Max Lifchitz – the Mexican-born composer and long-time New York City resident — will appear as pianist in a program devoted entirely to his music planned for Saturday afternoon March 12 2011.

The event will be held in the elegant Bruno Walter Auditorium at the recently refurbished NY Public Library for the Performing Arts (40 Lincoln Center Plaza – Amsterdam Ave at 65th St). It will start at 2:30 PM. Admission is free (no tickets required).

For further information about the event as well as directions please visit

http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2011/03/12/concert-northsouth-consonance-featuring-pianist-max-lifchitz?nref=62993

A retrospective program, the concert will feature compositions written during the last four decades.

It will include Five Preludes for Piano (written in 1964); The Blood Orange (for narrator, violin and piano — written in 2006); Mosaico Latinoamericano (for flute and piano —written in 1991); Vignettes for woodwind quintet (written in 2005); as well as Yellow Ribbons No. 10 (for piano – written in 1981) and Yellow Ribbons No. 39 (for solo flute— written in 2005).

Mr. Lifchitz will be joined by several of the distinguished performers who have premiered and recorded his works. They include actress/narrator Norma Fire; flutist Lisa Hansen; violinist Claudia Schaer; and The Sylvan Winds.

Mr. Lifchitz will introduce his works to the public and meet with the audience during intermission and after the concert.

Lifchitz began his musical training in Mexico City under the direction of the Spanish composer Rodolfo Halffter. After moving to New York City in 1966 Lifchitz studied composition with Luciano Berio at Juilliard and Leon Kirchner at Harvard. His creative endeavors have been possible with grants from among others, the ASCAP, Ford and Guggenheim Foundations; the NYS Council on the Arts and the National Endowment on the Arts. He was awarded first prize in the 1976 Gaudeamus Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music held in Holland. Lifchitz has been active in the New York new music scene since the late 1960’s and has toured throughout Latin America and Europe with grants from the US Artists at International Festivals Fund. He was honored with the 2009 Zethus Fund Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his tireless efforts on behalf of the music by living composers.

Mr. Lifchitz’s compositions and performances are available for streaming and download through the web at

http://www.classicsonline.com/North_South_Recordings/

http://www.dramonline.org/albums/music-of-max-lifchitz

NACUSA

National Association of Composers, USA East Coast Chapter

Presents

Summer Fest!

Program

DOUGLAS OVENS                                                   Possible Music # 2 (2009)’

Douglas Ovens, electronic percussion  James Thoma, electronic percussion

DELVYN CASE                                                          Gemini Variations (2008)’

Tim Ruedeman, saxophone                                      Paul Cohen, saxophone

RYAN JESPERSON                                                            Farbenmusik (2008)’

Amanda Arrington, piano

ALLEN BRINGS                          Five Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (2005)’

I. The Habit of Perfection

II. Tom’s Garland (upon the Unemployed)

III. Henry Purcell

IV. Pied Beauty

V. Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord

Jennifer Foster, soprano                                                  Allen Brings, piano

Intermission

DINOS CONSTANTINIDES                                              Sappho Songs (1998)’

I. Homecoming

II. Candor (to Alcaeus)

III. To a Handsome Man

IV. Light Vanishing

Maragert O’Connell, soprano                                            Max Lifchitz, piano

MAX LIFCHITZ                                                  Yellow Ribbons No. 22 (1984)

Edmundo Ramírez, viola                                                  Max Lifchitz, piano

MAX LIFCHITZ                                              Mosaico Latinoamericano (1991)

Laura Falzon, flute                                                           Max Lifchitz, piano

June 7, 2010 at 8 PM

Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, NYC

Free Admission

‘New York Premiere

77^th Season (1933-2010)

www.music-usa.org

North/South Consonance’s 30th Anniversary Gala!

Chamber Orchestra Works by Composers from the Americas

featuring new and recent compositions by

Elizabeth Bell, Edward Green, Max Lifchitz
Hilary Tann & Stephen Yip

performers include

Arthur Campbell, clarinet
Megan Levin, harp
Helen Lin, piano
Max Lifchitz, conductor
The North/South Chamber Orchestra

Monday, March 8 at 8 PM

Merkin Concert Hall

129 West 67th St (bet Bway & Amsterdam), NYC
Free Admission.

First come first serve.
Tickets available at the Merkin Hall box office after 7 PM the evening of the concert

http://www.northsouthmusic.org

North/South Consonance, Inc. celebrates its 30th consecutive season of advocacy on behalf of music by living composers with a special chamber orchestra concert at New York City’s Merkin Concert Hall (129 West 67th St) on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 8 PM.

Distinguished guest artists including clarinetist Arthur Campbell; harpist Megan Levin; and pianist Helen Lin will join the GRAMMY nominated North/South Chamber Orchestra conducted by its founder Max Lifchitz for the special event. The program will include recent works especially written for the occasion by American composers  Elizabeth Bell, Edward Green, Max Lifchitz, Hilary Tann and Stephen Yip.

Admission is free. First come first serve. Tickets may be picked up at the Merkin Concert Hall box office after 7 PM the evening of the concert.

Allison Brewster,
Octavio Brunetti,
Polly Ferman,
Carlos Franzetti
&  Max Lifchitz

will participate in the

Latin American Piano Festival

World Financial Center
Winter Garden
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281-1021

November 9 (Monday) 12 – 2 PM

http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=976