SF Performances Presents: Danny Driver, piano

Presented by San Francisco Performances

Danny Driver’s profound understanding of the music he plays reveals to audiences interpretations of striking originality. He’s recognized internationally as an artist of great insight and musical depth. His studies at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music inspired his uniquely holistic approach to performance and have enabled him to cultivate an enviably broad repertoire encompassing works from Bach and Handel to Ligeti and Adès. In 2021, Driver released his latest album of Ligeti’s Etudes on the Hyperion label to unanimous high praise, with BBC Music Magazine writing, “The Études require even more virtuosity...of a brain-teasing sort, and Danny Driver supplies it all.”

A Gramophone Award nominated artist, Driver has performed with orchestras across the globe.His long-standing collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continues and has seen performances across the UK, at London’s Cadogan Hall and the BBC Proms (where he has performed twice as a soloist). He has worked with conductors Andrew Litton, Martyn Brabbins, Dalia Stasevska, Alexander Shelley, Mario Venzago. Marzena Diakun, Rebecca Miller, Rory Macdonald, and Sir James Macmillan, among others.

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City: San Francisco
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Program Items

FAURÉ Prelude No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 103
FAURÉ Barcarolle No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Op. 44
FAURÉ Theme and Variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73
FAURÉ Barcarolle No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
FRANCK Prélude, Chorale and Fugue, Op. 18
LILI BOULANGER D’un Vieux Jardin; D’un Jardin Chair
RAVEL Une barque sur l’Océan
SCHUMANN Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 (1852 Version)

Performers

Danny Driver piano

Herbst Theatre

Herbst Theatre

401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States