Auditorium Chamber Music Series to feature pianist Jeremy Denk and violist Richard O’Neill

MOSCOW, Idaho — The Auditorium Chamber Music Series (ACMS) presents pianist Jeremy Denk and violist Richard O’Neill for a night of bold, expressive chamber music at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at the University of Idaho Administration Building Auditorium in Moscow.

The duo will also offer piano and string master classes from 10:30-11:20 a.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Lionel Hampton School of Music. These sessions are open to the public.  

Denk, a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and winner of the Avery Fisher Prize for outstanding achievement in classical music, is known for his wide-ranging programs and inventive collaborations. His album of Mozart piano concertos was praised by BBC Radio 3 as “urgent and essential,” and his recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Charts. O’Neill, a Grammy and Emmy winner, is a member of the Takács Quartet and has performed with top orchestras worldwide. A Universal Music/Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, he has also received the Avery Fisher Career Grant.  

“I’m beyond thrilled to welcome such high-caliber artists to the ACMS series,” said Eneida Larti, ACMS director and associate professor of piano. “They are both extraordinary soloists in their own right, and hearing them together will be an absolute treat. Not only will we get to hear several significant works for viola and piano, but Jeremy Denk will also perform one of Beethoven’s monumental late piano sonatas.”

Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for seniors, $10 for U of I students and free for children 12 and under. They can be purchased at uitickets.com, at the Bruce M. Pitman Center box office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and at the door an hour before the concert begins (card only).    

Since 1986, the Auditorium Chamber Music Series has presented some of the world’s finest small ensembles in the beautiful neo-Gothic auditorium in the heart of U of I’s campus. Four ensembles visit the Palouse each year, performing for the series and enriching the region through school residencies, informal performances in community venues and masterclasses.    

For more information about ACMS, visit go.uidaho.edu/acms.  

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