Daniel Lessner has thrilled audiences around the world with his dazzling performances and poetic interpretations of the great masterworks of the piano repertoire. Critics have hailed his playing as "brilliant and blazing" and have called him "a musician of pristine artistic taste and discernment."

Mr. Lessner was the winner of the 2009 IBLA Grand Prize Special Award for his performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The international competition was held in Sicily, Italy, and as a result the tour culminated in a concert at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Lessner has also performed at The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles where he played Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme by Paganini.