Jan Lisiecki

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are currently unable to make reliable statements regarding the current and upcoming season. “Crystal clear, poetic, and intelligent” – New York Times “An artist of unusual refinement and imagination” – Boston Globe Jan Lisiecki’s interpretations and technique demonstrate a maturity far beyond his years. At 26, the Canadian performs over a hundred concerts each year on the world’s major stages and has built close relationships with conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck, and Claudio Abbado (†). Following the success of Nachtmusik, he recently presented a new solo program as well as a Beethoven song cycle with baritone Matthias Goerne, including at the Salzburg Festival. Return invitations recently brought him back together with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Filarmonica della Scala, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Elbphilharmonie. Jan Lisiecki has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra. At the age of 15, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. With the release of a live recording of all five Beethoven Concertos from the Konzerthaus Berlin, in which Jan Lisiecki conducted the Academy of St Martin in the Fields from the piano, the label initiated its releases to celebrate Beethoven Year 2020. This was followed in March 2020 by a cycle of Beethoven songs, recorded with Matthias Goerne, which was awarded the Diapason d’Or. Previous recordings have received the ECHO Klassik and the JUNO Award, among others. In August 2021, Deutsche Grammophon will release Frédéric Chopin’s complete Nocturnes, Jan Lisiecki’s eighth recording for the venerable label. At 18, Jan Lisiecki was named the youngest recipient of the Young Artist Award by Gramophone Magazine and received the Leonard Bernstein Award. In 2012, UNICEF appointed him Ambassador for Canada. July 2021