A pianist of note, in 2014 Daniel Lebhardt won 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists International auditions in Paris and New York. In the interim years, he has developed a broad career as a soloist and chamber musician. For his debut recital in Drogheda, he performs Titans of the solo piano repertoire.
Programme
Brahms 4 Ballades Op. 10
Ethel Smyth Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor
Mendelssohn Songs without Words
Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’
Our artist
DANIEL LEBHARDT, PIANO
In 2014 Daniel Lebhardt won 1st Prize at the Young Concert Artists International auditions in Paris and New York. A year later he was invited to record music by Bartók for Decca and in 2016 won the Most Promising Pianist prize at the Sydney International Competition.
This season sees Daniel debut with Konzerthausorchester Berlin and National Philharmonic of Ukraine and return to the Barbican for a performance with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As well performing around the UK, Daniel returns to the US for performances in New York, Chicago and Washington, DC, among others.
Recent highlights include debuts with Hallé Orchestra and Venice Symphony in Florida. In recital he had debuts at the Aldeburgh, Heidelberger-Frühling, Tallinn and Lucerne international festivals and in Dublin and Kiev. He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Merkin Concert Hall in New York, St. David’s Hall in Cardiff, Bath International Festival and L’Eglise Saint Germain in Paris as part of the Week-end à l’Est Festival.
As a chamber musician, Daniel regularly collaborates with violinist Benjamin Baker and the Castalian Quartet.
Born in Hungary, Daniel studied at the Franz Liszt Academy with István Gulyás and Gyöngyi Keveházi and at the Royal Academy of Music with Pascal Nemirovski, with whom he also completed an Advanced Diploma in Performance at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.