Jeremy Denk: A Solo Piano Recital

Benefit Concert

A BENEFIT RECITAL: LIMITED SEATING

The New York Times calls Jeremy Denk “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.” Winner of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk is also the author of the bestselling memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine — a musician who thinks and writes about music as compellingly as he plays it.

His program for this evening moves across more than a century of American and European music: the soulful rhythms of Scott Joplin and Nina Simone, the rich harmonic world of William Bolcom, and landmark works by Beethoven and Charles Ives.

The setting is Kodosky Manor — an Italianate villa more than 20 years in the making, with hand-carved stonework, rich wood interiors, and sweeping views of the Hill Country. There is no better room in Austin for a night like this.

Proceeds support ATX’s season programming and community initiatives, including Everyone Deserves Art — our ongoing effort to bring live chamber music and jazz to schools, youth centers, and community spaces across Austin.

All-inclusive ticket includes food, drink, valet, and artist meet and greet.

Read Denk’s New Yorker article on the Charles Ives Sonata

Drinks and Dinner: 6:00pm
Concert Time: 7:30pm 
Artist Meet and Greet: 9:30pm
Event Concludes: 10:30pm

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op. 90
Scott Joplin “Betheny, A Concert Waltz”
Louis Moreau Gottschalk The Banjo, Op. 15
Nina Simone “Just in Time” transcribed
William Bolcom Poltergeist Rag
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 110

Intermission

Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord Sonata”