International
concert and recording artist and distinguished teacher of piano, David Glen Hatch enjoys an active career as a soloist and guest artist with numerous chamber and symphony orchestras
on five continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. A sampling of performances include Hong Kong (St. John's Cathedral), Tokyo, Osaka (Izumisano Concert Hall), Moscow (Music Hall of Composers), St. Petersburg, Sydney, Hobart (Conservatory of Tasmania), London, Leeds, Edinburgh (Center for the Performing Arts), Dublin, Copenhagen, Oslo (Munch Museum), Bergen (Troldhaugen Concert Hall), Stockholm, Paris (Church of the Madeleine), Brussels, Geneva
(John Calvin University), Munich, Vienna, Salzburg (Mozarteum), Warsaw (Holy Trinity Lutheran Cathedral), Prague (Villa Bertramka), Budapest (Radio Symphony Hall), Rome (Basilica di Mecenzio
and Teatro de Ghione), Florence/Pisa, Milan, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Bucharest, Romania;
Sofia, Bulgaria (Bulgaria Chamber Concert Hall); Kiev, with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Mariinsky Palace Amphitheater),
Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, and the Great Hall of the Reina
Maria Cristina Conservatory, Malaga, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires, (Teatro
de La Plata). He has also performed extensively in the United States including
New York City (Carnegie Hall), Washington D.C. (Kennedy Center
and Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater), Dallas (Bass Concert Hall), and Garden Grove, California (Crystal Cathedral).
Dr. Hatch completed the MM and DMA degrees summa cum laude at the Conservatory
of Music, University of Missouri--Kansas City. He has recorded a wide variety of
repertoire on numerous compact discs for the following labels: Sony/BMG--Europe
(Poland), Music Enterprises, Critics Choice
Records, Arizona University Recordings, and Covenant. His Sony/BMG--Europe
"Living With The Classics" 4-CD set is being marketed
internationally in countries of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, South Korea, China,
South Africa, and distributed over 100 digital stores world wide through Sony
Connect including iTunes, eMusic, MSN, Napster, MusicNet, Yahoo!, Virgin
Digital, Musicmatch, AOL Music Now, Muzak, and many more. A recording with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra,
The World's Greatest Piano Melodies, was nominated for two 1999 Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra. Two of the other CDs were commissioned recordings:
Smitten With Britten, a first-ever recording of the complete published solo piano music of British composer, Benjamin Britten,
and Let Freedom Ring, a patriotic album of Hatch's piano arrangements
combined with orchestra, choir, and army band honoring the heroes of the
September 11, 2001 tragedies in New York City. This recording received a 2003 Grammy Award nomination for Best Patriotic Album. In addition to being an award winner in numerous state, regional, national, and international competitions including the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and the William C. Byrd National Piano Competition, Dr. Hatch is a frequent competition juror and clinician having presented lectures and conducted master classes at
the National Conservatory of Bulgaria, "Liubomir Pipkov", as part of the 2008
Annual Sofia International Music Festival, numerous universities, music festivals, and state music conventions in China, Japan, Europe, Russia, Canada, Australia/Tasmania, and the United States.
Dr. Hatch received the Master Teaching Certificate from the Music Teacher's
National Association in 1994, was named one of the Best Teachers in America in
the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers 1998, is listed in
International Who's Who in Music 2000, Who's Who in American Education 2006,
Who's Who in America 2007, and most recently in the Biltmore Who's Who Among
Professionals, 2008 Honors Edition. His students have participated and won
prizes in local, state, national, and international piano and piano teams
competitions, have performed solo recitals, have been concerto soloists with
community, chamber, and symphony orchestras, have performed in master classes of world-renowned teachers,
and have performed internationally with Dr. Hatch on several of his summer
concert tours..
In 2004, Hatch was invited to perform with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine at the Mariinsky Palace in Kiev on the concert commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Russian-born pianist, Vladimir Horowitz.
Certain performances and interviews have been aired on National Public Radio, classical radio stations, and affiliates of PBS television in the United States, TVE National television in Madrid, Spain, the BBC in the United Kingdom,
Bulgarian National Radio, and on classical radio stations in Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Oslo.
Dr. Hatch has published five volumes of hymn and Christmas arrangements with Sonos and Jackman Music Corporations and is published in
Clavier, an American keyboard magazine. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the prestigious Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation and Competition.
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