Lucas & Arthur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time. Given their brilliant international career, the Jussen brothers can be considered the Netherlands' most prominent ambassadors in the field of classical music. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their refined sound and their compelling interpretations, they are enthusiastically received by both press and public.
They have performed with leading orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. They have collaborated with many renowned conductors, including Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Sir Neville Marriner, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nezét-Séguin and Jaap van Zweden.
In Asia, the Jussen brothers will perform for the first time at the Tongyeong International Music Festival. They then travel to Taiwan to perform with the Taiwan Philharmonic and play at the Weiwuying International Music Festival. Highlights in Europe include performances at major festivals such as the Gstaad Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Enescu Festival and the Istanbul Music Festival. Together with percussionists Alexej Gerassimez and Emil Kuyumcuyan, they present a dynamic piano-percussion program.
Since 2010, Lucas & Arthur Jussen have been under contract with the label Deutsche Grammophon. Their debut recording of works by Beethoven achieved platinum status and was awarded the Edison Klassiek public prize. This was followed by a Schubert CD and the album "Jeux" featuring French piano music. In 2015, a recording of the Mozart concertos KV 242 and 365 with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner was released, which achieved gold status. Other releases include the Poulenc double concerto and Saint-Saëns' "Le Carnaval des Animaux" with the Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Stéphane Denève, and a Bach album with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta. On "The Russian Album" (2021) they perform works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky and Arensky. In their most recent recording "Dutch Masters" (April 2022), supported by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra among others, they dedicate themselves to works by Dutch composers. This recording was awarded an Edison Klassiek and the public prize.
