The Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki will be performing a recital on 23 September in the Symphony Hall at the National Music Auditorium as part of the new season of the Great Performers concert series. He will perform a selection of pieces by composers like Chopin, Bach, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Górecki.
Jan Lisiecki has been developing his musical career for over fifteen years on the world’s leading stages. He has worked closely with leading conductors and orchestras and has performed more than one hundred concerts a year. The pianist is a regular at the major summer festivals in Europe and North America and has participated in the Salzburg Festival and has performed at the BBC Night at the Proms on three occasions.
In the 2024-2025 season, he played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic and the Pittsburgh and Seattle Symphony Orchestras. He was also at the helm of the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields on a nineteen-concert tour of Germany and Austria. As a resident artist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, he opened the orchestra's season and will return to lead a full cycle of Beethoven's concertos from the piano.
Recently, Jan Lisiecki has been a guest musician with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Paris Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, and the Staatskapelle in Dresden. In spring 2024, he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Artistic File:
Venue: National Music Auditorium - Symphony Hall
Programme:
Frederic Chopin (1810–1849):
- Prelude in D Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15
- Prelude in A Flat Major, Op. posthumous
- Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
- 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750):
- Prelude in C Major, BWV 846
- Prelude in C Minor, BWV 847
- Serguéi Rachmaninoff (1873– 1943)
- Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23, No. 3
- Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
- Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
