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Danny Driver
The international critical acclaim that Danny Driver’s recordings and performances have generated over recent years has cemented his reputation as one of Britain’s most respected and versatile pianists. Described variously as ‘bold, exuberant and precise’ [The Guardian] and of ‘impeccable technique and musicianship’ [Gramophone], he has earned two Gramophone Award nominations, a National Public Radio Top 10 Award and Limelight Magazine’s Instrumental Recording of the Year 2014 Award for his recording of Handel’s Eight Great Suites.
Recent concerto appearances have included the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Minnesota Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra,
American Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, Hong Kong Pro Arte, and the Louisiana Philharmonic. He has appeared twice at the BBC Proms, most recently with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Other distinguished conductors with whom Driver has performed include Andrew Litton, Richard Farnes, Martyn Brabbins, Rebecca Miller, Rory Macdonald, Christopher Warren-Green, James Macmillan, Bramwell Tovey, Alexander Shelley and Mario Venzago.
Recitals feature prominently in Danny Driver’s schedule; he has appeared regularly at the Wigmore Hall, most recently in a BBC Radio 3 live broadcast recital (Handel, Adès, Beethoven, CPE Bach, Schumann), in Germany, Italy, Israel, Sweden, USA, China, and at many major venues in the UK. Highlights of his 2016-17 schedule included the Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series (London), Music Toronto, the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, and performances of Ligeti’s Piano Études across the USA and in Japan. 2017-18 highlights include a solo Wigmore recital (for broadcast on Radio 3), a series of performances of Beethoven Piano Concerto no.4 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and his recently-recorded Amy Beach Concerto in Uppsala, Sweden.
As a chamber musician, Danny Driver has appeared at the Australian Chamber Music Festival, Bard Music Festival, Birdfoot Music Festival, Eilat Chamber Music Festival, Cayman Arts Festival, and Stockholm’s Festival O/Modernt. He collaborates regularly with violinist Chloë Hanslip, with whom he is currently undertaking a complete Beethoven Violin Sonata Cycle at Turner Sims Hall (recorded live for release next year), as well as a Wigmore Hall Coffee Concert, and with baritone Christian Immler, with whom he has given broadcast recitals for Deutschland Radio and Radio France. Driver’s long-standing partnership with ‘cellist Oliver Coates recently included a performance of Morton Feldman’s Patterns in a Chromatic Field at King’s Place and Adès’ Lieux Retrouvés.
Driver’s fruitful relationship with London-based Hyperion Records has spawned a thoroughly acclaimed discography of works by CPE Bach, Handel, Schumann, and Balakirev, and also highly praised interpretations of neglected British composers such York Bowen, Benjamin Dale and Erik Chisholm, all of whom he has championed in concert as well as on record. A second contribution to Hyperion’s epic Romantic Piano Concerto Series, released in March 2017, featuring works by Amy Beach, Dorothy Howell and Cécile Chaminade, has also been much-lauded by critics.
Danny Driver trained with Alexander Kelly and Piers Lane whilst studying at Cambridge University, with Irina Zaritskaya at the Royal College of Music in London, and completed his studies privately with Maria Curcio. As a student he won numerous awards including the Royal Over-Seas League Keyboard Competition and the title of BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year. He was recently
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appointed Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music.
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