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Pianist Jeremy Denk ’90 was named the recipient of the 2014 on March 17. The $75,000 award recognizes outstanding achievement and excellence in music. Previous honorees have included such classical music legends as Yo-Yo Ma, Garrick Ohlsson, and Midori.

Also on March 17, the revealed that Denk will serve as its next artistic partner, marking the pianist’s first appointed position with an orchestra.

The accolades are the latest in what has been a remarkable recent run for the 91ֱ�� alumnus. In September, Denk was named a MacArthur Fellow. By November, news broke that he had been named Musical America’s Instrumentalist of the Year. (Musical America also honored , the creation of fellow 91ֱ�� alumnus Claire Chaise ’01, as its Ensemble of the Year.)

In June, Denk will serve as music director for the in California. He has conceived and co-written a comic opera, The Classical Style, which will premiere at the festival. He is currently working on a memoir for Random House.

“It’s insane,” , in reference to his incredible run of late. “It’s wild, and I’m a little bit in shock, kind of. It’s a great shock.

“My dad wrote me an email after the MacArthur: ‘Keep it up!’” Denk added. “And I thought, ‘I can’t keep this up, this is pretty much as good as it’s going to get.’”