In Practice | Jeremy Denk: György Ligeti's Piano Etudes

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Jeremy Denk has his own personal "piano boot camp." Actually, it's his cramped Manhattan apartment. Beside his beloved books, a trusty coffee pot and a laptop, there's not much to do except practice. Which Denk does, hours and hours a day on a Steinway wedged into his living room. On a good day, he brews pot of coffee number one at about 11, then plays for about five hours. Perhaps a run to the gym, then pot number two is brewed at about 6, followed by more playing — until the neighbors complain.

When we invaded his "camp" he was seriously practicing the piano etudes of György Ligeti. His music is "continuous madness," Denk says. "Wonderful, joyful madness." Denk has a great talent for making you fall in love with the most complex music, letting it sound completely natural. He admits, "I'm atuned to the weirdnesses. I guess that's something I like about music that's on the edge of destroying itself."

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Producers: Mito Habe-Evans, Anastasia Tsioulcas; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Production Assistants: Amanda Ameer, Nick Michael; Executive Producers: Anya Grundmann, Keith Jenkins
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I cherish how well he’s able to translate this work. However, I can’t help but chuckle at the thought of his neighbors listening to that madness every night at 2am!

ttayms
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Glad to hear that someone else finds humor in Ligeti's music!

HenryYouth
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what a player. and a great guy.  quite rare.

truthlivingetc
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This video restored my faith in human nauture

johnbouttell
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I finally found what I've been looking for here. This is it.

exlibrismarilyn
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Proust, Joyce, Shakespeare... Good man!

CRAEager
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He might want to put those smoke detectors back in haha.  His lifestyle reminds me much of my own.  I think I found a person that I can related to.

TwelfthRoot
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Toys, books, piano. That's all I need too.

TuanNguyen-irre
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He practices quite a lot, of course it shows though.

Click on my name to hear my latest piano work: Three Summer Pieces

jacobseymour
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Jeremy you are a wonderful artist. Please don’t DESTROY your hands playing percussive stuff without musical value.

Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

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