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FOR THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
No classical pianist juggles the demands placed upon a musical artist of the 21st century more skillfully than Jeremy Denk. Not only is he a brilliant interpreter of piano works composed between the 1780s and the present, but he's a very entertaining performer to watch, full of flair and flamboyance.
He also has a way with words. Few give a better curtain speech than Denk, and he's also among the most captivating of writers about music and the life of a working musician.
This complete package is on display at St. Paul's Ordway Concert Hall this week, as Denk is opening the Schubert Club's International Artist Series with a pair of solo recitals. The first took place Sunday afternoon. Always one intent upon expanding an audience's horizons, he's spending half of each program on works by female composers, ranging in vintage from...