Daniel Herscovitch
Daniel Herscovitch meets the hardest contemporary piano writing head-on, with control, stamina and real insight. His Tall Poppies debut gathers Australian scores that range from Hair and Smalley to Kos, Werder, Whiticker and Vella.
He specialises in music that asks for nerve as much as fingers: dense modern textures, sharp rhythmic turns, and the long memory games of Vella’s Memory Pieces. Reviews of The Hands the Dream single out committed, clear-headed playing that opens this repertoire to listeners who never sit in the studio. Elsewhere he partners clarinet and saxophone in tango, sonatas and jazz-edged chamber works, always the pianist who keeps the argument sharp while the line stays alive.
Daniel Herscovitch is featured on the following titles
The Hands the Dream
Sydney pianist Daniel Herscovitch specialises in contemporary repertoire. This debut disc presents solo piano works he has chosen by six Australian composer colleagues.
Producer: Producer
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Viva Sax!
Margery Smith is a Sydney-based saxophonist whose virtuosity meets the full range of this Australian programme, from mid-century sonatas to later works that lean into jazz, improvisation and ensemble colour.
A Day in the Life of a Clarinet
Peter Jenkin presents the clarinet in its many modern guises, equally at home with Alban Berg, multi-tracked Bach, klezmer, tango, jazz and electronics.