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The American-born pianist of of German and Dutch origin, Andrew von Oeyen, began his piano studies at age 5 and made his solo orchestral debut at age 10. An alumnus of Columbia University and graduate of The Juilliard School, where his principal teachers were Herbert Stessin and Jerome Lowenthal; he also worked with Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher. He won the prestigious Gilmore Young Artist Award in 1999 and also took First Prize in the Léni Fé Bland Foundation National Piano Competition in 2001.
Hailed worldwide for his elegant and insightful interpretations, balanced artistry and brilliant technique, Andrew von Oeyen has established himself as one of the most captivating pianists of his generation. Since his debut at age 16 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen, he has extended his interpretive voice to a broad spectrum of repertoire as both a soloist and recitalist. He has collaborated with such ensembles as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, New Japan Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, Grant Park Orchestra, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Marseille, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Spoleto USA Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic and Slovak Philharmonic. As both soloist and conductor he has led concerti and orchestral works by Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L.v. Beethoven, Ravel and Kurt Weill. On July 4, 2009, he performed at the USA Capitol with the National Symphony Orchestra in “A Capitol Fourth,” reaching millions worldwide in the multi-award winning PBS live telecast.
Andrew von Oeyen has appeared in recital at Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Boston’s Symphony Hall, Zürich’s Tonhalle, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, St. Petersburg’s Philharmonia, Dublin’s National Concert Hall, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Herbst Theater in San Francisco, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Olimpico in Rome, in Mexico City, Hanoi, Macau, and in every major concert hall of Japan and South Korea. Festival appearances include Aspen, Ravinia, Grant Park, Mainly Mozart, Saratoga, Schubertiade, Spoleto, Brevard, Grand Teton, Chautauqua and the Mariinsky’s “Stars of the White Nights.”
Andrew von Oeyen's 2019 engagements included appearances with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, PKF-Prague Philharmonia, Bilbao Symphony, Biel Solothurn Symphony, North Czech Philharmonic, HKBU Orchestra (Hong Kong), Arizona MusicFest Orchestra, and recitals throughout the USA and Europe. The same season also saw debuts in Vienna’s Konzerthaus, in Kuwait City, and a return engagement at the Royal Opera House, Muscat, for the Sultan of Oman’s New Year’s Eve Gala. His 2020-2021 engagements include, among others, appearances with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, PKF-Prague Philharmonia, Magdeburg Philharmonic, Kansai Philharmonic, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón), Krakow Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic, Murten Classics Festival Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, in addition to recitals across the USA and Europe.
Andrew von Oeyen has recorded for Warner Classics since 2017. His albums under that label, including works for piano and orchestra by Camille Saint-Saëns, Ravel and Gershwin and a disc including Debussy’s Fantaisie pour Piano et Orchestre, have been met with critical acclaim. He has also recorded award-winning recital albums of Franz Liszt, Debussy, and Igor Stravinsky under the Delos label. He released his third album "Bach & Beethoven" for Warner Classics in June 2021. He lives in Paris and Los Angeles. |
