In other countries, Chad Lawson gets placed on the programme between artists like Wild Beasts and Daniel Norgren. No wonder, if you know that this American pianist had a jazz trio (Chad Lawson Trio) and interpreted songs by the likes of The Police and Soundgarden. The open musical spirit in which Lawson operates immediately becomes clear.

Lawson wants to introduce classical music to the Spotify-generation like he did with work by Chopin, one of the greatest composers in the history of music. His ‘The Chopin Variations’ even made it into #1 positions in the classical charts of the likes of Billboard and iTunes. So we’re looking forward to his new album ‘Bach Interpreted: Piano Variations on Bach Chorales’. On it, Lawson approaches Bach’s oeuvre with a modern and minimalistic twist.