Jan Lisiecki

Lisiecki rebuffs the labels of «genius» or «child prodigy», confiding that such classifications put a great burden on a young artist as the world watches «what will he do, what will
he become?» And such pressure is certainly «not good for the child». His approach to music is a refreshing combination of dedication, skill, enthusiasm and a realistic perspective on the
career of a musician.
“Lisiecki plays with gentle judiciousness, aristocratic reserve and a touch that tends shadowy without losing a core of clarity.”
- The New York Times
While it may seem that Mozart and Chopin are something of an obsession for the young pianist, absorbing a relatively large area of the scope of his interests, Lisiecki insists that his interests are
varied and he reaches for various composers at various points in time. It is the comparisons with a young Mozart or Chopin that has formulated an association in the minds of the public that
he incorporates these masters for the modern piano. As for his approach to style, Lisiecki says his aim is always to perform the music in a way that carries forward the beauty and brilliance of
the original composition, rather than highlight any particular quirks or effects that would grant him a recognizable style. In this way he has demonstrated that he is capable of rendering an
original composition remarkably close to the way it was intended
to be played by the composer himself.
Today Jan Lisiecki is in his early 20s and performs over 100 concerts every year, performing in the world's most prestigious concert halls and working closely with the greatest conductors of our time such as Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, Kent Nagano and many more.