Jason Hardink, Piano

A fearless interpreter of large-scale piano works both modern and historical, Jason Hardink’s recent repertoire includes the complete Michael Hersch The Vanishing Pavilions, Olivier Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, the Liszt Transcendental Etudes paired with the Boulez Notations, and Wolfgang Rihm’s numbered Klavierstücke, all of which he performs from memory. Recordings include Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles... with the Utah Symphony and conductor Thierry Fischer and Saint-Saëns’ Le carnaval des animaux with pianist Kimi Kawashima, both released on the Hyperion label. He is currently recording albums devoted to the solo piano catalogues of both Jeffrey Mumford and Jason Eckardt. A native of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, and a graduate of both Oberlin Conservatory and the Shepherd School of Music, his former teachers include Robert Boberg and Sanford Margolis. Hardink holds a DMA from Rice University, where he studied with Brian Connelly; his Doctoral thesis “Messiaen and Plainchant” explores the varying levels of influence that Gregorian chant exerted on the music of Olivier Messiaen. Hardink resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he holds the position of Principal Keyboard with the Utah Symphony and serves on the piano faculty of Westminster University.

2026 Concerts: Love Notes May 29, 2026