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With The Violin festival at the Kennedy Center, and, in March 2019, presents a Man
With The Violin festival with the Seattle Symphony.
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Bell began violin at age four, and at age twelve,
began studies with Josef Gingold. At 14, Bell debuted with Riccardo Muti and the
Philadelphia Orchestra, and debuted at Carnegie Hall at age 17 with the St. Louis
Symphony. Bell received the 2007 Avery Fisher Prize and has been named Musical
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Bell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin, with a François Tourte
18th-Century bow.
JEREMY DENK Pianist
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists. Winner of a MacArthur "Genius"
Fellowship, and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk was recently elected to the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. Denk returns frequently to Carnegie Hall and in
recent seasons has appeared with the Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Cleveland Orchestra, as
well as on tour with Academy St. Martin in the Fields, and at the Royal Albert Hall as
part of the BBC Proms.
In 18-19, Denk embarks on a three-week recital tour of the US, including
appearances in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, and culminating
in his return to Carnegie Hall. His orchestral highlights include play-directing Mozart
with the Toronto Symphony, and on tour throughout the US with Academy St
Martin in the Fields. He also returns to the Atlanta and Colorado Symphonies, and
continues his work as Artistic Partner with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, opening
the season directing Beethoven 5 from the keyboard.
In the same season, Denk re-unites with his long time collaborators, Joshua Bell
and Steven Isserlis, on an eleven-city tour of the US, including appearances in New
York, Boston, Washington, and San Francisco. He also performs and curates a series
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include performing the Ives violin sonatas at Tanglewood with Stefan Jackiw. Abroad,
he returns to the Barbican in London to reunite with the BBC Symphony Orchestra,
makes his debut with the City of Birmingham Symphony, and returns to the Helsinki
Philharmonic. He also appears in recital in Europe, including his return to the
Wigmore Hall as part of a three-year residency. His recording c.1300-c.2000 will be
released by Nonesuch Records with music ranging from Guillaume de Machaut,
Gilles Binchois and Carlo Gesualdo, to Stockhausen, Ligeti and Glass.
Jeremy Denk graduated from Oberlin College, Indiana University, and the Juilliard
School. He lives in New York City, and his web site and blog are at jeremydenk.net.
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