“... a powerhouse performer whose playing combines strength with beauty." (The Guardian)

Dejan Lazić’s fresh interpretations of the piano repertoire have established him as one of the most sought-after and unusual soloists of his generation. He has appeared with such orchestras as the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony, Bamberger Symphoniker, Swedish Radio, Danish National, Helsinki Philharmonic and Australian Chamber Orchestra.  Lazić enjoys a significant following in the Far East appearing with orchestras such as NHK Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon, Sapporo Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic.  He works with conductors such as Iván Fischer, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Giovanni Antonini, Kirill Petrenko, Robert Spano, John Storgårds, Krzysztof Urbanski and Osmo Vänskä.

In the 2012/2013 season, Dejan Lazić will be Artist in Residence this season with Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, a position which will showcase him as an interpreter of the Germanic tradition (Beethoven and Haydn concerti), more unusual repertoire (Shostakovich and Lutoslawski), and as a recital artist. In Germany he appears with such orchestras as NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg and Konzerthausorchester Berlin, under their Principal Conductor Iván Fischer, with whom Lazic appears regularly also with Budapest Festival Orchestra. Orchestral appearances elsewhere include a return to Basel Chamber Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, a tour with Amsterdam Sinfonietta, National Symphony Orchestra Taipei, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Indianapolis Symphony, the latter for the Midwest premiere of Lazic’s own arrangement of the Brahms Violin Concerto as a piano concerto. 

Alongside his solo career, Dejan Lazic is also a passionate chamber musician. Recently Artist in Residence with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, he has given recitals at Amsterdam Concertgebouw, London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Munich Prinzregententheater, Washington Kennedy Center, plus in Montreal, Tokyo, Beijing and Istanbul. The season includes recital tour dates across Germany, at Zurich’s Tonhalle, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires and at Sydney Opera House.

With Channel Classics he has released a dozen critically acclaimed recordings, including works by Scarlatti/Bartók and Schumann/Brahms, all as part of his Liaisons series; the latest of which couples together CPE Bach/Britten. His live recording of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 with London Philharmonic Orchestra/Kirill Petrenko received the prestigious German Echo Klassik Award 2009. His latest concerto release is a disc featuring Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto, recorded live with the Australian Chamber Orchestra led by Richard Tognetti.

Dejan Lazić is also active as a composer. His works include various piano compositions, chamber music and orchestral works, as well as cadenzas for Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven Piano Concertos. His arrangement of Brahms’s Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra was premiered with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Robert Spano in 2009 and has since been performed by Lazic at the BBC Proms, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, at Hamburger Ostertöne festival and in Japan. A live recording of the concerto was released in January 2010 to great critical acclaim. He is currently working on his own Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1.

Born into a musical family in Zagreb, Croatia, Lazić grew up in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied at the Mozarteum. He now lives in Amsterdam.