Dejan Lazic Piano Recital September 28, 2008

Time: 2008/9/28
Venue: Forbidden City Music Hall
Price: 30/60/90/120/180/280/380
Tel: 86-10-64177845
Web: www.piao.com.cn

Programme
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes, op.32
Ballade in A-flat, op.47
Grande Polonaise brillante in E-flat, op.22
Scherzo in B flat minor, op.31
Scarlatti: 6 Sonatas
Bartok: 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Microcosmos

Dejan Lazic is quickly establishing a reputation worldwide as “a brilliant pianist and a gifted musician”.

– Gramophone

Dejan Lazic was born in Croatia, and grew up in Salzburg where he studied at the Mozarteum. As soloist he has appeared at major venues across Europe, America and increasingly the Far East. Highlights next season include recitals at New York Lincoln Center, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Schleswig Holstein Festival.

Alongsidehis solo career, Dejan Lazic is also a passionate chamber musician andshares a long-standing duo partnership with cellist Pieter Wispelwey.

Dejanrecords for Channel Classics where his latest recording of Schubert’ssonata D960 and his earlier Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 have earnedrave reviews. With cellist Pieter Wispelwey he has recently released arecording of the complete works for Cello and Piano by Beethoven, whichwas selected by the New York Times as one of 2005 most notablereleases. The New York Times hailed his performance as “full of poetic,shapely phrasing and vivid dynamic effects that made this music soundfresh, spontaneous and impassioned”.

Official Website: http://www.piao.com.cn