new season, new CD...
After highly successfull concerts in Europe and in South America with Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer, last summer Dejan gave his debut at the prestigious BBC Proms in London to great critical acclaim and performed once again at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw!
Before embarking on US-tour in early 2012, Dejan celebrated Franz Liszt's 200th birthday anniversary last year with a culmination on Liszt's birthday, 22 October with a performance of his famous 'Totentanz' ('Dance of the Dead'). In addition he also appeared on tour with Basel Chamber Orchestra with a Mozart / Britten programme.
The 2011/12 season started for Dejan with the release of his new CD 'Liaisons' - Vol. 3: C. Ph. E. Bach / Britten and two European Premieres of Brahms / arr. Lazic - Piano Concerto No. 3 (after Violin Concerto, op. 77): at the BBC Proms in London on
11 August (UK Premiere), and at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
on 24, 25 & 26 September (Dutch Premiere).
The German Premiere of this work will take place in Hamburg in April 2012 at the prestigious festival Hamburger Ostertöne, the Japanese Premiere in Sapporo is scheduled for March 2012, and additional performances in The Hague and in Utrecht will take place in February 2012. Further international premieres are already being planned...
Dejan on 'Klick-Klack'
In December 2011 Dejan was the guest on 'Klick-Klack', beloved German TV show.
Here he talks to cellist and moderator of the show Sol Gabetta about his recent arrangement of Brahms Violin Concerto and in a musical exchange with violinist Benjamin Schmid the two compare the original version with present arrangement, all accompanied by several live-clips filmed recently at the Amsterdam Premiere in Concertgebouw! (Deutsch)
Dejan as special guest on national German TV
On 22 August 2011 Dejan was a special guest on German TV show 'ZDF-Mittagsmagazin' at the station's Broadcasting Center in Mainz, Germany.
Here you can watch an interview followed by a coverage of his life in Amsterdam, his early years in Zagreb and Salzburg, his passion for music and football, plus his debut appearance at the world famous 'BBC Proms' in London. (Deutsch)
Brahms / arr. lazic piano concerto no. 3 - world premiere recording
Some nice news for the composer Dejan Lazic:
in 2009 he has completed his six-year-long project, an arrangement of the beloved Brahms Violin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra - after Bach and Beethoven, who arranged their own Violin Concertos as Piano Concertos, here we have now the third 'great B' in such an arrangement: Lazic / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / Spano.
The World Premiere took place on October 1, 2009 in Atlanta, USA.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and their music director Robert Spano joined Dejan and repeated the concert on October 2 & 3, Channel Classics team was there to record this World Premiere live. The CD has been released in January 2010 and is already among Channel Classics' bestsellers!
Here you can also read some rave reviews and insightful interviews from around the world...
English: Gramophone Magazine - review
Gramophone Magazine - interview
Deutsch: Deutschlandradio
Français: Péché Magazine
Espańol: El Correo
Nederlands: Klassieke Zaken
中文: Hi-Fi
WATCH THE TRAILER:
READ THE ARTICLE:
Birmingham Post: Dejan Lazic goes inside the mind of Johannes Brahms
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Dejan received the 'ECHO Klassik' Award 2009
Dejan Lazic received the prestigious German 'ECHO Klassik' Award 2009 in the category 'Best Piano Concerto Recording (20th and 21st Century)' for his live recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 with London Philharmonic Orchestra under Kirill Petrenko.
