Mozart’s Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s Romantic
Mozart’s Piano Concerto and Bruckner’s Romantic
From Mozart's D minor to Bruckner's romantic folk celebration, emotions are running high tonight in Fartein Valen!
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major "Romantic"
Andris Poga, conductor
Jan Lisiecki, piano
Andris Poga is the Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He was the Music Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2013 till 2021 and continues to collaborate with the LNSO as its Artistic Advisor.
Highlights of recent years have included concerts with the leading orchestras of Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Scandinavia. After the first successful collaborations he has become a regular guest at the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Hamburg, WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and many others. He has also conducted the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Gewandhausorchester, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Dallas Symphony.
The season of 2024/25 includes the subscription concert series with both the SSO and LNSO, returns to the Orchestre National de France, WDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hamburg Symphoniker among others. Andris will make his debuts with the Iceland Symphony, Turku Philharmonic, Düsseldorf Symphony and other orchestras in Europe and Japan. The notable soloists will include instrumentalists Frank Peter Zimmermann, David Fray, Jan Lisiecki, Jean-Guihen Queyras and singers Julia Bullock, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Alfred Walker.
In 2010, Andris Poga was the First Prize winner of the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition, which thrust him into the international scene. He became an assistant to Paavo Järvi at the Orchestre de Paris and he also served as the assistant conductor for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Andris has graduated the conducting department of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. He studied philosophy at the University of Latvia and conducting at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts.
Jan Lisiecki’s interpretations and technique showcase a maturity beyond his years. The Canadian pianist, known for his collaborations with renowned conductors like Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Daniel Harding, performs over a hundred concerts worldwide annually.
He has appeared with prestigious orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and New York Philharmonic, and has captivated audiences with his performances at renowned venues like Carnegie Hall and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
Lisiecki’s talent caught the attention of Deutsche Grammophon at the age of fifteen when he signed an exclusive contract with them. He has since released successful recordings, including a celebrated Beethoven Lieder cycle with Matthias Goerne and a double album of Frédéric Chopin’s Complete Nocturnes.
Recognized with accolades such as the JUNO and ECHO Klassik awards, Lisiecki made history as the youngest-ever recipient of Gramophone’s Young Artist Award and was appointed as UNICEF Ambassador to Canada in 2012.