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Jan Gottlieb Jiracek

(Teaching language : English, Deutsch)

A dazzling performance(...). Mr. Jiracek knows when and how to let drama melt into lyricism, or to transform a solid wall of piano sound into a texture of crystalline clarity. - New York Times -

Born into a German-Czechoslovakian family of musicians, 30-year-old German pianist Jan Gottlieb Jiracek was described by BBC Music Magazine as one of the leading pianists of his generation.

He won the first prize at the Steinway Competition in Hamburg at age ten, and made his formal debut the following year in his hometown of Hanover, performing a piano concerto by Mozart. Mr. Jiracek has since performed extensively throughout Europe, including recitals at the Herkulessaal Munich, Philharmonie Berlin, Steinway Hall London, Salle Cortot Paris, Palau de la musica Barcelona, Tonhalle Zurich, Konzerthaus Vienna, Musikhalle Hamburg and the Gewandhaus Leipzig, as well as orchestral appearances with the Berlin and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia of England.

A top prize winner at both the 1996 Busoni Competition and the 1996 Maria Canals Competition, Jan Gottlieb Jiracek was a finalist at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, where he was a favorite of critics and audiences alike. Following his success at the Cliburn Competition, he was invited to join the roster of Community Concerts, resulting in more than 80 performances throughout the United States. Recent engagements included recitals at the Tilles Center at Long Island University, the University of Vermont Lane Series, and Spivey Hall in Atlanta. He also performed with the Washington Chamber Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Riverside Symphony at the Lincoln Center in New York and with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at the recently opened Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, performing three piano concertos, including Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue.

Jan Gottlieb Jiracek has been featured on several European radio and television stations, including ZDF, SFB Berlin, Deutschlandradio, Radio Hilversum, Radio Stockholm, and Radio France, and on NDR as a soloist with the NDR Symphony Orchestra.

A 1997 graduate of the Hochschule der Kunste Berlin, he studied with Hans Leygraf and has performed in masterclasses with Alfred Brendel and Bruno Leonardo Gelber, among others. Jan Gottlieb Jiracek gives master classes on a regular basis in America and at the "Wiener Musikseminar". He was appointed professor for piano at the prestigious School of music in Vienna, Austria ("Universitaet fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien") in 2001, making him the youngest tenured professor in the history of that school.

Der Pianist Jan Gottlieb Jiracek stammt aus einer deutsch-boehmischen Musikerfamilie und wurde 1973 in Hannover geboren. Er studierte in Berlin und am Salzburger Mozarteum bei Hans Leygraf.
Jan Gottlieb Jiracek ist Gewinner zahlreicher internationaler Klavierwettbewerbe, u. a. Busoni (Bozen) und Maria Canals (Barcelona). Besondere Auszeichnungen und Preise erhielt er fuer seine Interpretationen von Werken von Ludwig van Beethoven und Olivier Messiaen. Seine internationale Karriere begann mit seinem Erfolg beim 'Van Cliburn' Klavierwettbewerb 1997 in Texas.

Im Rahmen seiner internationalen Konzerttaetigkeit gastierte Jan Gottlieb Jiracek in bedeutenden Musikzentren Europas, Amerikas und Asiens: unter anderem Carnegie Hall New York, Lincoln Center New York, Spivey Hall Atlanta, Musashino Hall Tokio, Philharmonie St. Petersburg, Rudolphinum Prag, Philharmonie Berlin, Herkulessaal Munchen, Musikhalle Hamburg, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Konzerthaus und Musikverein Wien. Er war Gast bei so renommierten Festivals wie dem Klavierfestival Rhein-Ruhr, Lucerne Festival, Kissinger Sommer und dem Ravinia Festival Chicago. 2004 unternahm er Tourneen nach Amerika und Suedafrika. Daneben Rundfunk- und Fernsehaufnahmen fuer BBC, ZDF, PBS America, 3sat, Radio Hilversum und ARD.

2001 wurde Jan Gottlieb Jiracek als juengster Professor fuer Klavier an die Universitaet fuer Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien berufen. Zudem gibt er regelmaessig Meisterkurse in Deutschland, Japan und den USA.