Daniel Walden

Praised for his “extreme virtuosity” (Alex Ross, New Yorker) and “effortless elegance” (Mathew Guerrieri, NewMusicBox) on piano and harpsichord, Daniel Walden has been featured in the United States, Europe, and Latin America in solo and chamber recital programs that span the fullest range of the keyboard repertory. He is committed to experimentation in both performance and research as means for blurring the boundaries between historical and contemporary music, composition and improvisation, and foreign and familiar sounds in compelling new ways. 

Daniel is a 2016-2018 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellow for the Performing and Visual Arts, and has recently released his first CD, featuring Tristan Perich’s Dual Synthesis for harpsichord and electronics. He is a founding member of ensemble Oerknal!, a new music collective based in The Netherlands. He has appeared at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, The Hague’s Korzo Theater, Harvard’s Memorial Hall, and NYC’s The Kitchen; and on festivals including Bang on a Can, Norfolk New Music Workshop, Aspen Music Festival, Banff Piano Masterclass, Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht and the Delian Academy for New Music in Mykonos, Greece.

He is currently a PhD Candidate in Music Theory at Harvard University, and is a graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory.