Danny Driver

Pianist Danny Driver likes to vary his repertory, performing music from Bach to Adès, concertos to chamber music, popular classics, and unknown pieces. He has a large discography on the Hyperion label, including a 2021 release of Ligeti's rarely recorded 18 Etudes. Driver was born in London in 1977. His father was an amateur violinist, and on his mother's side, he is descended (like his wife, conductor Rebecca Miller) from Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (ca. 1698-1760), the founder of Hasidic Judaism. As a child, he was encouraged to pursue his musical interests, which were intensi...