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 is embarking on a 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 on tv-show '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
For more information about this release, to order the CD, and to watch the Making-Of videos please visit:
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.
