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Daniel Ben Pienaar
12+ albums
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Daniel-Ben Pienaar was born in South Africa. He made his debut there at the age of 14, playing Liszt's E-flat concerto. After winning his country's National Youth Music Competition and the University of South Africa Overseas Music Scholarship Competition he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. There he won the Queen's Commendation in 1997 and held the Hodgson Fellowship in 1997/8. Performances include appearances at the National Arts Fesival, the State Theatre and the Nico Malan Theatre in South Africa, debut concerts in America (including the Goldberg Variations) and Japan (including the Chopin Ballades), a Schumann concerto with the Philharmonia and the Stravinsky Concerto at the RNCM. In 2000 he gave the complete cycle of Mozart's 18 piano sonatas at the Duke's Hall of the Royal Academy of Music and later the same year also the 6 keyboard partitas of Bach. In 2003 he recorded Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 for Prometheus Editions in London, and a Chopin recital (including the 4 Ballades) for Victor Japan. Future recording projects will include the Goldberg Variations and complete Gibbons keyboard works. With violinist Narimichi Kawabata he has performed all over Japan, at the Wigmore Hall in London, and for his American debut. Performances in 2005 include a Liszt Sonata at Hamarikyu Hall,Tokyo and the Well-Tempered Clavier in the US. The keyboard works of Jacobean master Orlando Gibbons followed in 2006 – the first complete recording of this oeuvre –
top songs
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Prelude And Fugue No. 13 In F-Sharp Major BWV 882: Praeludium
5122Prelude And Fugue No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor BWV 849: Praeludium
4943Prelude And Fugue No. 19 In A Major BWV 888: Fuga
3534Prelude And Fugue No. 6 In D Minor BWV 875: Fuga
3235Prelude And Fugue No. 1 In C Major BWV 846: Praeludium
2666Prelude And Fugue No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor BWV 873: Fuga
2587Prelude No. 1 In C Major
2208Prelude And Fugue No. 4 In C-Sharp Minor BWV 873: Praeludium
2029Prelude And Fugue No. 1 In C Major BWV 846: Fuga
19710Prelude And Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major BWV 876: Praeludium
191albums
Book 1 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
Book 2 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
Book 2 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
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JS Bach - Book 1 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
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JS Bach - Book 1 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
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JS Bach - Book 2 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
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JS Bach - Book 2 CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier
Book 1 CD2 Well-Tempered Clavier
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Mozart Sonatas CD 3 - Four Sonatas K330-333 - 1783
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Mozart Sonatas CD 5 - Three last sonatas K545, K570, K576 - 1788-9
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Mozart Sonatas CD 4 - Fantasy and Sonata K475 K457 and Sonata K533 K494 - 1784-8
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CD1 Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2