Jeremy Denk: Connoisseur of Chaos
By Justin Davidson, eMusic Contributor
Like many self-afflicting perfectionists, the pianist Jeremy Denk probably has a slender file of negative reviews stashed in the closet. Perhaps he can't help himself from chewing over a handful of unkind comments someone made long ago. These days, though, virtually everything he does provokes a patter of backslaps — not the sort of hysterical praise that can burden a 20-year-old virtuoso with unrealistic expectations, but (since he's in his 40s) a consensus of gratitude… more »

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