Daniel Wayenberg
Dutch pianist and composer Daniel Wayenberg was born to a Russian mother and French father in Paris. The family moved to The Hague when he was a baby. His mother was a violinist and pianist and recognised his talent from an early age. He first began giving concerts at the age of ten in private houses in France and the Netherlands, as war restrictions meant public performances were impossible.
After the war, the family moved to Paris and he studied the piano there with Marguerite Long. His first public concert was in 1949 when he won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in the Concours Long-Thibauld. In the same year he appeared at the opening concert of the Chopin Centenary Festival in Florence, Italy. He was involved in a serious plane crash in 1950, but as his hands were uninjured he was able to continue his career as a concert pianist.
In 1953, Wayenberg made his Carnegie Hall debut, playing Rachmaninov's 'Piano Concerto No. 2' with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Mitroloulos. He then went on tour in America and Indonesia in 1954 and 1955 giving a series of concerts. He has released several recordings both as soloist and accompanist, the first of these was Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F major and Rhapsody in Blue with the Orchestra of the Paris Conservatoire conducted by Georges Prêtre. His recording output and repertoire range from classical composers such as Haydn and Brahms, through composers of the Romantic era to the 20th Century such as Jolivet and Stockhausen. He is renowned for his virtuosic technique, particularly in performing works such as Balakirev's 'Islamey' which is known to be extremely technically demanding. In addition to performing in concert halls and recording studios, Wayenberg was a teacher at the Rotterdam Conservatory. He was also a self-taught composer including a ballet 'Solstice' (1955), a concerto for five wind instruments and piano (1958), a violin sonata (1966), a symphony 'Symella Capella' (1972/3) and a concerto for three pianos (1975).
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Discography
10 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Chopin à deux: The Piano Concertos on 2 Erard Grand Pianos
Classical - Released by Zefir Records on Jan 6, 2017
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Liszt : Etudes d'éxécution transcendante pour le piano
Solo Piano - Released by Lyrinx on Sep 30, 2016
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
LISZT Etudes d'éxécution transcendante pour le piano (5.0 Edition)
Solo Piano - Released by Lyrinx on Sep 30, 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Multicanal 5.1 -
Britten 2012
Britten Jeugd Strijkorkest, Elvira van Groningen, Loes Visser, Daniel Wayenberg
Classical - Released by Quintone on Nov 15, 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
D'Indy: Symphonie pour Orchestre et Piano sur un Chant Montagnard Francais
Daniel Wayenberg, Ernest Bour, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Classical - Released by Infinity on Aug 28, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Daniel Wayenberg, Basil Cameron
Concertos - Released by The Digital Gramophone on Jun 26, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125
Daniel Quartet, Daniel Wayenberg, Hans Oudenaarden
Classical - Released by Intermusic S.A. on Aug 12, 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
the Gershwin Story
Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet, Daniel Wayenberg
Chamber Music - Released by Music-All-In on Apr 1, 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Märchenerzählungen - Mozart: Kegelstatt Trio - Bruch: 8 Stücke
Henk De Graaf, Daniel Wayenberg, Itamar Shimon
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on Jan 1, 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Chopin Piano Works
Classical - Released by ImpDigital on Jan 1, 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo