Max Lifchitz in Recital -- Sunday, January 31 at 3 PM

NEW YORK - Jan. 17, 2016 - PRLog -- Departures & Discoveries

Piano Music by Composers from the Americas

Max Lifchitz, pianist

"one of America's finest exponents of contemporary piano music"
(American Record Guide)

"clean, measured and sensitive performances"
(NY Times)

"a stunning, ultra-sensitive pianist"
(San Francisco Chronicle)

Sunday, January 31 at 3 PM

Spectrum
121 Ludlow Street
New York City, NY 10002

Free Admission (no tickets necessary)

http://www.northsouthmusic.org/calendar.asp

North/South Consonance, Inc. continues its 36^th Winter/Spring season of free-admission concerts on Sunday afternoon January 31, 2016 when pianist Max Lifchitz performs a recital highlighting 20th and 21st century music by composers from the Americas.
The multigenerational program will feature New York premieres of works by JB Floyd,  Mikhail Johnson, Eun Young Lee, Marcela Pavia, VIncent Persichetti and William Toutant. Also on the program, Mr. Lifchitz's own Piano Silhouettes inspired by paintings of Elisabeth Condon.

The concert will take place at SPECTRUM,  the  intimate salon-style recital hall located at 121 Ludlow Street (bet Delancey & Rivington) on Manhattan's Lower East Side. It will start at 3 PM and end around 4:15 PM. No tickets necessary.

Awarded the first prize in the 1976 Gaudeamus Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music held in Holland, Lifchitz has appeared throughout Latin America under sponsorship from he Fund for US Artists at International Festivals. Recently, he appeared as conductor of the Houston-based Foundation for Modern Music Ensemble and as pianist in the Grand Canyon Music Festival (Arizona); the Nuovi Spazi Musicali Festival (Rome, Italy); and the Barcelona Festival of Song (Spain).

Since its inception in 1980, North/South Consonance has brought to the attention of the New York City public over 1,000 works by composers hailing from the Americas and elsewhere representing a wide spectrum of aesthetic views. Its activities are made possible in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs as well as grants from the Women's Philharmonic Advocacy and the Music Performance Trust Funds. Contributions by numerous individual donors are also gratefully acknowledged.

For the complete Winter/Spring concert series schedule please visit
http://www.northsouthmusic.org/calendar.asp

To stream, download and/or purchase the more than 60 compact discs released under the North/South Recordings label please go to
http://www.classicsonline.com/North_South_Recordings/