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2007 Gina Bachauer International
Pianist David Korevaar brings his consummate artistry to repertoire from Bach to the present. His critically acclaimed performances and recordings are only one facet of a career that encompasses teaching and writing on music. He is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Korevaar has performed as soloist and chamber musician at major venues in New York and across the United States; he plays frequently in his home state of Colorado. International performances have included appearances in Australia, Japan, Korea, Abu Dhabi and Europe. Currently a member of the Boulder Piano Quartet and Clavier Trio (ensemble in residence at the University of Texas at Dallas), Korevaar has performed as guest artist with the Takács, Manhattan and Colorado Quartets, and toured for many years with the Young Concert Artists Awards Award-winning piano and wind ensemble Hexagon. Korevaar has recorded works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Dohnányi, Lowell Liebermann, and many other composers for the MSR, Ivory, Koch, Centaur, and Kleos labels. Multimedia collaborations include the award-winning “Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier” with Tim Smith. Korevaar has been honored with top prizes from the University of Maryland William Kapell International Piano Competition (1988), the Peabody-Mason Music Foundation (1985), and the prize for performances of French music from the Robert Casadesus Competition (1989). In 2000, he received the Richard French award from The Juilliard School for his doctoral document on Ravel’s Miroirs. Korevaar’s mentors have included the pianists Earl Wild, Paul Doguereau, and Abbey Simon, as well as the composer David Diamond. He received his BM, MM, and DMA degrees from the Juilliard School. David Korevaar is a Shigeru Kawai Artist.
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