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Repeatedly cited
for his musical intelligence, imaginative artistry and technical
excellence, Danny Driver first attracted public attention
in the United Kingdom by winning both the Royal Over-Seas
League Competition Keyboard Award and the BBC Radio 2 Young
Musician of the Year Competition in 2001, also making his
debut at Wigmore Hall during the same year. He subsequently
went on to distinguish himself at the Honens (2003), Brant
(2004), Scottish (2004), and Dudley (2005) International Piano
Competitions, and to establish himself in Britain with acclaimed
recitals at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, and Wigmore
Hall in London, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and Symphony
Hall in Birmingham, also appearing at numerous universities,
music festivals, and concert societies.
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In 2007 Driver made his debut CD for Hyperion Records' Romantic Piano Concerto Series,
recording English composer York Bowen's 3rd and (for the first time) 4th Piano Concertos
with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Martyn Brabbins. Supported by
the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, this recording will be released in late 2008 and has
already been the subject of an extensive feature in International Piano Magazine. Driver
continues to record for Hyperion with a complete survey of York Bowen's Piano Sonatas,
and will give the USA première of Bowen's 3rd Piano Concerto with the
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009.
Driver has also collaborated with orchestras such as the BBC Concert Orchestra,
the Tel-Aviv Soloists, the American Symphony Orchestra, and the New Professionals,
occasionally directing Mozart and Haydn concertos himself from the keyboard.
An avid and experienced chamber musician, Driver is a founding member of
the Linden Trio with which he has toured in central Europe and Scandinavia,
and has enjoyed collaborations with artists including the Linos Wind Quintet,
clarinetist Sarah Williamson, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, 'cellist Oliver Coates,
and singers Ailish Tynan and Christian Immler.
Recent and forthcoming engagements include concerto appearances with the Louisiana
Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Pro Arte, and at the Hampstead & Highgate Festival (UK)
celebrating the centenary of English composer Howard Ferguson. Driver also returns to
Wigmore Hall for a solo recital in October 2008 and a duo recital with 'cellist Oliver Coates in March 2009.
Trained by Alexander Kelly and Piers Lane whilst simultaneously gaining a first class degree at
Cambridge University, Danny was subsequently the recipient of a Fellowship at the Aspen Music
Festival and School, and the recipient of an Associated Board Scholarship for postgraduate study
with Irina Zaritskaya at the Royal College of Music in London, where he distinguished himself as a
prizewinner and later as an Amerada Hess Junior Fellow. He completed his studies privately with
renowned pedagogue Maria Curcio.
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