Daan Vandewalle

Piano

1996 American critics described Daan Vandewalle’s first solo CD (Charles Ives, Concord Sonata and Studies) as: “…he (Daan Vandewalle) puts many American classical musicians to shame…”.

Daan Vandewalle enjoys an international reputation as a specialist for New Music, with a focus on American piano music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

He improvised with David Moss, Fred Frith, Han Bennink, Chris Cutler, Tom Cora at festivals all over Europe.

He studied at the Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium with Claude Coppens and at Mills College, California with Alvin Curran. He gave concerts and lectures about american music all over the world.

His performances include the complete piano works of Charles Ives, Messiaen, the Ligeti piano concerto, the Lutoslawski piano concerto, the rarely played Cogluotobusisletmesi by Clarence Barlowe and Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage, in addition to Sorabji’s Opus Clavicembalisticum.

Daan Vandevalle is part of Pianolab Festival 2011