This summer Dejan will return to Gstaad Menuhin Festival for two performances: a chamber music evening together with Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Zen Hu (violin), and Sol Gabetta (violoncello) performing works by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, and Dejan’s very own new composition “Kaleidoscope — Reflections on the motif G. S. (T.) A. A. D.” for Violin, Violoncello […]
In early 2022 Dejan successfully debuted in Bergen, Norway with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend, performing Mozart’s Piano Concertos in E-flat major (No. 14 / K. 449), A major (No. 23 / K. 488), and Dejan’s recent Mozart arrangement “Rondo Concertante” (after 3rd movement from Piano Sonata in B-flat major, K. 333). […]
In spring and summer 2022, Dejan will premiere three of his new compositions in Italy and in Switzerland! In Perugia’s beautiful Teatro Morlacchi he’ll premiere “Rhapsody in Istrian Style” (Op. 18b) for piano solo as a part of his recital there. This work he’ll perform again later this summer at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in […]
In partnership with Music Gurus and Masterclass Media Foundation, Dejan has just released his online piano course “Master Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven”. Here you can watch, learn and play this masterwork in over 2 hours / 20 lessons, advanced video features, mobile / tablet / desktop access, live performance from Amsterdam, and much more are […]
In the season 2021/22 Dejan will be Artist-in-Residence with the Munich Radio Orchestra / Münchner Rundfunkorchester. After a highly successful opening concert of the residency, in which Dejan conducted and played with the orchestra Piano Concertos by Mozart and Haydn, as well as his own Mozart arrangement “Rondo concertante”, he will return to the orchestra […]
Dejan’s recent CD featuring Mozart’s Piano Quartets and his own Mozart arrangement “Rondo concertante” (also recently published by Sikorski) has been awarded with the prestigious German prize OPUS KLASSIK 2021 in the chamber music category. Also featuring on the CD are Dejan’s longtime friends and colleagues Benjamin Schmid, Zen Hu (violins), Johannes Erkes (viola), and […]
This summer and autumn Dejan embarks on a series of concerts together with Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer. Their two different programmes will feature a.o. Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major & Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major. More information is available here: Concerts with BFO / Fischer
Mozart’s two piano quartets are both masterpieces and among the greatest chamber works in the repertoire. The Rondo concertante is arranged from the last movement of the piano sonata K333, which unusually has a cadenza passage, which lead pianist Dejan Lazić to make a version for piano and orchestra. On this recording a version for […]
On 13 October 2020 Dejan debuted with the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend in a benefit gala concert for the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam. The programme featured a.o. “Allegro” from Mozart’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”), with Dejan’s own Cadenza which has been recently published by Sikorski Music […]
In September 2020 Dejan will start the new season with concerts at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. He will join NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester & Krzysztof Urbański to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major. They will repeat this program as the final concert of the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. More information: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
In April 2020 Dejan will debut with the Spanish National Orchestra (Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España) in Madrid, conducted by Krzysztof Urbański. Together they will perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102. For more information, please visit the concerts page or click on the link below.
This spring Dejan will be back in the USA — and that on both coasts: first in Florida with The Florida Orchestra & Michael Francis, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, followed by “Mainly Mozart” Festival in California’s San Diego, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (No. 24) with […]
In February 2020 Dejan will be back on stage in The Netherlands, this time touring with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra & Gordan Nikolić — performances include Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, on the program will be Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102. More information: Nederlands Kamerorkest
Dejan’s latest orchestral composition entitled “S.C.H.E.rzo” for Orchestra, Op. 25, has been commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and will be premiered on 17 January 2020 in Indianapolis, USA, conducted by the orchestra’s music director Krzysztof Urbański. This composition of Dejan’s will also be published by Sikorski Music Publishers. Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: “The ISO honors […]
This summer Dejan will perform at various summer festivals, at some he will also give masterclasses. Immediately afterwards he will embark on a concert tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra & Richard Tognetti. On this eight-concert tour Dejan will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449, and in addition […]
After recent successful concerts overseas — in the USA (Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbański), and in Australia (Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Jukka-Pekka Saraste) — this spring Dejan is back on stage in Europe and embarks on a series of concerts in Croatia, […]
This September Dejan’s new season will begin at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with concerts on 15 and 16 September, featuring Sergei Rachmaninov’s ever popular 2nd Piano Concerto. Dejan’s partners are the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Marc Albrecht. Rachmaninov 2 at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Beethoven’s transcription for piano of his violin concerto was made at the request of London based Muzio Clementi. Beethoven admired Clementi as a pianist and found his business as a publisher of use. Johann Baptiste Cramer was a composer and pianist also admired and respected by Beethoven and he settled in London . Both these […]
In October Dejan embarked on a tour of China with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer. On the programme was Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor and the concerts took place in Guangzhou, Xian, Beijing, and Shanghai.
On 21 August 2016 Dejan gave his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons, performing Piano Concerto No. 5 (“The Egyptian”) by Camille Saint-Saëns. The Boston Globe wrote about the concert: “The Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic dispatched this crowd-pleaser nimbly and with an almost elfin lightness of touch.” And the MassLive.com reported: […]