Jan Lisiecki

Jan Lisiecki’s interpretations and technique speak to a maturity beyond his years. At 28, the Canadian looks back on a career spanning a decade and a half on the world’s greatest stages, where he performs more than 100 concerts a year.

Lisiecki works closely with the most eminent conductors and orchestras of our time. In the 2023-24 season he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic and performed a recital in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. He also appeared in the Vienna Musikverein’s Goldener Saal with the Bamberg Symphony and Manfred Honeck, and will perform the complete cycle of all five Prokofiev concertos in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.

In June 2023, he concluded a season as artist in residence at both Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Cologne Philharmonie. His last recital program, which concluded the Elbphilharmonie residency, was celebrated in more than 50 cities around the globe, including at the Konzerthaus Vienna’s Main Hall, Chicago Symphony Hall, La Scala in Milan, Seoul Arts Center, and São Paulo.

Recent return invitations include performances with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Orchestre de Paris and Staatskapelle Dresden. Lisiecki is a fixture at major summer festivals across Europe and North America, has performed at the Salzburg Festival, and made his third appearance at the BBC Proms in July.

Lisiecki was offered an exclusive recording contract by Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 15. Since then, he has recorded nine albums, earning accolades such as the JUNO Award, the ECHO Klassik, Gramophone Critics’ Choice, Diapason d’Or, and Edison Klassiek.

At 18, he received both the Leonard Bernstein Award and Gramophone’s Young Artist Award, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the latter. He was named a UNICEF ambassador to Canada in 2012.