the festival season has begun!
After successful performances in North and South America
this spring, Dejan returned to Europe and will appear at several international festivals this summer.
Between July and September he'll also give concerts in London, Amsterdam, Brussels and Warsaw.
To learn more, please visit 'concert dates' page...
world premiere: BRAHMS piano CONCERTO no. 3
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!
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 was there to record this World Premiere live...
The CD has been released in January 2010 and is already among Channel Classics's bestsellers - check it out: Channel Classics
Brahms / arr. lazic CD released
Dejan's latest recording of the World Premiere of Brahms' Violin Concerto, arranged for piano and orchestra by Dejan himself, has been released on Channel Classics. Atlanta Symphony under their music director Robert Spano joined Dejan for this unique release.
Here are already some rave reviews and insightful interviews!
Gramophone Magazine - review (English)
Gramophone Magazine - interview
Deutschlandradio (Deutsch)
Péché Magazine (Français)
El Correo (Español)
Klassieke Zaken (Nederlands)
Hi-Fi (中文)
Watch the Trailer:
For more information about this release and to watch the Making-of videos please visit:
Channel Classics - Brahms/Lazic
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.
