Haefliger was born into a distinguished Swiss musical family and grew up in Germany, going on to study at the Juilliard School in New York. He was quickly recognised as a pianist of the first rank, and engagements with major US orchestras followed swiftly – the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh, Chicago and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestras among them. In his native Europe too, Haefliger has appeared with the great orchestras and festivals such as the Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Symphony. He is well recognised as a superb recitalist, making his New York debut in 1988. He has ongoing regular relationships with the Lucerne and Edinburgh Festivals, Vienna Konzerthaus, and other major halls across North America and Asia. Together with violinist Hilary Hahn he will perform Beethoven sonatas on tour in Japan and Europe in 2021/22.
Haefliger is a regular visitor to London’s Wigmore Hall with his 'Perspectives' series, in which he performs the complete piano works of Beethoven alongside works by other composers from Mozart to Ligeti. This series has formed the focus of Haefliger’s solo recital appearances and CD recordings in recent years
At the BBC Proms 2019, Haefliger gave the world premiere with the BBC Symphony and Sakari Oramo of a concerto by his compatriot Dieter Ammann, followed by the North American premiere with Boston Symphony and Susanna Malkki in the autumn – both performances to great acclaim. It was co-commissioned for Haefliger together with the Wiener Konzerthaus, Munich Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival (where he will appear with the Helsinki Philharmonic) and Taipei Symphony.
In March 2020 he joins Esa Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra in a Beethoven celebration at the Royal Festival Hall, playing Piano Concerto No. 4, the Choral Fantasy and the solo Fantasia. Other highlights of the 2019/20 season include more Beethoven with the Shanghai Symphony and as a recitalist in the 2020 Flagey Piano Festival and at Tokyo’s Bunka Kaikan. In Summer 2020 he plays at the Grant Park Festival Chicago, at Edinburgh and Luzern, Seattle Chamber Music festival, and returns to the Aspen Festival, following his Mozart concerto appearance with Ludovic Morlot in 2019.
Haefliger is exclusive to the BIS label who released his latest 'Perspectives' album in 2018. Haefliger’s first concerto recording will be released in Summer 2020 – Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3, Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and the Ammann, all with Malkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic. Haefliger began his career with Sony Classical recording Mozart sonatas followed by Schumann Davidsbündlertanze and Fantasiestücke, Schubert Impromptus, and music by Sofia Gubaidulina. Later Haefliger recorded for Decca with the Takács Quartet and also Matthias Goerne, winning the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik for their disc of Schubert Goethe Songs.
Andreas Haefliger is represented by Intermusica.
2019/20 season, as of January 2020 / 530 words. Not to be altered without permission