Key Pianist Presents Danny Driver In Recital At Weill Recital Hall At Carnegie Hall, March 13, 2025, 7:30 PM

Following its most recent success featuring Cecile Licad in a captivating and sold-out recital, the highly regarded Key Pianists series presents internationally acclaimed UK pianist Danny Driver in his New York debut concert on Thursday evening, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at  Carnegie Hall. The full program follows:

Tickets $40 and $35 for students and seniors (with ID) can be purchased at Carnegie Hall Box Office, 57^th & 7^th Avenue, 212 247-7800. Online purchases are available through CarnegieCharge.  

Key Pianists, conceived in 2015 by Artistic Director Terry Eder, has made a name for itself over the past decade by presenting seldom-heard exceptional pianists in recital. Key Pianists’ artists present eclectic programs that showcase their strengths and captivate New York audiences. These artists have the opportunity to share their wisdom, insight, sensitivity, and beauty in an intimate space conducive to audience connection. Cecile Licad’s highly successful recent recital was reviewed by George Grella in the New York Classical Review: “Her playing Thursday night showed she had thought through every piece, every note, in detail. The result, channeled through her energy, was never less than fascinating.” (December 06, 2024) For more information, please visit Key Pianists’ website. 

Pianist Danny Driver is recognized worldwide as an artist of sophistication, insight, and musical depth. He studied at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music and performed in concert halls and music festivals across the UK, Europe, Asia, and North America.

A Gramophone Award-nominated artist, Mr. Driver has performed with orchestras across the globe including the BBC Scottish Symphony, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, BBC NOW, Hallé, Minnesota, Bournemouth Symphony, Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, American Symphony, RTÉ Concert, Hong Kong Pro Arte, Queensland Symphony, Kuopio Symphony, and Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. His collaborations with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra have included performances across the UK, at London’s Cadogan Hall and at the BBC Proms. He has worked with many notable conductors, including Andrew Litton, Charles Dutoit, Martyn Brabbins, Dalia Stasevska, Alexander Shelley, Mario Venzago, Anna-Maria Helsing, Marzena Diakun, Rebecca Miller, Rory Macdonald and Sir James Macmillan.

 
Mr. Driver’s recital career has included numerous appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall, including four live-streamed solo and chamber recitals during the pandemic and a three-concert series devoted to György Ligeti and his musical world. From September 2025 he will embark on a solo five-recital ‘Variations’ series there, juxtaposing works such as J S Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations with neglected romantic masterpieces and contemporary works. Elsewhere Mr. Driver has given solo recitals at the Southbank Centre’s International Piano Series, Music Toronto, San Francisco Performances, Montreal’s Salle Bourgie, and Klavierraritäten Husum, while enjoying ongoing associations with festivals such as Lammermuir (Scotland), Lichfield (England) and Bard Summerscape (USA). Mr. Driver’s 2024-25 season engagements include re-invitations to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Mozart) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (European Première of Lyell Cresswell’s Piano Concerto no 3), solo recitals at Wigmore Hall and the Oxford International Piano Series.

 
His long relationship with Hyperion Records label has spawned a varied and internationally acclaimed discography of works by composers including Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Handel, York Bowen, Mili Balakirev, Robert Schumann, and Erik Chisholm. His most recent release of György Ligeti’s Piano Études has met with particular critical acclaim, including an International Classical Music Awards nomination for best solo instrument recording of 2021: “Driver, as fleet of finger as this formidably challenging writing demands, has a mind that searches beyond contrivance; these are transfixing performances” [The Sunday Times]. Forthcoming recordings are to include Ligeti’s Musica Ricercata and works by J S Bach, Robert Schumann, and Gabriel Fauré. He has performed at O/Modernt. Gothenburg Chamber Music Festival (Sweden), Australian Chamber Music Festival, Engadin Festival (Switzerland), and the Dante Festival (UK), and he has collaborated with violinist Chloë Hanslip, baritone Christian Immler, and cellist-composer Oliver Coates as well as the JACK, Parker, Carducci, and Brodsky String Quartets.

For further information, please contact Hemsing Associates at 212-772-1132 or visit www.hemsingpr.com.

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