Jan Lisiecki

Jan Milosz Lisiecki at age 14, is already making a name for himself on the Canadian and international stage. He had his orchestral debut at the age of 9, and has since performed more than 35 times with orchestras in Canada and internationally, including the L’Orchestre Symphonique du Quebec, Minnsesota Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia, to name a few. Most recently, Jan performed the Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in c-minor under the baton of Pinchas Zukerman at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa to a full house and received a spontaneous standing ovation. He is booked to perform with orchestras and solo in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons.

Jan has played at Carnegie Hall, the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Kaufman Hall, Salle Cortot and has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zukerman, James Ehnes, and Emanuel Ax. He has collaborated with the New Zealand String Quartet, Quatour Ebene, and James Campbell.

Jan has won a litany of major Canadian music titles.

Jan performs frequently for various charity organizations, including the David Foster Foundation, the Polish Humanitarian Organization and the Wish Upon a Star Foundation. In June 2008 he was appointed a National Youth Representative by UNICEF Canada.”

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David Eggert

David Eggert studied privately; until he was 18, with Tanya Prochazka, pursued further studies with Lawrence Lesser at the New England Conservatory of Music, and is currently a student of Matt Haimovitz at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. He won first prizes at the Canadian Music Competition, at the National Music Festival playing chamber music, and at the 2006 Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition. He has appeared as featured soloist in the United States, Austria and Israel and recently, as winner of the Eckhardt-Grammaté prize, completed with pianist Walter Delahunt a successful tour of Canada. His performances with orchestra include Brahms’ Double Concerto with violinist Andrew Wan, Bloch’s Schelomo, and Haydn and Schumann cello concertos. He has taken master classes with eminent cellists such as Anner Bylsma, Bernard Greenhouse, Heinrich Schiff, Raphael Wallfisch, Aldo Parisot, Timothy Eddy, Ron Leonard, Shauna Rolston and Desmond Hoebig. Ida Haendel has invited him to perform at the Keshet Eilon Festival in Israel next summer.

Source: Ottawa Chamber Music Society