Daria van den Bercken

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Pianist Daria van den Bercken is a multiple prize winning artist. Daria is widely celebrated for her ‘musical affection and an immaculate virtuosity’ (Gramophone), as well as regarded ‘a model for musicians of the future’ (Jury Amsterdam Art Prize).

Daria’s Handel, Mozart and Scarlatti albums for SONY Classical had the press writing about ‘mixture of joy and lightness’, ‘allowing expressive freedoms and poetic emotiveness’. Her album with Scarlatti sonatas was nominated for an Edison 2018.

Daria’s viral TED Talk was named “Top Pick of 2014” reached over a million views and led to the start of the Keys to Music Foundation.

In 2020/2021/2022 Daria performed together with the Dutch Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, Camerata Ireland in Ireland, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Szeczin Philharmonic orchestra. She earlier made her debut with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Ton Koopman and with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Stefan Asbury, the Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra and Roberto Beltran-Zavala and with the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and Arvo Volmer.

Previous appearances include the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Shi-Yeon Sung and JoAnn Falletta, the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra and Christoph Poppen, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jun Märkl and the South Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Jonathon Heyward.

As a recitalist, Daria enjoyed recent recital debuts at Barbican Hall and Kings Place in London, the New Ross Piano Festival/Wesport Chamber Music/Clandeboye Festivals Ireland, Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, Wonderfeel/Delft Chamber/Oranjewoud Festivals in NL, the Istanbul Music Festival and the Konzerthaus Vienna. Daria has made frequent appearances at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

In 2016 Daria founded the Keys to Music Foundation. This foundation seeks a new audience for classical music through artistic and educational projects. It’s latest project is the Piano Biennale, an international piano and music festival in The Netherlands which held its first edition in 2021 despite the Covid epidemic. It is worldwide the first piano festival in which different art forms work together in unique productions with the piano at its core.

Daria studied at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Menahem Pressler and Leonard Hokanson and at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Mila Baslawskaja and Naum Grubert. She won the Dutch Classical Talent Award in 2006 and 2008 and the prestigious Amsterdam Art Prize 2012. Daria is a Steinway Artist.
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Sonata in F Minor, K.183: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
06:11
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
02
Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44: II. Allegretto
Daria van den Bercken
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44
04:20
Composers: HAYDN
12
Sonata in D Minor, K.32: Aria
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
01:58
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
19
Sonata in A Minor, K.109: Adagio
Daria van den Bercken
Relaxing Classical
03:33
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti

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  • Discography
Albums
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
14-04-2023
Free the Piano
01
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
09:27
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
02
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
04:53
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
03
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
05:14
Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach
04
Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44: I. Moderato
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
08:55
Composers: HAYDN
05
Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44: II. Allegretto
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
04:20
Composers: HAYDN
06
Solfeggietto in C Minor, H.220
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
00:59
Composers: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
07
Poulenc: Mélancolie, FP 105
Daria van den Bercken
Free the Piano
05:27
Composers: Francis Poulenc
Access the complete album info (9 songs)
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
04-03-2022
Human: Nature
01
12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for solo piano)
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
02:51
Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
02
2 Études de concert, S. 145: No. 1 Waldesrauschen
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
04:14
Composers: Franz Liszt
03
Images, Première Série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
05:29
Composers: Claude Debussy
04
12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 11 Harmonies du soir
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
09:17
Composers: Franz Liszt
05
Préludes, Livre II: II. Feuilles mortes, lent et mélancolique
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
04:09
Composers: Claude Debussy
06
Années de Pèlerinage II, S. 161: VI. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
07:33
Composers: Franz Liszt
07
Études-Tableaux op. 33: No. 8, in g minor
Daria van den Bercken
Human: Nature
04:00
Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
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(P) 2017 Stichting Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V.
03-11-2017
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
01
Sonata in F Minor, K.183: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
06:11
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
02
Sonata in D Major, K.119: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
05:19
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
03
Sonata in A Minor, K.109: Adagio
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
03:33
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
04
Sonata in A Minor, K.54: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
04:21
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
05
Sonata in F Minor K.519: Allegro assai
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
03:13
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
06
Sonata in F Minor, K.481: Andante cantabile
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
03:14
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
07
Sonata in B Minor, K.27: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken
03:22
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
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Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
06-02-2015
Keys to Mozart
01
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: I. Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
06:44
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
02
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
04:54
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
03
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332: III. Allegro Assai
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
07:21
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
04
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 282: I. Adagio
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
05:21
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
05
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 282: II. Menuetto I-II
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
04:24
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
06
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 282: III. Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
03:27
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
07
Fantasy No. 2 in C Minor, K. 396
Daria van den Bercken
Keys to Mozart
07:41
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
25-10-2012
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
01
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: I. Prelude
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
01:10
Composers: George Frideric Handel
02
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: II. Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
02:22
Composers: George Frideric Handel
03
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: III. Allemande
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
03:25
Composers: George Frideric Handel
04
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: IV. Courante
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
01:51
Composers: George Frideric Handel
05
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: V. Air and 5 Variations
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
09:23
Composers: George Frideric Handel
06
Suite in D Minor, HWV 428: VI. Presto
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
04:50
Composers: George Frideric Handel
07
Suite in F Major, HWV 427: I. Adagio
Daria van den Bercken
Handel: Suites for Keyboard
02:48
Composers: George Frideric Handel
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EPs
℗ 2024 Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
31-05-2024
Portrait
01
Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
06:28
Composers: Frédéric Chopin
02
3 Romances, Op. 11: No. 1, Andante
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
03:25
Composers: Clara Schumann
03
Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 1: Allegro
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
02:42
Composers: Domenico Scarlatti
04
10 Pieces for Piano, Op. 12: No. 7, Prelude
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
02:00
Composers: Sergei Prokofiev
05
Préludes, Book II, L. 123: V. Bruyères
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
03:17
Composers: Claude Debussy
06
Wiegenlied, S. 198
Daria van den Bercken
Portrait
05:21
Composers: Franz Liszt
Singles
℗ 2024 Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
08-05-2024
Wiegenlied, S. 198
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Wiegenlied, S. 198
Daria van den Bercken
Wiegenlied, S. 198
05:21
Composers: Franz Liszt
02
3 Romances, Op. 11: I. Andante
Daria van den Bercken
Wiegenlied, S. 198
03:25
Composers: Clara Schumann
03
Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27
Daria van den Bercken
Wiegenlied, S. 198
06:28
Composers: Frédéric Chopin
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
12-05-2023
6 Romances sans paroles, Op.76: 6. Meditation
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6 Romances sans paroles, Op.76: 6. Meditation
Daria van den Bercken
6 Romances sans paroles, Op.76: 6. Meditation
04:42
Composers: Cécile Chaminade
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
03-03-2023
Poulenc: Mélancolie, FP 105
01
Poulenc: Mélancolie, FP 105
Daria van den Bercken
Poulenc: Mélancolie, FP 105
05:27
Composers: Francis Poulenc
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
10-02-2023
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44
01
Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44: I. Moderato
Daria van den Bercken
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44
08:55
Composers: HAYDN
02
Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44: II. Allegretto
Daria van den Bercken
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 32 in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44
04:20
Composers: HAYDN
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
06-01-2023
Solfeggietto in C Minor, H.220
01
Solfeggietto in C Minor, H.220
Daria van den Bercken
Solfeggietto in C Minor, H.220
00:59
Composers: Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
25-02-2022
Pièces de clavecin, Livre III, Ordre XIII, in B Minor: I. Les lis naissans
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Pièces de clavecin, Livre III, Ordre XIII, in B Minor: I. Les lis naissans
Daria van den Bercken
Pièces de clavecin, Livre III, Ordre XIII, in B Minor: I. Les lis naissans
02:07
Composers: François Couperin
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
04-02-2022
Nuages Gris, S. 199
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Nuages Gris, S. 199
Daria van den Bercken
Nuages Gris, S. 199
02:42
Composers: Franz Liszt
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
14-01-2022
12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for solo piano)
01
12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for solo piano)
Daria van den Bercken
12 Songs, Op. 21: V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for solo piano)
02:51
Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Keys to Music Foundation exclusively licensed to Doorway Music
03-12-2021
Images, Première Série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
01
Images, Première Série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
Daria van den Bercken
Images, Première Série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
05:29
Composers: Claude Debussy