Joshua Bell
Jeremy Denk

Performers

• Jeremy Denk, Piano
• Joshua Bell, Violin

Program

• BACH Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017
• SAINT-SAËNS Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75
• SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105
• RAVEL Sonata for Violin and Piano
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  Encore:
• KREISLER Slavonic Fantasy
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  Program is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes, including one intermission

Bios

• Jeremy Denk
  
  American pianist Jeremy Denk has steadily established himself as one of the most versatile and compelling artists of his generation. With an unusually broad repertoire, he has appeared as soloist with many major orchestras, including The Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra, among others. He also can be seen regularly in recital in New York, Washington, Boston, and Philadelphia.
  
  During the 2009–2010 season, Mr. Denk performs concertos by Beethoven, Chopin, Copland, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann and makes debuts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival with The Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition, he will make his London Symphony Orchestra debut performing Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments with John Adams in both London and Paris.
  
  Mr. Denk is an avid chamber musician. He has collaborated with many of the world’s finest string quartets, and he has appeared at the Italian and American Spoleto festivals, the Santa Fe and Seattle chamber music festivals, and at the Verbier Festival. He has spent several summers at the Marlboro Music School and Festival in Vermont and has been part of Musicians from Marlboro national tours.
  
  Mr. Denk maintains working relationships with a number of living composers, including Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, Kevin Puts, and Ned Rorem. In 2002, he recorded Tobias Picker’s Second Piano Concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic. He also worked closely with composer Leon Kirchner on many of his last compositions, recording his Sonata No. 2 in 2001.
  
  After graduating from Oberlin College and Conservatory with degrees in piano and chemistry, Mr. Denk earned a master’s degree in music from Indiana University as a pupil of György Sebök, and a doctorate in piano performance from The Juilliard School, where he worked with Herbert Stessin. Visit jeremydenk.net, where Mr. Denk blogs on topics both musical and tangential.

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• Joshua Bell
  
  Joshua Bell has captured the public’s attention like no other classical violinist of his time. His 2009–2010 season began with the September release of his latest album for Sony Classical, Joshua Bell at Home with Friends, featuring Chris Botti, Sting, Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Regina Spektor, and others.
  
  Named the 2010 Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, his season highlights include performances at the Verbier, Tuscan Sun, Mostly Mozart, Salzburg, Tanglewood, Menuhin Gstaad, and George Enescu festivals. US dates include appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Bell will also perform at the Huberman Festival with the Cz?stochowa Philharmonic and will appear with the Russian National Orchestra in Moscow. In 2010, he plans to tour Europe and the US, giving recitals at Walt Disney Concert Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall and at the World Economic Forum. Mr. Bell will also tour Asia with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
  
  Mr. Bell came to national attention at age 14 in his orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and The Philadelphia Orchestra. His Carnegie Hall debut, the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a recording contract further confirmed his talent.
  
  He has recorded more than 35 albums since his first recording at age 18, resulting in a richly varied catalog. He has received a Barclaycard Mercury Prize and a Grammy Award for his recording of Nicholas Maw’s Violin Concerto, a Gramophone Award for his recordings of the Barber and Walton concertos and Bloch’s Baal Shem, and the ECHO Klassik Award for his recording of the Sibelius and Karl Goldmark concertos. He also was the soloist on the Oscar-winning soundtrack for the film The Red Violin.
  
  Mr. Bell received his first violin at age four, and by 12 he was serious about the instrument, thanks to the inspiration of violinist and pedagogue Josef Gingold. In 1989, he received an Artist Diploma from Indiana University. Mr. Bell is the recipient of the 2007 Avery Fisher Prize and in 2005 was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.
  
  Mr. Bell plays the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius violin.

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