Soloist

Lucas & Arthur Jussen

Piano

Biography – about the artist.

Lucas and Arthur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time. In view of their illustrious international career, one could remark that the Jussen brothers (30 and 26) are the Netherland’s pre-eminent ambassadors for classical music. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their great refinement of sound and gripping interpretations, they are praised vigorously by press and audiences alike. ‘It is like driving a pair of BMWs’, exclaimed conductor Michael Schønwandt about the two pianists after directing them in concert.

The Jussen brothers have performed with eminent orchestras internationally, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Budapest Festival Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as the Montréal, Sydney, Singapore and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras. They collaborate with the likes of renowned conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Sir Neville Marriner, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Jaap van Zweden.

In August 2023, Lucas and Arthur Jussen performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Kazuki Yamada at the Tanglewood Festival. This will be followed by festival appearances at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Gstaad and Amsterdam. With the Sinfonieorchester Basel they open the 2023/24 concert season in the city of Basel. Further highlights of the new season include debuts with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Wiener Symphoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra London and Taiwan Philharmonic. Other guest engagements take them back to the Münchner Philharmoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. They perform the concerto "Anka kuşu" (Phoenix), written for them by Fazıl Say, with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and on tour with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Touring projects take them around Europe along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. This season they are "Artists in Residence" with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. In recital they can be heard in Hamburg, Berlin, Bratislava, Prague, Antwerp, Brussels, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Taiwan.


Recording exclusively with Deutsche Grammophon since 2010, their debut recording with works by Beethoven received platinum status and was awarded the Edison Klassiek audience award. A Schubert recording and Jeux, a recording dedicated to French piano music, were subsequently released. Their recording of Mozart’s piano concertos KV 365 and KV 242 together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner reached gold status. The Jussen brothers also recorded Poulenc’s double piano concerto and Saint-Saëns’ ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ with the Concertgebouworkest and Stéphane Denève, as well as concertos and chorales by Bach with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. On "The Russian Album" (March 2021) they interpret works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Arensky. The latest addition to their discography is "Dutch Masters" (April 2022) which is devoted to works by Dutch composers, in collaboration with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Karina Canellakis. The recording was awarded an Edison Klassiek in the category "Chamber Music", as well as the audience award in September 2022.

Lucas and Arthur received their first piano lessons in their native town of Hilversum. As children, they were invited to perform for the Dutch Queen Beatrix. Then distinctions and awards in competitions followed. In 2005, the brothers met the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. During the following years they took lessons from both Pires and renowned Dutch teachers. Lucas completed his studies with Menahem Pressler in the US and with Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid. Arthur graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Jan Wijn.

SEASON 2023/2024


Orchestra.

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields will embark on a European tour with piano duo Lucas & Arthur Jussen in May 2026.

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Neojibá - Youth Orchestra of Bahia

Following the success of previous tours, the Brazilian youth orchestra Neojibá will again embark on a European tour in spring 2025 under the direction of Ricardo Castro, touring Germany, Austria, BeNeLux, France and…

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Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Lucas and Arthur Jussen, together with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, are bringing a new work by Fazıl Say, written for them and beautifully named "Phoenix", to European stages.

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The next dates:

30.09.2023

Manuel de Falla Auditorium Granada

Granada

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05.10.2023

Oslo Konserthus

Oslo 1

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15.10.2023

Großes Festspielhaus

Salzburg

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19.10.2023

Konzerthaus Freiburg

Freiburg

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21.10.2023

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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25.10.2023

Isarphilharmonie

München

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26.10.2023

Isarphilharmonie

München

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28.10.2023

Festspielhaus und Festspiele Baden-Baden gGmbH

Baden-Baden

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02.11.2023

DR Koncerthuset / DR Concert Hall

Copenhagen

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03.11.2023

DR Koncerthuset / DR Concert Hall

Copenhagen

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04.11.2023

Rudolfinum

Praha

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11.11.2023

Bilkent Concert Hall

Bilkent

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24.11.2023

Auditorium Verdi Milano

Milano

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26.11.2023

Auditorium Verdi Milano

Milano

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01.12.2023

Wilminktheater en Muziekcentrum Enschede

Enschede

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02.12.2023

Tivoli Vredenburg

Utrecht

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03.12.2023

Philharmonie Essen

Essen

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04.12.2023

Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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06.12.2023

Festhalle Viersen

Viersen

08.12.2023

Veranstaltungs- und Kongress-GmbH Rosenheim / KuKo

Rosenheim

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09.12.2023

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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11.12.2023

Kölner Philharmonie

Köln

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12.12.2023

Konzerthaus Berlin

Berlin

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13.12.2023

Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg

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15.12.2023

Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden

Leiden

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16.12.2023

Musis Arnhem

Arnhem

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17.12.2023

Concertzaal Tilburg

Tilburg

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06.01.2024

Schloss Ulrichshusen

Ulrichshusen A. D. Müritz / Waren

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07.01.2024

Schloss Ulrichshusen

Ulrichshusen A. D. Müritz / Waren

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12.01.2024

Konzerthaus Wien

Wien

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14.01.2024

Konzerthaus Wien

Wien

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18.01.2024

Teatro Fraschini

Pavia

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21.01.2024

Orchestra Hall Symphony Center

Chicago

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25.01.2024

The Baker-Baum Concert Hall

San Diego

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04.02.2024

Parkstad Limburg Theaters Heerlen

Heerlen

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05.02.2024

Elbphilharmonie

Hamburg

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08.02.2024

Arts Centre deSingel

Antwerpen

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09.02.2024

Flagey

Brussels

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10.02.2024

SPOT Groningen (Until March 20th 2019: De Oosterpoort & the Stadsschouwburg Groningen, OPSB)

Groningen

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14.02.2024

Philharmonie Berlin

Berlin

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15.02.2024

Beethoven-Haus Bonn

Bonn

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19.02.2024

The Arts Centre NYU Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

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23.02.2024

OAM Palau de la Música, Congresos y Orquesta de València

Valencia

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24.02.2024

Aula Kantonsschule Wetzikon

Wetzikon

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25.02.2024

Heinrich-Lades-Halle, Kongresszentrum

Erlangen

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26.02.2024

Isarphilharmonie

München

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28.02.2024

Teatro Petruzzelli

Bari

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Your contact persons:

General Management:

Enrico Fischer

+49 30 5213 702-26

enrico.fischer@kdschmid.de

UK, Ireland, Nordic, Australia and New Zealand:

Spiros Chatziangelou

+44 20 7395 09-17

spiros.chatziangelou@kdschmid.co.uk

Annika Kochmann

Artist Coordinator

+49 511 36607-86

annika.kochmann@kdschmid.de

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Discography.

Dutch Masters

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Karina Canellakis

04.2022, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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The Russian Album

03.2021, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Bach

09.2019, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Camille Saint-Saëns

Der Karneval der Tiere

03.2018, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Jeux

01.2018, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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News.

Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their debut at the Taiwan Philharmonic season opening

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Lucas & Arthur Jussen on festival tour

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Lucas and Arthur Jussen as guests at the Ruhr Piano Festival

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Lucas & Arthur Jussen at the Elbphilharmonie

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Debut with the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt

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Summer Festivals 2022

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Press.

„The Jussens played as one, blazing along the keyboard with precision and breathtaking dynamism. Their energy and commitment carried over to the orchestra and drove the concerto to a cathartic conclusion, with the audience in the Shed rising to its feet with a roar, continually recalling them and Nelsons to the stage.“

Bachtrack, Kevin Wells, 20.07.2022

„It’s not quite that only their mother can tell them apart, but on hearing them play these two duet concertos (CD Mozart double concertos), even she might struggle.“

Gramophone, David Threasher,, 05.01.2016