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Daniel Walden: CV/Resume Mobile Phone: 510-***-****
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Education:
C ambridge University (degree expected 2013)
o M.Phil in Music Studies
A dvisor: Iain Fenlon
Oberlin Conservatory (2007- 2012)
o B.A. in Piano Performance, Minor in Historical Performance
- Primary Study: P eter Tak cs, David Breitman (fortepiano), Webb Wiggins
(harpsichord)
- Chamber Music/Ensemble Coaches: Timothy Weiss, Michael Rosen, Allen
Otte, Richard Hawkins, Gregory Fulkerson, Darrett Adkins
o B.A. in Latin Language and Literature
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
Private Study and Ensemble Work at Music Festivals:
Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School & Festival, 2012
o P rivate Study/Coachings: Seymour Lipkin, Xak Bjerken
Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, 2009/2012
o P rivate Study/Coachings: Jonathan Harvey, Christian Wolff, Stephen Drury
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, David Lang, Matthias Pintscher
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
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o P rivate Study: Hamish Milne, Jerome Lowenthal
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 - Pancaldo, John Ziarko
Ensemble Work:
Amusia Ensemble (Pierrot+percussion), 2010-
o Ensemble in Residence with Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
o C ollaborations with James Wood, David Lang, David Ludwig, R and Steiger
Trio KLOPP (voice, piano, and percussion), 2011-
o P erformances at High Concept Laboratories (Chicago, IL) and Oberlin
o P remieres of works by international emerging composers under 25
Bonne Action (Pierrot+viola+percussion), 2011-
o U.S. Tour with performances at University of Buffalo and South Carolina
o C ollaborations with Reiko F ting and Lewis Nielson
2x4 Ensemble (Piano+Percussion), 2010- 2011
o C ollaborations with Tristan Perich on Dual Synthesis Project
o R ecipient of MetLife Creative Connections - Meet the Composer 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, 2012
Awards & Scholarships:
Gates C ambridge Scholar, 2012
Winner 2011- 2012 Concerto Competition, Oberlin Conservatory
o Schoenberg Piano Concerto with Oberlin Chamber Orchestra [3/8/12]
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
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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 Prize
Berkeley Piano C lub Van Waynen Piano Scholarship Competition, 2007, First Prize
Academic Publications:
Ut Pictora Musica: Carlo Farina s Capriccio Stravagante and the Kunstkammern,
Nota Bene, 5:1 [publication forthcoming]
Noting Images: Understanding the Illustrated Manuscripts of Mendelssohn s
Schilflied and Hindemith s Ludus Tonalis, Music Theory Online, August 2010, 16:3
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, 16:3
Selected Recent Performances (2007- ):
May 6, 2012, Senior Recital, Warner Recital Hall
o Solo works by: Gesualdo, Schumann, Frescobaldi, Beethoven, Schoenberg,
Michelangelo Rossi, and Ben Johnston
April 6, 2012, Trio KLOPP with High Concert Laboratories, Chicago IL
o World Premieres by Andrew Ralston, 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 Works by: R olf Riehm, Jason Eckardt, and R eiko F ting
March 23, 2012, American Mavericks Series (with Carnegie Hall), The Kitchen, NYC
March 18, 2012, Amusia at Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
o P ierre Boulez, Piano Sonata No. 1; 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
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; Niccol Castiglioni, Tropi
November 15, 2011, Bonne Action at University of Buffalo
o Works by: R olf Riehm**, Jason Eckardt, R eiko F ting
November 4, 2011, James Wood Residency at Oberlin College
o Wood, Cloud-Polyphonies* ; Wood, Crying Bird Echoing Star**
July 11, 2011, Solo Recital at soundSCAPE Festival
o Works by: Berg, Schoenberg, Mark Poliks *, and Salvatore Sciarrino
May 20, 2011, Blip Festival 2011, Eyebeam, NYC
May 13, 2011, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Warner Concert Hall,
Timothy Weiss, Conductor
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o R and Steiger, Double Concerto f or piano and percussion
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
April 2, 2011, Interior Gardens Concert, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard
University, Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss, Conductor,
o Harrison Birtwistle, Silbury Air; John L. Adams, Immeasurable Space of Tones
November 10, 2010, Junior Recital, Kulas Recital Hall
o Boulez, Premi re Sonate; 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)
June 22 August 7, 2009, Masterclasses and Performances with Hamish Milne and
Jerome Lowenthal, Banff Rolston Recital Hall
o Works by: Brahms, Beethoven, Liszt/Schumann, and Schoenberg
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
February 28, 2009, Northwest Sinfonietta Concert Series, Music Off the Walls: 20th -
century Music Recital Series, Tacoma Art Museum (with Julian Schwarz, cello)
o Works by: Bloch, Weill, Barber, and C astelnuovo- Tedesco
September 22, 2008, Artist- in- Residence Fellow with Cleveland Orchestra, public
masterclass on 20th and 21st- century music with Pierre- Laurent Aimard, Severance Hall
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, NPR s From the Top, Martin Theater, Ravinia Festival, Chicago
o Schumann, Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
June 1, 2007, NPR s From the Top, Herbst Theater, San Francisco
May 26, 2007, Duo Recital with Julian Schwarz, Cello, Benaroya Symphony Hall,
Seattle
o Works by Beethoven, Weill, Brahms, and Miller*
*=World Premiere
**=US Premiere
=Direct Collaboration with Composer
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