David Deveau

David Deveau (born 1953) is an American classical pianist. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he has appeared as soloist with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras, the San Francisco, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Minnesota, Houston, Miami, Pacific and Portland Symphony Orchestras, and many regional orchestras in the United States and abroad. He made his New York debut in 1982 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, and has performed solo and chamber music recitals at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Merkin Hall and The Town Hall; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. He made his debut solo tour of China in 2004-5. David Deveau served as Artistic Director of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival,Massachusetts, from 1995-2017. He has served on the music faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1988, and was awarded the 2014 Levitan Prize for outstanding teaching in the MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. 2Biography David Deveau has been critically acclaimed internationally for his expressive and poetic interpretations of solo piano repertoire ranging from Haydn to the present. He has been heard on four continents in recital, concerti and chamber music, and in recent years has presented the world premieres of works of John Harbison, Peter Child and other significant American composers. As a performer, Deveau 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, Miami Herald, The Washington Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Le Figaro (Paris), and China Daily (Beijing