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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR ****, *** W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
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DANIEL WALDEN, piano/harpsichord
RESUME/CV
ACADEMIC WORK
EDUCATION
Oberlin Conservatory (B.Mus., B.A.), P iano P erformance and Classics, Minor in
Historical Performance (Harpsichord), Fall 2007- present (degrees expected 2012)
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Gates Cambridge Scholar, 2012
Winner 2011- 2012 Concerto Competition, Oberlin Conservatory
o P erformance of Schoenberg Piano Concerto with Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
2012 Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
Louis and Annette Kaufman Prize for Chamber Music, Oberlin Conservatory, 2011
Oberlin Creativity and Leadership Fund Grant for Dual Synthesis Project, with Tristan
P erich and 2x4 Ensemble, 2010- 2011
o Grant to fund art installations and three performances of compositions for
piano, percussion and electronics by composer/artist Tristan Perich
MetLife Creative Connections Meet the Composer Foundation Grant, 2011
o Awarded for Dual Synthesis Project
Artist- in- Residence Fellowship with Pierre- Laurent Aimard, Cleveland Symphony
Orchestra, 2008
o P rivate Lessons and Masterclass at Severance Hall with Aimard
Ellen Battel Stoeckel Fellowship, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, New Music
Workshop, 2010
Simms Family Fellowship, Aspen Music Festival, 2008
C onservatory Dean s Talent Scholarship (2007- 2012), Oberlin Conservatory
National Merit $2500 Scholar, 2007
AT&T Foundation College Merit Scholarship (2007- 2011)
C ontra Costa Performing Arts Society, Sturm- Page Piano Scholarship Competition,
2007, First Prize
Etude Club Scholarship Competition, 2007, Maria Homem Grand P rize
Berkeley Piano Club Van Waynen Piano Scholarship Competition, 2007, First Prize
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AWARDS
Noting Images: Understanding the Illustrated Manuscripts of Mendelssohn s
Schilflied and Hindemith s Ludus Tonalis, Music Theory Online, August 2010, vol. 16,
no. 3
PianoFortePiano: Exploring The Use Of Historical Keyboards As A Heuristic Guide
To Performance On The Modern Piano, MTNA E- Journal, November 2010
Land That They Loved: Patriotism in the Works of Jewish- American Composers,
C oncord Review, Spring 2005, vol. 16, no.3
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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR 2590, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
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Oberlin College and Conservatory, Friends of the Library Research Award for
2009/2010 for Noting Images: Understanding the Illustrated Manuscripts of
Mendelssohn s Schilflied and Hindemith s Ludus Tonalis
Awarded High Honors for Senior Thesis: Frozen Music: The Synthesis of Music and
Architectural Theory in Vitruvius s De Architectura
Awarded Prize for Best Paper, 10th Annual Classics Undergraduate Conference,
Miami University of Ohio, 2011, for Frozen Music: The Synthesis of Music and
Architectural Theory in Vitruvius s De Architectura.
LANGUAGES AND STUDY ABROAD
Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Spring 2010
P roficient in French, Latin, Ancient Greek; Beginning Italian and German
KEYBOARD PERFORMANCE
PRIVATE STUDY
A t Oberlin Conservatory
o P rivate Study: Peter Tak cs, piano; David Breitman (historical keyboards),
Webb Wiggins (harpsichord)
o C hamber Music/Ensemble Coaches: Timothy Weiss, Michael Rosen, Allen
Otte, Richard Hawkins, Gregory Fulkerson, Darrett Adkins
Cleveland Orchestra Artist -in-Residence Fellow in 20th/21st Century Music
o P rivate Study and Masterclass with Pierre- Laurent Aimard
SELECTED MASTERCLASSES
Oberlin Conservatory, Piano: Malcolm Bilson, Jennifer Koh, Tak cs String Quartet
Oberlin Conservatory, Harpsichord: Mitzi Meyerson, Charles Metz
Cleveland Orchestra: P ierre- Laurent Aimard
A spen Music Festival: Ann Schein, Joseph Kalichstein, Wu Han
Banff Masterclass: Jerome Lowenthal, Hamish Milne
ENSEMBLE WORK
Amusia Ensemble (Pierrot+percussion), 2010-
o Ensemble in Residence with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
(performances and masterclasses throughout 2012)
o C ollaborations with James Wood (Crying Bird, Echoing Star), David Lang,
David Ludwig, and R and Steiger
Bonne Action (Pierrot+viola+percussion), 2011-
o U.S. Tour with performances at University of Buffalo [11/15/11] and South
C arolina [Governor s School of the Arts, Clemson University, Furman
University, 3/27- 29/12]
o C ollaborations with Reiko F ting and Lewis Nielson
2x4 Ensemble (Piano+Percussion), 2010- 2011
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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR 2590, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
abp6x1@r.postjobfree.com
o C ollaborations with Tristan Perich on Dual Synthesis Project
o R ecipient of MetLife Creative Connections - Meet the C omposer Award and
Oberlin Creativity and Leadership Fund Grant
Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, 2007-
Oberlin Sinfonietta, 2008-
Oberlin Percussion Group, 2008- 2009, 2011
Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, 2008
PRIVATE STUDY AND ENSEMBLE WORK AT MUSIC FESTIVALS
soundSCAPE New Music Festival, Maccagno, Italy, 2011
o P rivate Study/Coachings: Aiyun Huang, Thomas Rosenkranz
Music11 New Music Festival, Blonay, Switzerland, (Hindemith Foundation Music
C enter), 2011
o P rivate Study/Coachings: eighth blackbird Ensemble, David Lang, Matthias
P intscher
Bang on a Can Festival and Summer Music Institute, 2010
o C ollaborations: Brad Lubman, Vicki Ray, David Lang, Michael Gordon, Oscar
Bettison, Bang on a Can Ensemble
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop, 2010
o P rivate Study: Lisa Moore
o C hamber Music/Coachings: Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kearnis, Ezra
Laderman, Ingram Marshall, Christopher Theofanides
Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, 2010
o P rivate Study/Masterclasses: Webb Wiggins, Lisa Goode Crawford
Aspen Music Festival and School, 2006- 2009
o P rivate Study: Ann Schein, Yoheved Kaplinsky
o C hamber Music/Coachings: Sydney Hodkinson, Paul Kantor, Wu Han, David
Finckel, Richard Aaron, Joseph Kalichstein, Ann Schein
Banff Piano Masterclass, 2009
o P rivate Study: Hamish Milne, Jerome Lowenthal
New England Conservatory Summer Institute for Contemporary P erformance
P ractice, 2009
o P rivate Study/Coachings: Steven Drury, Paul Hanson, Jonathan Harvey
Mannes Beethoven Institute, 2009
o C hamber Music/Coachings: J.Y. Song, Thomas Sauer, Peter Stumpf
Greenwood Music C amp, 2002- 2005
o C hamber Music/Coachings: Jeanne K. Fisher, Rodney Lister, Sonya
Monsonoff - P ancaldo, John Ziarko
SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES (2007- )
May 6, 2012, Senior Recital, Warner Recital Hall
o Gesualdo, Canzon francese (harpsichord)
o Schumann, Humoreske, Op. 20
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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR 2590, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
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o Frescobaldi, Il secondo libro di toccate (Rome, 1627): Toccata Nona
(harpsichord)
o Beethoven, Bagatelles Op. 126
o Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
o Michelangelo Rossi, Toccata No. VIII f rom Toccate e Corrent i (harpsichord)
o Ben Johnston, Sonata for Microtonal Piano
April 6, 2012, Trio KLOPP with High Concert Laboratories, Chicago IL
o Eight World P remieres of works for voice, piano, and percusson by Andrew
R alston, Andr s Carrizo, Mark Poliks, Amanda Feery, Matt Chamberlain, Alex
Stephenson, and Dylan Messina
March 27- 29, 2012, South Carolina Tour with Ensemble Bonne Action [Governor s
School of the Arts, Clemson University, Furman University]
o R olf Riehm, FIORETTI Within My Bosom**
o Jason Eckardt, Rendition
o R eiko F ting, Kaddish
March 23, 2012, American Mavericks Series (with Carnegie Hall), The Kitchen, NYC
o Tristan Perich, Dual Synthesis f or harpsichord and 1- bit electronics
March 18, 2012, Amusia at Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
o P ierre Boulez, Piano Sonata No. 1
o Georg Friedrich Haas, t ria ex uno
March 16, 2012, Oberlin Baroque Orchestra, Warner Concerto Hall
o Bach, Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C Major, BWV 1064 (with Patrick
Jones and Jacob Street, harpsichords)
o Telemann, Concerto for Treble Recorder, Flute, Strings and Continuo in E Minor
(continuo harpsichord)
o C orelli, Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 4 (continuo harpsichord)
March 8, 2012, Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Finney Chapel, Raphael Jimenez,
C onductor
o Schoenberg, Piano Concerto, Op. 42
January 13, 2012, Amusia at Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
o Wood, Crying Bird Echoing Star
o Niccol Castiglioni, Tropi
November 15, 2011, Bonne Action at University of Buffalo
o R olf Riehm, FIORETTI Within My Bosom**
o Jason Eckardt, Rendition
o R eiko F ting, Kaddish
November 4, 2011, James Wood Residency at Oberlin College
o Wood, Cloud-Polyphonies* (with Oberlin P ercussion Group)
o Wood, Crying Bird Echoing Star** (with Amusia Ensemble)
July 11, 2011, Solo Recital at soundSCAPE Festival
o Berg, Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet)
o Schoenberg, Five Piano Pieces Op. 23
o Mark Poliks, o x l qqqqqqqqqqqqq
o Salvatore Sciarrino, Perduto in Una Citta d Acque
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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR 2590, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
abp6x1@r.postjobfree.com
May 20, 2011, Blip Festival 2011, Eyebeam, NYC
o Tristan Perich, Dual Synthesis f or harpsichord and 1- bit electronics
May 13, 2011, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Warner Concert Hall,
Timothy Weiss, Conductor
o R and Steiger, Double Concerto f or piano and percussion (solo piano: with
C hristian Smith, solo percussion)
May 7, 2011, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Warner Concert Hall, Timothy
Weiss Conductor
o R and Steiger, Elliott s Instruments, for sextet
Dual Synthesis Project (Tristan Perich and 2x4 Ensemble), April 29- 31: Weltzheimer-
Johnson Frank Lloyd Wright House and Museum, April 29; Warner Concert Hall,
April 30; SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, April 31
o Tristan Perich, Observations, for two sets of crotales and 1- bit electronics
o P erich, Dual Synthesis, for harpsichord and 1- bit electronics
o P erich, qsqsqsqsqqqqq, for three toy pianos
April 2, 2011, Interior Gardens Concert, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard
University, C ontemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, Conductor,
o Harrison Birtwistle, Silbury Air
o John Luther Adams, Immeasurable Space of Tones
March 22, 2011, From Phrase to Music, College of Saint Elizabeth, Dolan
P erformance Hall
o Tristan Perich, Dual Synthesis f or harpsichord and 1- bit electronics*
November 17, 2011, Oberlin Schumann Celebration Concert, Warner Concert Hall
o Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16
November 10, 2010, Junior Recital, Kulas Recital Hall
o Boulez, Premi re Sonate
o Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16
July 24, 2010, Bang on a Can, International George Crumb Day, Mass MoCA
o George Crumb, M usic for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) [with Vicki Ray,
pianist]
September 19, 2009, Performance and Master Class with Malcolm Bilson, Kulas
R ecital Hall
o Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ( Pastoral )
June 22 August 7, 2009, Masterclasses and Performances with Hamish Milne and
Jerome Lowenthal, Banff Rolston Recital Hall
o Brahms, Four Piano Pieces, Op. 119
o Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ( Pastoral )
o Liszt/Schumann, Widmung, Op. 25, No. 1, S.566
o Schoenberg, Three Piano Pieces Op. 11
June 20, 2009, Iditarod Concert, New England Conservatory Summer Institute for
C ontemporary Performance Practice, Brown Concert Hall
o Harvey, Dialogue and Song for Cello and Piano
June 16, 2009, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, New Music Afternoon, Boston
o Boulez, Douze Notations
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Daniel Walden, piano/harpsichord
OCMR 2590, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin OH 44074
abp6x1@r.postjobfree.com
February 28, 2009, Northwest Sinfonietta Concert Series, Music Off the Walls: 20th -
century Music Recital Series, Tacoma Art Museum (with Julian Schwarz, cello)
o Bloch, From Jewish Life
o Weill, Cello Sonata
o Barber, Cello Sonata
o C astelnuovo- Tedesco, Figaro Paraphrase
September 22, 2008, Artist- in- Residence Fellow with C leveland Orchestra, public
masterclass on 20th and 21st century music with Pierre- Laurent Aimard, Severance Hall
o Boulez, Douze Notations
o Schumann, Davidsb ndlert nze, Op. 6
June 23, 2008, Featured on NPR, From the Top, Behind the Curtain podcast
o Schumann, Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
September 16, 2007, From the Top, Martin Theater, Ravinia Festival, Chicago
o Schumann, Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22; broadcast on NPR, From the Top,
week of Nov. 14, 2007
June 1, 2007, From the Top, Herbst Theater, San Francisco
o Strauss, Cello Sonata in F-major (with Julian Schwarz); broadcast on NPR,
From the Top, week of Sept. 19, 2007
May 26, 2007, Duo Recital with Julian Schwarz, Cello, Benaroya Symphony Hall,
Seattle
o Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 1 in C-major, Op. 102
o Weill, Cello Sonata
o Brahms, Sonata in F-major, Op. 99
o Miller, Night Raga f or C ello and Piano*
*=World Premiere
**=US Premiere
=Direct Collaboration with Composer
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