Lucas and Arthur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time. Given their illustrious international careers, it is fair to say the Jussen brothers (born 1993 and 1996) are the Netherlands’ pre-eminent ambassadors for classical music. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their great refinement of sound, and gripping interpretations, they are praised vigorously by press and audiences alike. “It is like driving a pair of BMWs”, exclaimed conductor Michael Schønwandt about the two pianists after directing them in concert.

The Jussen brothers have performed with orchestras internationally, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouworkest, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. They collaborate with renowned conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Sir Neville Marriner, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nezét-Séguin, and Jaap van Zweden.

In the 2025/26 season, Lucas and Arthur Jussen will be Artists in Residence with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (hr-Sinfonieorchester), appearing in multiple programmes throughout the year.

A major highlight of the season will be their highly anticipated debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in February 2026. Further invitations will take them to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Zürich, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, and again to the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.

As soloists, they will also tour with the Munich Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. In the United States, they make their debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and will appear in recitals in Prescott, La Jolla, Palm Springs, and Kansas City.

In April 2026, they will premiere a newly commissioned double concerto by Andrew Norman with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Susanna Mälkki.

The Jussen brothers will make their South Korean debut at the Tongyeong International Music Festival before travelling to Taiwan to perform with the Taiwan Philharmonic and appear at the Weiwuying International Music Festival. European highlights include performances at major festivals such as the Gstaad Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Enescu Festival, and Istanbul Music Festival.

Together with percussionists Alexej Gerassimez and Emil Kuyumcuyan, they present a dynamic piano-percussion programme in Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, Cologne, Dresden, Amsterdam, Oslo, Budapest, and Barcelona, as well as at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr and the Prague Spring Festival.

In recital, they can be heard in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Ghent, Antwerp, Braunschweig, Leipzig, Marburg, Münster, Bielefeld, Wiesloch, Erlangen, Bern, Milan, and Vilnius. Recording exclusively with Deutsche Grammophon since 2010, their debut recording of works by Beethoven received platinum status and was awarded an ”Edison Klassiek Audience Award”.

Following a Schubert album and “Jeux”, a recording of French piano music, in 2015 their recording of Mozart’s piano concertos “KV 365” and “KV 242” together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner was released and the album reached gold status.

The Jussen brothers also recorded Poulenc’s “Double Piano Concerto” and Saint-Saëns “The Carnival of the Animals” with the Concertgebouworkest and Stéphane Denève, and in 2019 they released a recording of concertos and chorales by Bach with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

On “The Russian Album” (2021) they interpret works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, and Arensky. The latest addition to their discography is “Dutch Masters” (April 2022), which is devoted to works by Dutch composers, in collaboration with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. The recording was awarded an Edison Klassiek, as well as the audience award.

Lucas and Arthur received their first piano lessons in their native town of Hilversum. As children, they were invited to perform for the Dutch Queen Beatrix; and distinctions and awards in competitions followed. In 2005, the brothers met the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. During the following years they took lessons from both Pires and renowned Dutch teachers. Lucas completed his studies with Menahem Pressler in the US and with Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid. Arthur graduated from the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he studied with Jan Wijn.