Lucas and Arthur Jussen

It's like driving a pair of BMWs', conductor Michael Schønwandt remarked after
after conducting the Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen.
Despite their young age, the two promising pianists have already built up a great deal of experience in the
much experience in the international concert circuit and are praised by both the press and the public.
praised by both press and public.

Lucas and Arthur have performed with virtually all Dutch
orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Philharmonic Orchestra. They have also been guests of The Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia
Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the Symphony Orchestras of Montreal, Sydney, Singapore and
Shanghai. They have worked with conductors such as Stéphane Denève, Valery Gergiev, Sir Neville Marriner, Andris
Nelsons, Yannick Nezét-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Jaap van Zweden.

On 1 July 2020, the brothers will once again open the main hall of the Concertgebouw after the 'Coronastop' with a
concert and live stream in collaboration with the Tanglewood 2020 Online Festival. The originally planned
Bach tour in April with Amsterdam Sinfonietta has been moved to September. Further highlights of the
2020/2021 season are a Beethoven cycle with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and concerts with the
Dresdner Philharmoniker, WDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Elphilharmonie Orchester, Rotterdam Philharmonic
Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London
Philharmonic Orchestra and a tour with the Orchestre National de Lyon.
Recitals have been given in the Philharmonie Berlin, Laieszhalle Hamburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Prinzregententheater
Munich, Konzerthaus Wien, Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg and Palau de la Musica Catalana Barcelona. In
November they will perform again as 'Junge Wilde' in the Konzerthaus in Dortmund. In May 2021 they will open the
Klavierfestival Ruhr with a concert in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The brothers received their first piano lessons from Leny Bettman in their hometown Hilversum. In 2005 the brothers
Maria João Pires invited the brothers to study with her for almost a year in Portugal and Brazil. In
In the years that followed, they took lessons from Jan Wijn and Ton Hartsuiker, the latter of whom introduced them to modern piano music.
modern piano music. Lucas continued his studies with Menahem Pressler in the US and with Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid.
Madrid, Arthur continued his studies at the Amsterdam Conservatoire with Jan Wijn.
In 2010 Lucas and Arthur signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Their debut CD with works
works by Beethoven achieved platinum status and also won the Edison Classical Audience Award.
prize. After a successful Schubert recording (gold status) they dedicated their third CD 'Jeux' to French piano music.
piano music. In 2015 the Mozart concertos appeared with the Academy of St Marin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
of Sir Neville Marriner. This album also reached gold status and was listed by 'Grammophone UK' at
The 50 greatest Mozart Recordings'. In March 2017 they released their 5th CD with DG with works by Poulenc
and Saint-Saëns (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève). A Bach album including the
double concertos appeared in 2019 in collaboration with Amsterdam Sinfonietta.