Jeremy Denk

"In this searching and funny memoir, based off his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music's nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school....

The Grammy Award-winning violinist latest album features Brahms and Schumann repertoire with the world-renowned ensemble Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Jeremy Denk join Bell on this release.