Jan Lisiecki

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Jan Lisiecki on stage (2019)
Jan Lisiecki (2019)

Jan Lisiecki ( ˈjɑːn ˌlɪ'ʃɜtskɪ , born March 23, 1995 in Calgary , Canada ) is a classical pianist who became known at a young age through concerts and CD releases.

biography

Jan Milosz Lisiecki was born in Canada to Polish parents. He studied piano at the Mount Royal University Conservatory from the age of five and performed with an orchestra for the first time at the age of nine. On the recommendation of the school board, he was able to skip four classes. In January 2011, he passed his final exam at Western Canada High School in Calgary. He graduated from the Glenn Gould School in Toronto , where he was admitted as a scholarship holder in September 2011.

In August 2008 and August 2009 Lisiecki, then 13 and 14 years old, played Chopin's piano concertos in Poland, together with the Sinfonia Varsovia. Recordings of these performances were released on CD by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in 2010 and immediately brought Lisiecki international attention. On the occasion of this recording, the magazine Diapason praised Lisiecki as a "virtuoso devoid of manners with a powerful and above all irresistible natural style of playing". The BBC Music Magazine praised Lisiecki's “mature musicality”, his “finely distilled” interpretation and his play “with brilliant technique and idiomatic pathos”.

In February 2011 Jan Lisiecki and Deutsche Grammophon signed an exclusive recording contract. From September 2012 to January 2015 Lisiecki was an artist in the “Junge Wilde” series at the Dortmund Konzerthaus. In the 2017/18 season he presented his solo program Nachtmusik for the first time with works by Chopin , Schumann and Ravel , which the press described as "intoxicating", "unforgettable" and "almost metaphysical sound experience". Together with baritone Matthias Goerne , he presented a cycle of lesser-known Beethoven songs in 2020 , including at the Salzburg Festival .

Lisiecki has worked with the New York Philharmonic , the Staatskapelle Dresden , the Philadelphia Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony , the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and many other international orchestras worked together. He often plays under the direction of Antonio Pappano , Yannick Nézet-Séguin or Krzysztof Urbański and has developed relationships with Daniel Harding and the late Claudio Abbado .

Lisiecki supports various charities, including the David Foster Foundation, the Polish Humanitarian Organization and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In June 2008 he was appointed National Youth Ambassador by UNICEF Canada, and in 2012 he was appointed UNICEF Ambassador.

Discography

  • Chopin : Piano Concertos No. 1 and No. 2 (2010) (PL: goldgold)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
    Sinfonia Varsovia
    Howard Shelley, conductor
  • Mozart : Piano Concertos No. 20 and No. 21 (2012)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Christian Zacharias , conductor
  • Chopin : Études (2013)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
  • Schumann : Piano Concerto and Concert Pieces Op. 92 & 134 (2016)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
    Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
    Antonio Pappano , conductor
  • Chopin : Works for Piano and Orchestra (2017)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
    NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
    Krzysztof Urbański , conductor
  • Mendelssohn (2019)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano
    Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • Beethoven : Complete Piano Concertos (2019)
    Jan Lisiecki, piano and direction
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Beethoven : Songs · Songs (2020)
    Matthias Goerne , baritone
    Jan Lisiecki, piano

Prizes and awards

Web links

Commons : Jan Lisiecki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Ottawa Citizen , September 27, 2006
  2. ↑ See [2] rcmusic.com, accessed on January 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Chopin. Piano Concertos - Jan Lisiecki, Howard Shelley, Sinfonia Varsovia The Fryderyk Chopin Institute (English)
  4. ^ Text about Jan Lisiecki ( memento from September 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Deutsche Grammophon, as of December 2011.
  5. ↑ Jan Lisiecki ( Memento from January 19, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (English)
  6. ↑ See [3] Deutsche Grammophon , accessed on August 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ See [4] Calgary Herald (English), accessed on August 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ On the curse of early fame: The pianist Jan Lisiecki in the Dortmund concert hall revierpassagen.de, September 20, 2012 (for Lisiecki's first appearance in the “Junge Wilde” series).
  9. ↑ The Konzerthaus in January 2015 dortmunder-kulturblog.de, see program for January 21, 2015 (Lisiecki's last appearance in the “Junge Wilde” series).
  10. ↑ See [5] Spiegel Online , accessed on August 18, 2020.
  11. ↑ See [6] Rheinische Post , accessed on August 18, 2020.
  12. ↑ See [7] Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , accessed on August 18, 2020.
  13. ↑ See [8] Salzburg Festival , accessed on August 18, 2020.
  14. ^ [9] Dorn Music, January 2020
  15. ↑ See [10] The Piano League, accessed on August 18, 2020.
  16. ↑ See UNICEF People: National Goodwill Ambassadors & Advocates unicef.org, accessed January 18, 2018.
  17. ↑ See [11] Christian Science Monitor, accessed on August 18, 2020.
  18. ↑ [12] , Fryderyk Chopin Institute June 10, 2013
  19. ↑ Awards for music sales: PL
  20. ↑ [13] , Deutsche Grammophon June 10, 2013
  21. ↑ [14] , Deutsche Grammophon June 10, 2013
  22. ↑ [15] , Musical Toronto, April 23, 2013
  23. ↑ [16] , Whole Note Magazine, June 2, 2013
  24. ↑ [17] , The Toronto Star, April 22, 2013
  25. ^ [18] , Deutsche Grammophon catalog
  26. ↑ MENDELSSOHN Lisiecki - 1 CD / Download - Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft .
  27. ↑ BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos / Lisiecki - 3 CDs / Download - Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft .
  28. ↑ [19] Deutsche Grammophon , March 2020
  29. ↑ [20] Canadian Music Competition website, January 18, 2020
  30. ^ Culture.pl September 2, 2013
  31. ↑ [21] , The Globe and Mail , January 13, 2010
  32. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on December 18, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  33. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2012.
  34. ↑ [22] Radio Canada, January 18, 2020
  35. ↑ [23] Radio France, January 18, 2020
  36. ↑ [24] UNICEF portfolio, January 18, 2020
  37. ↑ [25] Gramophone Magazine October 2013
  38. ↑ [26] The Globe and Mail , September 19, 2013
  39. ↑ [27] Culture.pl, September 2, 2013
  40. ↑ Young Canadian honored with Leonard Bernstein Award Kieler Nachrichten, August 17, 2013.
  41. ↑ [28] Canadian Chopin Society, March 3, 2013
  42. ↑ [29] Echo Klassik press release, July 27, 2017
  43. ↑ Echo Klassik 2017: Pianist Jan Lisiecki receives the German music award klassikakzente.de, September 14, 2017 for the first time .
  44. ↑ [30] Gramophone Magazine December 2017
  45. ^ "Junos 2018: the complete list of winners" . CBC News , March 25, 2018
  46. ↑ [31] Gramophone Magazine April 2019
  47. ^ [32] Presto Music, July 2020
personal data
SURNAME Lisiecki, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lisiecki, Jan Miłosz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian classical pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Calgary