| Biography | Jan Milosz Lisiecki was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Polish parents. He has been studying piano since the age of five. Jan had his orchestral debut at the age of 9, and has since performed with orchestras in Canada and internationally, including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. Jan has performed with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, David Zinman, Paavo Järvi, Antonio Pappano, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. On January 1, 2010 Jan opened the Chopin 200th Birthday celebrations from the composers birthplace, Zelazowa Wola. The same month, he performed Chopin Concerto No. 1 in E minor at the MIDEM Classical Awards Gala in Cannes, France. Jan has performed for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and a hundred thousand people on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, as part of the Canada Day 2011 celebrations.
Jan has played at Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Salle Pleyel, Tonhalle Zürich, Konzerthaus Vienna, and Suntory Hall. He has substituted for Martha Argerich, and Nelson Freire, and has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zukerman, James Ehnes, and Emanuel Ax. He has performed in the USA, Korea, China, Japan, Poland, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, England, Scotland, Guatemala, Brazil, and throughout Canada. Jan has appeared at festivals including the Verbier Festival, Festival de la Roque d'Antheron, Merano Festival, Chopin and his Europe Festival and many others in Canada and the USA.
Recognized for his poetic and mature playing, Lisiecki was awarded many prestigious awards. Jan has won numerous major Canadian music titles. In 2009 he was awarded Grand Prize at the OSM Standard Life Competition (the youngest in history).[2] In 2008 he won the Grand Award in both the Canadian Music Competitions (June 2008) and the Canadian Music Festival (August 2008, as the youngest in history). Jan was a prize winner in seven international competitions in the USA, Italy, England, and Japan. |