Now in his 17th year as Artistic Director of Rockport Music, pianist David Deveau has been acclaimed internationally for his expressive and poetic interpretations of repertoire ranging from Haydn to the present. He has earned enthusiastic praise from major publications, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Minneapolis Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, Washington Post, American Record Guide, Le Figaro (Paris), and China Daily (Beijing). Mr. Deveau’s orchestral engagements over the last three decades include solo performances with the Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh and Houston Symphonies, the St. Louis and Miami Symphonies, and many others. Locally, he has appeared on many occasions as soloist with the Boston Pops, the Handel and Haydn Society, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston Philharmonic and Civic Symphony. In New York, he has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Concert Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum. He has also appeared in recital at the Kennedy Center and Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C., San Francisco’s Herbst Theater, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, and on myriad other series throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Deveau has performed with members of the Juilliard, Shanghai, Borromeo, Muir, Ying, Kronos, Orion, and St. Lawrence string quartets, and has been a guest artist with the Boston Chamber Music Society, most recently performing the 2009 Boston premiere of John Harbison’s Piano Trio No. 2. Festival engagements include Tanglewood, Caramoor, Wolf Trap, Mainly Mozart, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Strings Festival (Colorado), among others. On June 9, 2010, David Deveau, along with violinist Bayla Keyes and cellist Michael Reynolds, performed the world premiere of Scott Wheeler’s piano trio Granite Coast in the inaugural concert of the Shalin Liu Performance Center, receiving rave reviews from local and national press. In September 2010, Deveau made his second concert tour of China, this time with appearances in Shanghai, following his debut tour in 2006 with concerts in Beijing and Qingdao.
Performances in the 2010-2011 winter season included concerti by Mozart and Beethoven with the New England Philharmonic, Boston Civic Symphony, and the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, as well as a pair of all-Mozart recitals with BSO Concertmaster Malcolm Lowe. A music-faculty member at MIT since 1988, Mr. Deveau has given master classes in association with the Longy School, San Francisco Conservatory, and at Harvard University and Dartmouth College. This November, he will perform and lecture in Taipei and Tainan, Taiwan. Mr. Deveau is heard internationally on PRI, as well as on the BBC, CBC, NPR, and on commercially available recordings on Albany, Centaur, and EcoClassics.
"Making music with David has enriched my life as a musician and human being. His passion for bringing the highest artistic experiences to his audiences has culminated in this unique and precious concert hall and loyal and enthusiastic audiences."
– Grammy Award-winning clarinetist Richard Stoltzman
