The ›New York Times‹ describes him as »the hottest artist on the classical music planet«. There is no doubt that this Chinese-born pianist is one of the most outstanding classical musicians worldwide.

As pianist, pedagogue and philanthropist, he is also an engaged ambassador for the arts in the 21st century who, on the one hand performs concerts for audiences of millions – such as at the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony or sell-out concerts in international concert halls – and on the other, performing for a few hundred children in public schools. In addition to his long-standing partnerships with the world’s finest orchestras and conductors, Lang Lang always seeks out exchanges with artists of other genres – exemplified by performances with Metallica at the Grammy Awards or with jazz titan Herbie Hancock. Lang Lang’s boundless drive to win new audiences for classical music has earned him enormous recognition, also in the form of many awards.

For many years, Lang Lang has also made a capacious contribution to children’s musical education. For example, with the ›Lang Lang International Music Foundation‹, founded in 2008 and whose goal it is to train the top pianists of the future and inspire young people to discover classical music. In 2013, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon appointed Lang Lang as UN Peace Envoy, to promote education worldwide. Lang Lang himself began learning the piano aged 3. As a teenager, he studied in the USA. He became an overnight star when, aged only 17, he stepped in at the last minute at the  ›Gala of the Century‹ and performed Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Lang Lang gave his debut performance with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in 2016. This year’s concert with the star pianist is part of a small joint tour the artist and the orchestra are undertaking.

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The Estonian conductor and Grammy Award winner Paavo Järvi has served as Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. One of the many highlights of this long standing collaboration was the widely acclaimed Beethoven cycle, whose performances were celebrated by critics around the world and honoured with numerous awards, including the Echo Klassik for “Conductor of the Year.” The Beethoven project was followed by an intensive exploration of the symphonic works of Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms; both cycles likewise received multiple distinctions. Since autumn 2021, the orchestra has turned its focus to Joseph Haydn’s twelve London Symphonies, followed in 2024 by an in depth engagement with the symphonies of Franz Schubert.

Since the 2019/20 season, Paavo Järvi has also served as Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. Starting with the 2028/29 season, Järvi will assume the position of Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Pärnu Music Festival, which he established in 2011. As a guest conductor, he regularly appears with leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, Paavo Järvi was named Artist of the Year by both Gramophone magazine (UK) and Diapason (France). This was followed in 2019 by the Opus Klassik award for Conductor of the Year. Further honours include a Grammy Award for his recording of Sibelius’ Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the title Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. In recognition of his commitment to promoting the music of Jean Sibelius, he received the Sibelius Medal in 2015, and in 2012 he was awarded the Hindemith Prize for Art and Humanity. For his dedication to Estonian culture, Paavo Järvi was awarded the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia in 2013, and in 2024 he received the Bremen Senate Medal for Art and Science.