Jeremy Denk
@jeremydenk.bsky.social
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Pianist writer author of “every good boy does fine” nonesuch recording artist lover of many different sorts of music and New Mexican food
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Walking around gorgeous Portland Maine this afternoon is like ingesting concentrated essence of fall
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I wrote some stuff I liked about Bach and getting out of bed (link in thread)
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i wrote about one of the most beautiful pieces i know (link in thread)
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lol whatever you’re the dude who doesn’t understand what a proverb is
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lol someone with “Doge” in his username is calling me obtuse
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we had fun creating a zany ives band chorus playlist, 70 minutes of who knows what will happen!
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Kudos to @jeremydenk.bsky.social and all the cast and creators behind 'Ivesiade,' the celebration of composer Charles Ives at Little Island in NYC on Saturday.

Denk's latest album, 'Ives Denk,' was released for the Ives sesquicentennial in 2024; you can hear it at jeremydenk.lnk.to/ivesdenk
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still makes me happy to run into fans of the book ! i worked hard on it
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Hi @jeremydenk.bsky.social! I love your book, especially the audiobook with music! 👌I recommend it to all my classical music loving friends, and even bought a copy for our kids’ piano teacher! Thank you for sharing your story. The way you talk about music is simply beautiful.
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this is so dangerous and terrible and disgusting
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Mike Johnson: "God miraculously saved the president's life -- I think it's undeniable -- and he did it for an obvious purpose. His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence. He points that out all the time and he's right to do so."
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Happy Pride Month! We're celebrating with our newly updated playlist of Nonesuch recordings by LGBTQ+ composers, performers, and allies, including k.d. lang, Magnetic Fields, Caroline Shaw, Ringdown, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Mountain Man, Jeremy Denk, Nico Muhly, and more: nonesuch.lnk.to/Pride
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If you're going to write a bad review, you should do it in grand, slashing style ("Chernow's new biography of Twain is enormous, bland and remote--it squats over Twain's career like a McMansion" wow wow wow).
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Based on this mornings open rehearsal so far you should make every possible effort (short of committing a crime) to hear Giulio Cesare tonight at Carnegie hall
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Hey Substackers, we posted our latest Substack with @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, @stevereich.bsky.social, @jeremydenk.bsky.social, Randy Newman, @philharmonie.bsky.social news and more. You can read it and subscribe for free at nonesuch.substack.com/p/rhiannon-g...
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Still life: late Beethoven, coffee, sloth, capybara
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It was fun and what’s cool is a lot of the commenters seemed to grasp the existential dilemma of choosing a piano the compromises and questions
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The newly renovated Frick Collection is looking to buy a piano. @jeremydenk.bsky.social gives them an assist by testing out a few Steinways for them in the @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/a...
The Frick Needs a New Piano. Which Would You Choose?
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couldn't disagree more...
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I hate to criticize a great thinker like Edward Said, but what the f@#k is he talking about … ? op 110 is one of the most perfectly paced and designed pieces of the entire western canon
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“This list may not reflect recent changes”
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not many people (like Beethoven) can turn their anger issues into great art
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honestly, this is my favorite publicity photo of all time
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An incredibly moving thing to see mtt at his last new world concert, after all the crazy cage and wuorinen and Ives and god knows what else… conducting as his final word a simple sentimental and yet heartbreaking song of grieg
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a classic moment rehearsing with MTT… we got to the cadenza and i asked michael if i should play it … he replied why not? do you have a bar mitzvah to go to or something?