Hyperion Records

Concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, Danny Driver is known internationally for the exceptional quality of his performances and recordings, the imagination and breadth of his repertoire, and for the individuality of his interpretations of core repertoire works and neglected masterpieces. Critics have praised his ‘bold, exuberant and precise’ performances (The Guardian), ‘impeccable technique and musicianship’ (Gramophone), and ‘poise, power, and passion’ (BBC Music Magazine).

Danny Driver has collaborated with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Pro Arte, and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He made his BBC Proms début at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Conductors with whom Driver has collaborated include Andrew Litton, Richard Farnes, Martyn Brabbins, Leon Botstein, Johannes Fritzsch, Rory Macdonald, Rebecca Miller, Christopher Warren-Green, and Bramwell Tovey.

Danny Driver’s solo recital schedule includes regular appearances at London’s Wigmore Hall as well as across the USA, in Germany, Sweden, Israel, and the Netherlands. As a chamber musician with an extensive repertoire of both mainstream and neglected works, he has been engaged regularly by the Bard Music Festival (New York), as Guest Artist at the Birdfoot Chamber Music Festival (New Orleans), and has appeared at the Australian Chamber Music Festival, the Modernity Festival (Sweden) and the Leeds International Concert Season.

As a Hyperion recording artist, Danny has won consistent international acclaim for his recordings, including a 2010 Gramophone Award Nomination for his double-disc of York Bowen’s six Piano Sonatas. His subsequent recording of CPE Bach Keyboard Sonatas was selected by National Public Radio (USA) as one of the Top Ten Classical CDs of 2010, as well as being singled out by Gramophone (Editor’s Choice), International Piano Magazine, and The Daily Telegraph (five stars). His recording of Scottish composer Erik Chisholm’s Piano Concertos (BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rory Macdonald) was released in 2012 and selected by BBC Music Magazine as Orchestral Disc of the Month.