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Notable: Daniel Schlosberg

Spring 2024

By Magazine Staff

Daniel Schlosberg

Daniel Schlosberg ’00 BA, ’00 BMUS (Peab), ’01 MMUS (Peab) is a Grammy-nominated pianist who has performed throughout the U.S. He has been teaching at the University of Notre Dame since 2005.

Career Highlights

  • Nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for 40@40, with soprano Laura Strickling MM ’06 (Peab), with contributions from Joseph Jones MM ’05 (Peab) and Caitlin Vincent MM ’09 (Peab).
  • Appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a featured soloist and in numerous chamber music concerts.
  • Has a passion for contemporary music, collaborating frequently with Eighth Blackbird and Third Coast Percussion.
  • Gave the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’ “Starlight Ribbons” for solo piano; the U.S. premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s “Calices” (for violin and piano); and several sets of piano pieces by Stanley Walden.
  • Was a founding member of Yarn/Wire, the lauded musical ensemble.
  • Recorded for the Albany, Bridge, Centaur, New World, Nimbus, Jacaranda Live!, and Permelia labels.
  • Latest solo release is “Gaul Me Maybe: French Baroque Keyboard Music,” consisting of works by Royer, Rameau, d’Anglebert, and Bach.
  • In the art song realm, Schlosberg was on staff at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute vocal program, and he is the director of the Baltimore Lieder Weekend, held each October.
  • Other recent projects include performing Mahler/ Zemlinsky: Symphony No 6 (arr. 4-hands) at the Ravinia Festival and the National Gallery of Art, D.C., and multiple appearances at Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York.

Quoted

The idea [behind the 40@40 album] was to have a lot of different voices to foster this sense of community that Laura and I both feel is essential to the genre. [Music is] a way of commenting on the way we’re feeling, what’s going on in society, and many things. It expresses ideas and emotions that are hard to express, complicated, or abstract.”

abc57, February 1, 2024

With the art-song genre—text and music—I want them to see how composers navigate and interpret the text they’ve been working with and the subtlety and intricacy that is involved. And I want them to be excited about art song and explore it further with other artists, composers, and time periods.”

University of Notre Dame (College of Arts & Letters-Latest News),
December 7, 2023