Daniel-Ben Pienaar

Pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar is known for unconventional approaches to the conventional repertory. He tends to perform and record large cycles of a single composer's works in a consistent and unusual style. Pienaar was born in South Africa, a fact to which he attributes his original style. " South Africa, I did not have teachers from any of the established traditions that train young people so effectively," he told Pamela Hickman. "My technical upbringing was not systematic in any way. I never did any kind of technical exercises or studies, always real music." The son of a mini...