Monday 9 March 2026, 7:30pm
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge CB3 9DP

JAN LISIECKI, piano

Martinů
Trois Danses tchèques [Three Czech Dances]. H. 154
de Falla
Danza Española No. 2 and No. 1, from La Vida Breve, G. 35
Szymanowski
Cztery tańce polskie [Four Polish Dances], M. 60
Schubert
Deutsche Tänze [German Dances], D. 783
Bartók
Rumänische Folkstänze [Romanian Folk Dances], Sz. 56
Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
Interval
Chopin
Grand valse brillante, Op. 18
Brahms
Waltz No. 3 in G-sharp minor, from Sechzehn Walzer [Sixteen Waltzes], Op. 39
Chopin
Valse No. 1 in A-flat and Valse No. 2 in A minor, from Grandes valses brillantes, Op. 34
Brahms
Brahms, Waltz No. 15 in A-flat, from Sechzehn Walzer [Sixteen Waltzes], Op. 39
Piazzolla
Libertango [Liberty Tango] (1974)
Chopin
Polonaise in A-flat, Op. 53 'Heroic'

Jan Lisiecki’s dazzling, sold-out, debut concert for Camerata Musica in early 2023 was one of the most talked-about concerts of the season. He repeated this all-Chopin programme on a European tour that was consistently greeted by five-star reviews, ecstatic audiences, and sold-out performances in all of Europe’s major capitals, as well as Milan’s La Scala and Hamburg's vast new concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie.

Described by the BBC Music Magazine  as ‘perhaps the most “complete” pianist of his age’, Lisiecki has become one of the most sought-after pianists performing today. The Polish-Canadian performs over a hundred yearly concerts worldwide, and has worked closely with conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, and the late Claudio Abbado.

Recent return invitations include Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for performances at Carnegie Hall and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. Lisiecki recently performed a Beethoven Lieder cycle with baritone, Matthias Goerne, at the Salzburg Festival, and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestre de Paris, Bavarian Radio Symphony and London Symphony Orchestra.

At the age of fifteen, Lisiecki signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The label launched its celebrations of the Beethoven Year 2020 with the release of a live recording of all five Beethoven concertos from the Konzerthaus Berlin, with Lisiecki leading the Academy of St Martin in the Fields from the piano. His Beethoven Lieder cycle with Matthias Goerne, released shortly after, was awarded the Diapason d’Or. Lisiecki’s eighth recording for Deutsche Grammophon, a double album of Frédéric Chopin’s Complete Nocturnes, appeared in August 2021 and immediately topped the classical charts in North America and Europe. His recordings have been awarded with the JUNO and ECHO Klassik.

At eighteen, Lisiecki became both the youngest ever recipient of Gramophone’s Young Artist Award and received the Leonard Bernstein Award. He was named UNICEF Ambassador to Canada in 2012.