Jan Lisiecki has quickly made a name for himself among the upper echelon of artists working today. The Canadian pianist performs over a hundred yearly concerts worldwide, and has worked closely with conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, and Claudio Abbado.
Mr. Lisiecki has appeared with many of the world’s finest orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra among several others. Lisiecki rocketed to the world stage at an early age, when at 13 the Fryderyk Chopin Institute issued a recording of Jan performing Chopin's piano concertos. At age 15 he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, a relationship that has seen the pianist release seven acclaimed recordings, winning several JUNO and ECHO Klassik awards in the process. His most recent, a duo recording of Beethoven lieder with baritone Matthias Goerne, won both the Diapason d’Or and
Edison Klassiek awards. At eighteen, Lisiecki became both the youngest ever recipient of Gramophone’s Young Artist Award and received the Leonard Bernstein Award. He was named UNICEF Ambassador to Canada in 2012.