On 27 January 2024 Dejan’s “S.C.H.E.rzo” for orchestra, Op. 25 (2019 / 2022) will be performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by their music director Daniel Raiskin, at the Winnipeg New Music Festival (WNMF) as the Canadian Premiere of this work! The world premiere of this work took place on 17 January 2020 in […]
After a few years of absence, in 2024 Dejan will return to Japan on two occasions: in spring for concerts with City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend, and in autumn for concerts with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra & Krzysztof Urbański. Dejan’s first concert tour to Japan dates back to 1999. He then […]
Here you can check out Dejan’s new composer page on Boosey & Hawkes • Sikorski website, with all the information around his composing projects, work list, sheet music, recordings, and much more… Dejan Lazić: Boosey & Hawkes • Sikorski
On 8 September 2023 the new Mozart CD will be out on Challenge Records International — Dejan is joined by Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend on this first instalment of their CD-trilogy, Vol. 1 featuring Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 14 (A major, K. 488 & E-flat major, K. 449), as well […]
The new concert season 2023/24 brings Dejan back to Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer. Together they’ll perform Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major in Budapest (24 & 26 September) and in Rome (15 October) as the part of orchestra’s “Bridging Europe” Festival. More information: BUDAPEST / 24 September BUDAPEST / 26 […]
Dejan’s redesigned and newly revamped YouTube Channel features various new & old videos of Dejan — and that not only with him as a pianist but also as a composer, and in his earlier days as a clarinetist! Watch here: Dejan Lazić on YouTube / @dejan_lazic_music
Dejan’s new CD “Istrian Rhapsody” featuring his own compositions has just been released on BR-Klassik label. The disc opens with Dejan’s “Concerto in Istrian Style” for piano and orchestra, op. 18, with him as the soloist, and closes with his “Alterations on the Istrian Folk Anthem” for orchestra, op. 29. Dejan is joined by the […]
On 24 April 2023 Dejan returned for the 5th time to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to give a solo recital featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert / Lazić, Brahms, and Lazić. The evening was a tremendous success for the press and the audiences alike! Dejan Lazić recital at the Teatro Colón
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 […]