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"... a powerhouse performer whose playing combines strength with beauty."
(The Guardian). more
recital debuts in sydney & buenos aires
In early 2013 Dejan will give two major solo recital debuts: at Sydney Opera House, where he in 2009 performed Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with the Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti, and at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, where he in 2011 performed Weber's Konzertstück with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer.
piano concertos in berlin & hamburg
This spring Dejan will perform with Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin under Iván Fischer (Brahms 1) and with NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg under Krzysztof Urbanski (Chopin 2).
Brahms / arr. Lazic in the USA
Following highly successful recent performances in the USA, this spring Dejan will give the Midwestern Premiere of his own arrangement of Brahms Violin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbanski, and will appear in three concerts in California's Orange County with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra & Carl St. Clair performing Bach's Piano Concerto in D major.
Liszt with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer
Dejan performed Liszt's Totentanz (Dance of Death) at the MITO Festival in Milan, Italy with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer. Video
solo recitals at sydney opera house & at teatro colón, buenos aires
In early 2013 Dejan will give two major solo recital debuts: at Sydney Opera House, where he in 2009 performed Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto with the Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti, and at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, where he in 2011 performed Weber's Konzertstück with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer.
This time on the programme are works by Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Liszt, Bartók and Britten. Dejan's Down Under recital will be complemented by two performances of Rachmaninov's beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, while his recital tour in South America also includes concerts in Sao Paulo (Brazil) where he'll later this year also give the South American premiere of his own arrangement of Brahms Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra, and in Rosario (Argentina).
season 2012/13 on five continents!
In the upcoming 2012/13 season Dejan can be heard on five continents, performing both with orchestras and in recital:
In Europe he'll perform on several occasions and in various programmes with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg as their Artist-in-Residence (a.o. Lutoslawski Piano Concerto), among many other concerts on the Continent he'll also give debut performances with Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin & Iván Fischer (Brahms 1), NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg & Krzysztof Urbanski (Chopin 2), and Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra & Osmo Vänskä (Beethoven 3). He will appear in a solo recital at the Tonhalle Zürich, in a chamber music concert at the Schubertiade Festival in Austria, and on tour with Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Candida Thompson (Haydn & Shostakovich Piano Concertos) as well as with the Basel Chamber Orchestra & Giovanni Antonini (Beethoven Triple Concerto with Giuliano Carmignola, violin & Sol Gabetta, cello).
In North America, following highly successful recent performances at the Lincoln Center in New York with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer and with both Atlanta and Seattle Symphony Orchestras & Robert Spano, Dejan will give the Midwestern Premiere of his own arrangement of Brahms Violin Concerto for Piano and Orchestra with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbanski and will appear in three concerts in California's Orange County with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra & Carl St. Clair (Bach Piano Concerto in D major).
In South America he will give two solo recitals in Argentina's renowned Teatro Colón and will also perform with Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de Săo Paulo (OSESP) in Brazil in summer 2013 to give the South American Premiere of his Brahms Violin Concerto arrangement.
In October 2012 he will return to Asia where he'll perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 with National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and in early 2013 he'll be back in Australia for a solo recital at the world-famous Sydney Opera House and for additional performances of Rach 2 with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
brahms / arr. lazic recently...
On 1st October 2009 the Brahms / arr. Lazic Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major (after Violin Concerto, op. 77) had its World Premiere in the United States with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Robert Spano.
The UK Premiere succeeded at the BBC Proms in London last summer (with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Vassily Sinaisky) and the Dutch one at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in September 2011 (with Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Gordan Nikolic). In February 2012 Dejan performed this piece with the Residentie Orkest & Andrew Grams in The Hague and in Utrecht and on 2nd March he gave its Japanese Premiere in Sapporo with the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra & Tatsuya Shimono.
The German Premiere of the piece followed very recently at the 'Ostertöne Festival' in Hamburg on 9th April 2012 with Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra & Simone Young.
After the release of his brand new CD 'Liaisons' - Vol. 3: C. Ph. E. Bach / Britten and a two-week tour in the United States, this spring Dejan went on tour with Basel Chamber Orchestra including their performance at the Vienna Konzerthaus, making his debut appearance with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and appearing in recital at several festivals including the famous 'Schubertiade' in Hohenems, Austria and the Janacek Festival in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Dejan as special guest on German TV-show
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)
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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