Jeremy Denk's guest appearances

Jeremy Denk

Fresh Air

New Yorker: Out Loud

Classical Classroom

From the Top

New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher

WFMT: Critical Thinking and Critic's Choice

Music to my Ears

Aspen Public Radio

Barbican Classical Music 

In Tune Highlights

고전낙원의 클래식 라이브러리

SCMS: Classical Conversation Podcast

Free Library Podcast

The Academy Podcast

City Arts & Lectures

Alisa Weilerstein

Simone Dinnerstein

Inon Barnatan

Sharon Isbin

Orli Shaham

Joshua Bell

Bernard Haitink

James Ehnes

Steve Reich

Nico Muhly

Stephen Hough

Avi Avital

Alex Ross

John Adams

Bill Clinton

OwlTail

From earlier this year- Concert pianist Jeremy Denk discusses his best-selling memoir "Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Music Lessons."   

WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg 

From earlier this year- Concert pianist Jeremy Denk discusses his best-selling memoir "Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story in Music Lessons."

7/21/22  Concert Pianist Jeremy Denk

In conversation with Peter Dobrin, classical music critic and culture writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer One of classical music's most celebrated pianists, Jeremy Denk has performed with ensembles such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he has frequently appeared at Carnegie Hall. His recordings have been number one on Billboard's Classical Chart and have been selected in best-of-the-year lists for several media outlets, including The Washington Post, BBC, The New Yorker, and NPR. A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Denk is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year Award, and the Avery Fisher Prize. His writing on music has been published in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among other periodicals. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores the composers, teachers, and professional struggles that have most influenced not only his career, but also his larger concept of what music means to us.   (recorded 3/28/2022)

In conversation with Peter Dobrin, classical music critic and culture writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer One of classical music's most celebrated pianists, Jeremy Denk has performed with ensembles such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and he has frequently appeared at Carnegie Hall. His recordings have been number one on Billboard's Classical Chart and have been selected in best-of-the-year lists for several media outlets, including The Washington Post, BBC, The New Yorker, and NPR. A member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, Denk is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year Award, and the Avery Fisher Prize. His writing on music has been published in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and The New Republic, among other periodicals. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores the composers, teachers, and professional struggles that have most influenced not only his career, but also his larger concept of what music means to us.  (recorded 3/28/2022)

Jeremy Denk | Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons 

Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos (Nonesuch)  Pianist Jeremy Denk has finally had the space and time to finish his forthcoming memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine, which will resonate with you if you took piano lessons as a kid. It releases this February, and its timing coincides beautifully with his new album featuring the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Piano Concertos.  How has Mozart shaped you? “Actually, both the first and the last chapters of my book are about Mozart. The first chapter is about me listening to the piece Sinfonia Concerto. When I was 12, that piece rocked my world. At the end of the book, I'm recovering from personal loss and burnout. I'm also about to record an album of Mozart concertos with the SPCO.” Can you talk about Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 and how it is different from his other piano concertos? “It’s a piece that starts very clearly with a blaze of light that’s in a major key. You don't think it's going to be this sunny, grand, triumphant piece, but within 20 seconds it switches to a tragic opera of utter uncertainty in the terrifying key of C minor. All through the first tutti-section and orchestral passage you feel the music keeps switching at unpredictable intervals between these two perspectives.” What do you look forward to when you're playing this concerto? “My favorite moment is in the last movement. In the middle, you have this love sextet between the piano and the woodwinds. We work really hard on that section between the orchestra and the winds. They become opera characters in their own right. “It is an innocent song at first, but it takes on this intensity, while it loops where you never would expect. It then takes on an unbelievable tragic tone that turns back into light, while it expands in an ecstatic way. It all dissolves back to the theme. That transition is one of the greatest passages of all time.” Why do you think the Piano Concerto in D Minor is more popular? “The first and last movements are the most vivid and shockingly iconic music that Mozart ever wrote. It's the most romantic work that Mozart composed. It’s not in the classical style, but you hear the romantic era waiting to explode out. “The most striking passages in this piece come in the beginning of the last scene where the piano plays the theme and the orchestra starts up after. Usually in Mozart concertos they just repeat the theme that the piano played. But in this case, the orchestra begins to develop and alter the material in a way that is unrecognizable. “It becomes possessed by the spirit of modulation and the idea leaps all over the orchestra. That passage has an incredible quality to it.” Watch Now To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. Resources Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos (Amazon) Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos (Nonesuch Store) Jeremy Denk (official site) St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (official site)

Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos (Nonesuch) Pianist Jeremy Denk has finally had the space and time to finish his forthcoming memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Every-Good-Boy-Does-Fine/dp/0812995988" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Every Good Boy Does Fine</a>, which will resonate with you if you took piano lessons as a kid. It releases this February, and its timing coincides beautifully with his new album featuring the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Mozart Piano Concertos. How has Mozart shaped you? “Actually, both the first and the last chapters of my book are about Mozart. The first chapter is about me listening to the piece Sinfonia Concerto. When I was 12, that piece rocked my world. At the end of the book, I'm recovering from personal loss and burnout. I'm also about to record an album of Mozart concertos with the SPCO.” Can you talk about Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 and how it is different from his other piano concertos? “It’s a piece that starts very clearly with a blaze of light that’s in a major key. You don't think it's going to be this sunny, grand, triumphant piece, but within 20 seconds it switches to a tragic opera of utter uncertainty in the terrifying key of C minor. All through the first tutti-section and orchestral passage you feel the music keeps switching at unpredictable intervals between these two perspectives.” What do you look forward to when you're playing this concerto? “My favorite moment is in the last movement. In the middle, you have this love sextet between the piano and the woodwinds. We work really hard on that section between the orchestra and the winds. They become opera characters in their own right. “It is an innocent song at first, but it takes on this intensity, while it loops where you never would expect. It then takes on an unbelievable tragic tone that turns back into light, while it expands in an ecstatic way. It all dissolves back to the theme. That transition is one of the greatest passages of all time.” Why do you think the Piano Concerto in D Minor is more popular? “The first and last movements are the most vivid and shockingly iconic music that Mozart ever wrote. It's the most romantic work that Mozart composed. It’s not in the classical style, but you hear the romantic era waiting to explode out. “The most striking passages in this piece come in the beginning of the last scene where the piano plays the theme and the orchestra starts up after. Usually in Mozart concertos they just repeat the theme that the piano played. But in this case, the orchestra begins to develop and alter the material in a way that is unrecognizable. “It becomes possessed by the spirit of modulation and the idea leaps all over the orchestra. That passage has an incredible quality to it.” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKzaJo31TP4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch Now</a> To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/new-classical-tracks-with-julie-amacher/id120586577?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">download the extended podcast on iTunes</a> or wherever you get your podcasts. <h3>Resources</h3> Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Concertos-Jeremy-Chamber-Orchestra/dp/B09597KSL5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Amazon)</a> Jeremy Denk &amp; the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra — Mozart Piano Concertos <a href="https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/mozart-piano-concertos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Nonesuch Store)</a> Jeremy Denk <a href="https://www.jeremydenk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(official site)</a> St. Paul Chamber Orchestra <a href="https://www.thespco.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(official site)</a>

Pianist Jeremy Denk revisits his favorite childhood composer, Mozart  

If the Goldbergs are a celebration of life, variation 25 is a reckoning with mortality, revealing pain but also providing comfort. In this episode, we hear from many different people, including pianist Jeremy Denk, Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott, scholar Eric Motley, pianist William Heiles, and dancer Melissa Toogood. Photo credit: Michael Wilson Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/far-from-home

30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations Podcast

If the Goldbergs are a celebration of life, variation 25 is a reckoning with mortality, revealing pain but also providing comfort. In this episode, we hear from many different people, including pianist Jeremy Denk, Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott, scholar Eric Motley, pianist William Heiles, and dancer Melissa Toogood. Photo credit: Michael Wilson Musical recording credits available at <a href="https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/far-from-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/far-from-home</a>

Jeremy Denk: "The farthest possible place"

When audiences complained that Charles Ives's music was difficult to understand, Ives would snort, "Use your ears like a man!" Jeremy Denk has a deep understanding of Ives's brilliantly quirky music, and this Sunday he and Stefan Jackiw will tackle three of Ives's piano sonatas. Denk talks about the musical challenges of Ives as well as the challenges of life in the age of COVID-19 in this fascinating interview with Aspen Music Festival and School President Alan Fletcher. Also: Harpist and teacher Nancy Allen (whose students perform on the Music Festival's virtual season this evening (August 5) at 5:00 p.m., and oboist/teacher Elaine Douvas (her students perform Saturday, August 22 at 5:00 p.m.).

High Notes: Pianist Jeremy Denk

WQXR host Zev Kane talked to Pianist Jeremy Denk about his music, music making in times of a pandemic, and his upcoming residency at the Greene Space which he will kick off with a deep dive into Bach’s life and four of the most fascinating moments from Book 1 of his most iconic work, The Well-Tempered Clavier. 

Classical New York

WQXR host Zev Kane talked to Pianist Jeremy Denk about his music, music making in times of a pandemic, and his upcoming residency at the Greene Space which he will kick off with a deep dive into Bach’s life and four of the most fascinating moments from Book 1 of his most iconic work, The Well-Tempered Clavier.

IN CONVERSATION – With Jeremy Denk


In our April podcast, we discuss this year's BBC Ten Pieces scheme and the works that have been chosen, the Southbank Centre's new 'Encounters' scheme and the new programmes announced on Radio 3. We also explore this month's magazine, and reveal the results of our poll with RadioTimes.com to find the greatest film theme of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our April podcast, we discuss this year's BBC Ten Pieces scheme and the works that have been chosen, the Southbank Centre's new 'Encounters' scheme and the new programmes announced on Radio 3. We also explore this month's magazine, and reveal the results of our poll with <a href="http://RadioTimes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RadioTimes.com</a> to find the greatest film theme of all time. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Festivals • Greatest Film Theme • Jeremy Denk

In a fascinating episode of the ASMF podcast series, Ben Eshmade meets Jeremy Denk, one of America’s foremost pianists, ahead of our tour of the USA together in February / March 2019. A must-listen for piano players and fans alike, Jeremy offers an insight into his life as a busy concert pianist, delves into the repertoire of Mozart, and reflects on the art of music-making. The winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship also talks about his love of writing and about studying at Indiana University – a link he shares with Academy Music Director Joshua Bell, who also appears in this podcast episode. Jeremy joins the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for a 12-date tour of the USA from 21 February – 10 March 2019. The post Episode 12: In Conversation with Jeremy Denk appeared first on Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

In a fascinating episode of the ASMF podcast series, Ben Eshmade meets Jeremy Denk, one of America’s foremost pianists, ahead of our tour of the USA together in February / March 2019. A must-listen for piano players and fans alike, Jeremy offers an insight into his life as a busy concert pianist, delves into the repertoire of Mozart, and reflects on the art of music-making. The winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship also talks about his love of writing and about studying at Indiana University – a link he shares with Academy Music Director Joshua Bell, who also appears in this podcast episode. Jeremy joins the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for a <a href="http://www.asmf.org/jeremy-denk-usa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">12-date tour of the USA</a> from 21 February – 10 March 2019. The post <a href="https://www.asmf.org/denkpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 12: In Conversation with Jeremy Denk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.asmf.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Academy of St Martin in the Fields</a>.

Episode 12: In Conversation with Jeremy Denk

Picks from across the week on In Tune with Sean Rafferty. His guests this week are violinist  Sergej Krylov playing Bach and Paganini. Pianist Jeremy Denk who plays Prokofiev and Beethoven. We meet two of the Nuns from the Guildhall School Opera department’s award-winning presentation of Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites. And a visit to the Tower of London in the company of organist and Master of Music of the Chapels Royal, Colm Carey.

"...One of the pleasures is you can travel centuries of thinking and human perspective..." Jeremy Denk on Classical Music

Picks from across the week on In Tune with Suzy Klein, featuring pianist Jeremy Denk, conductor Karina Canellakis, contralto Sonia Prina and fiddle player Sam Sweeney.