresting sensitivity and wit." Denk's return to Duke Performances will feature solo piano works works by the triumvirate of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Specific pieces and program order will be announced nearer to the concert. The lack of program should not dissuade you from purchasing early, as the New York Times notes: "Mr. Denk, clearly, is a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs, in whatever combination -- both for his penetrating intellectual engagement with the music and for the generosity of his playing." Click "more information" for videos and sound samples.