- The Los Angeles Times
Acclaimed internationally for his insightful, elegant 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 and Esa-Pekka Salonen, von Oeyen has performed a wide range of concertos and solo repertoire at leading venues worldwide. He has appeared as a soloist in the United States with esteemed ensembles such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Grant Park Orchestra, and Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra. Internationally, he has performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Symphony, Prague Philharmonia, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Marseille, Bilbao Symphony, Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Jerusalem Symphony, Slovenian Philharmonic, and Slovak Philharmonic, among others.
Von Oeyen has given recitals at prestigious venues including London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Hall; Lincoln Center in New York; the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; Boston’s Symphony Hall; Royce Hall in Los Angeles; Herbst Theatre in San Francisco; Spivey Hall in Atlanta; Tonhalle Zürich; Wiener Konzerthaus; the Royal Opera of Versailles; Teatro Olimpico in Rome; Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow; Philharmonia in St. Petersburg; National Concert Hall in Dublin; Sala São Paulo; Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; Hong Kong Cultural Centre; Hanoi Opera; and every major concert hall in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Festival appearances include Aspen, Ravinia, Grant Park, Mainly Mozart, Saratoga, Schubertiade, Festival de Pâques de Colmar, Spoleto USA, Brevard, Grand Teton, Chautauqua, and the Mariinsky’s “Stars of the White Nights.”
His 2025–2026 engagements include a U.S. tour with the Prague Philharmonia culminating at Carnegie Hall; performances with the Polish National Radio Symphony, Maribor Symphony Orchestra, and Macedonian Philharmonic; recital appearances in Strasbourg, Prague, Artis—Naples (Florida), Los Angeles, and southern Oregon; and festival appearances at Murten Classics (Switzerland), LacMus (Italy), and Bellingham, WA (USA). His 2024–2025 season featured performances with the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony, Prague Philharmonia, and Poznań Philharmonic, along with recitals on both sides of the Atlantic. He also released Angels & Demons (2024) with Warner Classics. Other recent invitations include the BBC Symphony; Kansai Philharmonic; the San Francisco, Atlanta, and Grand Rapids symphonies; the Magdeburg, Zagreb, Iceland, Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón), and Kraków philharmonics; a debut in Kuwait City; and a return engagement at the Royal Opera House in Muscat for the Sultan of Oman’s New Year’s Eve Gala.
Von Oeyen has recorded for Warner Classics since 2017. His critically acclaimed solo and concerto albums encompass repertoire ranging from Bach and Beethoven to Debussy, Gershwin, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Liszt, MacDowell, and Messiaen. In 2021, he released Bach–Beethoven, which was selected as an “Essential New Release” by Gramophone and topped streaming charts on Apple Music, Spotify, and IDAGIO. Angels & Demons (2024) is his fourth album for Warner Classics and a concept album featuring angelic and demonic works by Bach, Liszt, MacDowell, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, and Messiaen; it topped Spotify’s “New Classical Releases” charts within its first week. In 2024 he also released Ralph Vaughan Williams’ rarely performed Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra, recorded with Martin Yates and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the Dutton Vocalion label. The film The Taste of Things, winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes in 2023, featured his piano transcription and recording of Massenet’s “Méditation” from Thaïs as its sole music. Prior to joining Warner Classics, he recorded recital albums of Liszt, Debussy, and Stravinsky for Delos. He has reached broad audiences through televised performances, including PBS’ A Capitol Fourth, America’s largest live concert telecast to millions around the globe from the U.S. Capitol.
Von Oeyen, of German and Dutch origin, was born in the U.S., began piano studies at age five, and made his solo orchestral debut at ten. An alumnus of Columbia University and a graduate of The Juilliard School, his principal teachers included Herbert Stessin and Jerome Lowenthal; he also studied with Alfred Brendel and Leon Fleisher. He won the Gilmore Young Artist Award in 1999 and First Prize in the Léni Fé Bland Foundation National Piano Competition in 2001. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where in 2025 he co-founded the Horizon Circle concert series, and in Paris. He holds both U.S. and French nationality.