Jean Dube

In April 2002 Jean Dube was the undisputed winner of the 6th edition of the prestigious International Franz Liszt Piano Competition of Utrecht. His delicate playing during the Final was also rewarded with the Audience Award. As part of the First Prize, Jean Dube made the present recording for Naxos, and will also perform over ninety concerts in more than twenty different countries. In addition to many concerts in Europe, his international touring includes engagements in Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Korea, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States (with Barnabas Kelemen, the winner of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis).

Dube has also been invited to play at some of the world's most important music festivals: Musical Olympus (St Petersburg, Russia), Delft Chamber Music (The Netherlands), Wagner Festspiele (Bayreuth, Germany), Raritaten der Klaviermusik (Husum, Germany), Grachtenfestival (Amsterdam), Busoni Festival (Bolzano, Italy), Great Romantics (Hamilton, Canada), Festival of Flanders (Belgium), Kuhmo Chamber Music (Finland), Klavier-Festival Ruhr (Germany) as well as the European Liszt Nights in Utrecht, Budapest and Weimar. Orchestral performances include appearances with the St Petersburg Symphony, the Netherlands Radio Symphony, the Gy'r Philharmonic, and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestras, the WDR Rundfunkorchester, the North Netherlands Orchestra, the Prague Chamber Symphony and the North Hungarian Symphony Orchestras. In 2003 Jean Dube was selected for the prestigious Akzo Nobel for Young Talent project, performing in G'teborg with the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Hans Graf), in Budapest with the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Matav (conducted by Andras Ligeti) and in Birmingham with the Philharmonia (conducted by Paul Daniel).