Jan Jiracek von Arnim
Born into a family of musicians, pianist Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim was described by BBC Music Magazine as one of the leading pianists of his generation.
A top prize winner at the Busoni Competition (Italy) and Maria Canals Competition (Spain), Jan Jiracek von Arnim was one of the winners of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA). Jan Jiracek von Arnim has since performed throughout Europe, including recitals at the Herkulessaal Munich, the Philharmonie Berlin, Salle Cortot Paris, Palau de la musica Barcelona, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Konzerthaus Vienna, the Musikverein Vienna, the Musikhalle Hamburg and the Gewandhaus Leipzig, as well as with orchestras such as the Berlin and St. Petersburg Philharmonics Orchestras, the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia of England.
In 2001, he was appointed Professor of Piano Performance at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, making him the youngest tenured professor in the history of this university.
His students are first prize winners of major international piano competitions.
Jan Jiracek von Arnim is currently a guest professor at the Elisabeth University of Music in Hiroshima (Japan) and at the China Conservatory in Beijing. He was a visiting professor at the Yale School of Music in 2022 – 2023.
He regularly gives masterclasses in North America, Asia and Europe.
From 2017 – 2023, as successor to the legendary pianist Wilhelm Kempff, he taught the annual “Beethovenkurs” at the “Casa Orfeo” in Positano, Italy, where selected international piano talents are taught in the German and Austrian tradition of Beethoven interpretation.
Recent projects include performances and teaching activities at the 2024 Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg, the 2024 Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, the 2024 Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival in China, the 2024 International Piano Festival in Hangzhou, China, as well as several masterclasses in Japan.
Mr. Jiracek von Arnim is frequently invited as a juror to international piano competitions, e.g. the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, the Busoni International Piano Competition in Italy, the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition for young musicians, the Montréal International Piano Competition and the China International Music Competition in Beijing.
Since 2011, he is the Artistic Director and Chairman of the International Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna, one of the most prestigious piano competitions in the world.
His biography on Franz Liszt (Residenz Verlag, Austria) was described by the renowned newspaper DIE PRESSE, Austria, as “the very best Liszt biography”.
Jan Jiracek von Arnim is a scholarship holder of renowned foundations such as the “Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes”. In 2020, he was named a “Paul Harris Fellow” of Rotary Foundation. He is also an honorary citizen of Fredericksburg, Texas (USA).
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