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After Jan Lisiecki clarifies the architecture of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Renes' Mahler felt like a letter written in the dark. 

The Uzbek conductor shows that he's a force to be reckoned with, revealing unimaginable amounts of detail in Stravinsky's score. Jan Lisiecki gives a carefully weighted account of Mozart.

The Seattle Symphony co-commissions a new work, Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart with religious fervor, and Stravinsky's Sacre still creates an uproar.

The debutante conductor made her mark in Prokofiev, with Jan Lisiecki joining in for Mozart.

Gustavo Gimeno kicks off the TSO’s new season with new perspectives on the familiar and not-so-familiar

A very impressive outing for the young Canadian pianist, who brings some of the old school magic of an Arthur Rubinstein to his Chopin. 

Working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Elim Chan and her soloist Jan Lisiecki see very much eye-to-eye in Beethoven, with the conductor taking a left-of-field approach in Elgar.

Former music director Ludovic Morlot steps in to open the currently leaderless orchestra's new season with echoes of their shared past and a world premiere.

Thomas Dausgaard and his Scottish players probe beneath the surface in symphonies by Sibelius and Nielsen, while Jan Lisiecki seeks out maximum contrasts in a Beethoven concerto.

Jan Lisiecki joins the LPO for Schumann's Piano Concerto, the centrepiece between works by Grieg and Sibelius.

Jan Lisiecki's leap-in with the Israel Philharmonic offers extra spontaneity in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. 

Jan Lisiecki opens the third weekend of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival at the Dzintari Concert Hall. 

Less is more in a brilliant performance by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and star soloist Jan Lisiecki at Prague Spring.

Continuing its series of landmark classics inspired by the British Isles, the London Philharmonic conducted by Osmo Vänskä showcases Bax before moving north to traverse the Nordic landscapes of Grieg and Sibelius.

Nico Mulhy's great gift as an orchestrator and his ability to construct colorful and suggestive textures are evident in Liar, presented by the Philadelphia Orchestra together with Schubert and Mendelssohn.

With a pianist of the calibre of Jan Lisiecki, Krzysztof Urbański has created an award winning collaboration which puts the two Poles way apart from many other soloist-conductor combinations. 

After Jan Lisiecki gave an immaculate interpretation of a perennial Mozart piano concerto, Sebastian Weigle revelled in the brassy bravura of a symphony which remains virtually unknown in the city where it was composed over a hundred years ago.

Music Director Ludovic Morlot, known for his intriguing programming, outdid himself with a summery breeze of a program that enchanted from beginning to end.

Jan Lisiecki displays total control in Chopin, troublesome acoustics mar Bernstein and Rachmaninov.

A young conductor and pianist recently brought a sell-out crowd to the Tonhalle in Zurich for Stravinsky, Mozart and Beethoven.

The fabulous new Narodowe Forum Muzyki in Wrocław presented a very original Silvester offering of Szymanowski, Grieg and Dvořák.

James Conlon led the SFS from the sombre moods of Britten to the gaiety of Dvořák.

In a concert of music by Mozart, Liszt, Mendelssohn and Chopin, pianist Jan Lisiecki demonstrated sparkling technique but with little sense of musicality or insight.

“Things found here are the opposite of what they are meant to represent,” warned Thomas Dausgaard at the opening of Saturday evening’s performance pairing Beethoven and Nielsen. 

Every city has its favourites, and Jan Lisiecki is Montreal’s darling. There was a sense of proprietary pride in the audience as he strode across the stage at the Maison Symphonique, to join Kazushi Ono and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducted a moving and original Rachmaninov Second Symphony as the highlight of the first of two Proms concerts with his Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Proms.

If you know what people have been saying about Jan Lisiecki, you might enter the recital hall echoing some extremely high praise for this 17-year-old pianist. Of course, in Toronto, where Lisiecki has been studying at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory, CBC Magazine is asking: “Is he the next Glenn Gould?” But after hearing his recital today of Chopin’s Études Opp.

On Friday morning here in the United States, 27 individuals lost their lives in a tragic mass shooting. I would like to preface this review by expressing my sincere condolences for all affected by the tragedy.At the same time on Friday morning, the New York Philharmonic performed a lovely if conventional concert under the baton of David Zinman (replacing Daniel Harding, who was ill).

Canada has been taking an active role to build concert programs featuring its own musical talents. One proponent organization of this is the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Led by a team of dedicated administrative individuals, volunteers and musicians, the TSO provides an indispensable platform to showcase our Canadian talents to the community at large.

Dans un programme conceptuel sous-titré « Prélude aux Préludes », le pianiste canadien a déçu, notamment dans des Préludes op. 28 de Chopin plus qu'approximatifs.

In einem rein polnischen Konzertprogramm begeisterte Dirigent Krzysztof Urbański die Hörer auch mit wenig bekannten modernen Werken.

Julia Fischer und Jan Lisiecki präsentierten mit Mozart, Beethoven und Schumann einen lebendigen Dialog.

Roberto González-Monjas y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia abrieron la nueva temporada con un brillante concierto para el que contaron el pianista Jan Lisiecki.

Excelente concierto en Ibermúsica en el que Jan Lisiecki mostró gran personalidad junto a la Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, la cual, liderada por Jurowski, llenó el Auditorio Nacional de sonido pleno y sutil.

Romantische Komponisten machten sich alte Klänge zu eigen: die Münchner Philharmoniker unter Kent Nagano bewegten sich gekonnt in vielen Stilbereichen.

Klangfülle, Leidenschaft und starke Kontraste – unter der begeisternden Leitung von Omer Meir Wellber wuchsen die Wiener beim letzten Konzert ihrer Europatournee in Amsterdam über sich hinaus.

Manfred Honeck réussit à galvaniser l'Orchestre National de France autour d'un programme Dvořák-Grieg particulièrement enlevé. 

Le pianiste canadien émerveille dans Bach avant de livrer un programme romantique libre et limpide.

Rarement présent sur les scènes françaises, l'Australian Youth Orchestra fait une démonstration de cohésion symphonique dans un programme 100% russe. Interprétation subtile du Concerto pour piano n° 2 de Rachmaninov par Jan Lisiecki.

Lisiecki tiene algo que trasmitir cuando sale al escenario. Una personalidad que tal vez se está forjando aún por completo pero que contiene un discreto encanto: la naturalidad.

Die Rotterdamer Philharmoniker sind zur Zeit auf Tournee durch ganz Europa. In München machen die Holländer Halt für ein Programm mit Werken von Bernstein, Chopin und Dvořák.

Jurowski y la London Philharmonic llevaron a cabo una exégesis justa, prevenida contra toda grandilocuencia y que supo generar la atmósfera adecuada.

NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Lisiecki und Hengelbrock räumen beim Essener Gastspiel mit Szymanowski, Mozart und Strauss alles ab.

Der Auftakt des Richard Strauss-Schwerpunktes des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters versprach ein energiegeladenes Programm.

Der Youngster Jan Lisiecki läuft den alten Hasen der Warschauer Philharmoniker in Essen den Rang ab.