Jan Lisiecki’s interpretations and technique testify to a maturity far in advance of his years. At the age of 28, this Canadian can be seen giving concerts on the world’s great stages across the globe. In recent years, he has built up close relationships with conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Daniel Harding, Manfred Honeck and Claudio Abbado and has performed with renowned orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre de Paris, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the London Symphony Orchestra. Recent re-invitations have brought him together again with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Filarmonica della Scala and others.

At the age of 18, Jan Lisiecki was the youngest ever winner of the Young Artist Award by Gramophone Magazine and received the Leonard Bernstein Award. At the age of 15, the musician signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. His cycle of Beethoven songs recorded with Matthias Goerne was awarded the Diapason d’Or. Lisiecki’s eighth recording for this traditional label – a double album of Frédéric Chopin’s collected Nocturnes – immediately reached the top of the classical music charts in North America and Europe. After his inspiring concerts with the orchestra in 2023, the outstanding pianist will return to the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

Described by the Tagesspiegel newspaper as a »once-in-a-century talent«, Tarmo Peltokoski was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in January 2022, thereby becoming the first conductor in the orchestra’s history to hold this position. In May 2022, he was appointed Music and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and was later appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Since the 2025/26 season, this Finnish conductor has been Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. From the 2026/27 season, Peltokoski will become Music Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, having served as Designated Music Director in 2025/26. In addition, Peltokoski will begin his three-year residency as ›Exclusive Artist‹ at the Konzerthaus Dortmund in the 2025/26 season.

Peltokoski has already conducted numerous orchestras of note worldwide, including the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and The Los Angeles Philharmonic. He conducted his first complete ›Ring Cycle‹ at the age of 22 at the Eurajoki Bel Canto Festival. His upcoming Wagner opera productions include ›Tristan und Isolde‹ (Dutch National Opera), his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with ›Parsifal‹,  and ›Lohengrin‹ with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.

In 2023, he received the OPUS Klassik award for his recording with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen. In October of the same year, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; his debut album was released in May 2024.