Ian Arthur Plansker (b. 2003) is a versatile keyboardist, composer, and conductor currently based in Amsterdam.
Born in Detroit, he first received training as a flutist under the guidance of Detroit Symphony Flautist Sharon Sparrow. At 16, he moved to Montréal, Canada and enrolled at McGill University where he undertook studies in harpsichord under the tutelage of Hank Knox and piano with Ilya Poletaev. While in Montréal, he founded the early music group Ensemble Bonaventure which went on to perform 3 years worth of successful concerts. Their inaugural performance was a fully staged production of Purcell's Dido & Æneas, which received an encouraging critique in Revue L'Opéra and led to an invitation to perform Rousseau's Le Devin du Village at the 2023 edition of the Festival Montréal Baroque.
In August 2024, Plansker moved to the Netherlands to pursue a master’s degree in pianoforte performance with Olga Pashchenko at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. While there, he has also bInspired by the passion for Romantic performance practice there, he joined forces with his friends and colleagues to found Orchestra Lagrandt, a period performance orchestra with a specialization in 19th and early 20th-century repertoire. Plansker was invited to guest conduct the Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra in November 2024 and serve as an assistant conductor to Johannes Leertouwer in September 2025.
Plansker also works frequently as an accompanist for ballet. He has worked at the Dutch National Balletacademie, the European School for Ballet, Ballet Divertimento, the Cecchetti International Ballet Competition, and the Cecchetti Council of America's International Summer School.
