“Music as language, the piano as a diary” is the title of Yamaha Music’s new feature of Danae Dörken.

“Exceptional talent and unwavering passion have defined Danae Dörken’s musical career ever since her childhood and have already put her on the world’s big stages. concerti magazine counted the then 26-year-old Dörken among the elite of a new generation of international artists, Crescendo called her the “discovery of the year”. The artist considers her music a means to restore balance and grant her some peace and quiet in the often stressful touring routine.”

Check out more about this as well as the artist portrait video here:

https://europe.yamaha.com/en/news_events/2020/danae-dörken.html

After her successful debut at the Lucerne Piano Festival, the “Luzerner Zeitung“ wrote:

“…Sie bot ein ebenso anforderungsreiches wie klug zusammengestelltes Programm mit einer solchen Überlegenheit und Ausdruckstiefe, dass man sich dieses Rezital durchaus auch im grossen Konzertsaal in den Rezitals der Berühmtheiten vorstellen könnte. Schon bei den drei Stücken der ersten Serie der «Images» von Claude Debussy bewunderte man ihre fein ­differenzierte Anschlagskultur und vor allem ihren Sinn für Farben.”

Read the entire article here:

https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/kultur/an-den-randern-des-piano-festivals-aber-oho-ld.1171177

(Copyright: Peter Fischlis / LUCERNE FESTIVAL)

Danae Dörken’s latest solo album “EAST and WEST” is nominated for the prestigious “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”. Her latest chamber music recording together with cellist Benedict Klöckner is nominated for the ICMA award 2020.

Standing ovations for Danae Dörken playing Felix Mendelssohn’s 2nd piano concerto together with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra under William Eddins!

“EAST and WEST” has been chosen as CD of the month in Fonoforum!

“Man begegnet nur selten CDs, in denen der musikalische „Flow“ sich durch das Medium des Klaviers (dieses – Zitat Emil Gilels – „nicht leicht bezähmbaren Elefanten“) so frei, so uneingeschränkt und fantasievoll beweglich entfalten kann wie hier. Die zwölf Schubert-Ländler D 790 etwa sind kaum schöner, „gesungener“ und erfüllter zu spielen.”

Read the full review here:

https://fonoforum.de/rezensionen/rezension/danae-doerken-east-and-west/back/10727

Danae Dörken’s album “East and West” is featured as an Audio Highlight on all Lufthansa flights starting in October. She has also put together her own “Celebrity’s Choice” playlist, that you can listen to here:

https://www.lufthansa-inflightentertainment.com/de/audio/details/3466?id=37&page=1&pageSize=4&orderBy=titleasc&type=Undefined&bucketWidgetId=&previousPageId=

Danae Dörken visited the TV studio of Deutsche Welle to speak about the connecting power of music, her life and the combination of family and career and a lot more.

You can watch the entire interview here:

https://youtu.be/_xifCNip_Ek

Danae Dörken is on the cover of the September and October issue of the classical music magazine “Crescendo”. In her portrait, she talks about music as an expression of philosophy, the strength of diversity and her new album “EAST and WEST”.

“The start of this recital is so passionately compelling that for a moment I thought that I’d put a disc of Martha Argerich in my player, only to discover that it was indeed the new ARS Produktion release of Danae Dörken playing the first of five preludes of Manolis Kalomiris: “Molto agitato ed appassionato”. Listening on I wondered if my ‘mistake’ was all that big. Both have an emotion rich background, giving their interpretations that extra zest; Argerich from Argentina, Dörken from Greece, a whole generation apart, but both having that rare pianistic feeling enabling them to adjust to different styles, and last but not least that phenomenal technique.”

Read the entire review here:

https://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=13823#reviews

“Sie bringt die Poesie der Musik zum Ausdruck, macht die mitreißende Melodik fast spürbar und formuliert durchgehend mit kreativer Lust. Eine brillante Aufnahme.

KK: Wen bzw. was möchten Sie mit Ihrer Arbeit erreichen?
DD: Ich möchte alle Menschen erreichen, die klassische Musik lieben und auch diejenigen, die sie noch nicht kennen und noch überzeugt werden müssen. Also eigentlich jeden!

KK: Wenn Sie eine Autobiographie schreiben würden, wie wäre der Titel?
DD: Always look on the bright side of life!”

Read the whole interview here:

http://www.kultkomplott.de/Permalink/Artikel/1737/#article_anchor_1737