Danny Driver – Pianist

Audience responses around the world have cemented Danny Driver’s international reputation as a versatile and creative pianist of sophistication, interpretative insight and musical depth.
His studies at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Music have inspired his holistic approach to performance and enabled him to cultivate a broad repertoire encompassing a singular mix of canonic and lesser known keyboard works.
Danny has performed with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Minnesota Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra among many others. He has made two appearances at the BBC Proms, most recently with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and their Artistic Director Charles Dutoit. His performance of Saint-Saëns’ ‘Egyptian’ Concerto at the 2012 Bard Music Festival was released by the American Symphony Orchestra on its own ASO live label.
PROGRAMME
Rachmaninoff Etude Tableau Op 39 no 2 in A minor
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Medtner Sonata no 9 in A minor
Interval
Henriette Bosmans from Zes Préludes (Six Preludes, composed 1917-1918).
Szymanowski L’isle des Sirènes (from Metopes)
Debussy Et la lune descend sur le Temple qui fut (from Images, Book 2)
York Bowen Sonata no 5 in F minor Op 72
Tickets £10 – £20. For tickets and more information go to www.ryeartsfestival.org.uk