Interview with The Gilmore

Interview with The Gilmore about the premiere performances of Lowell Liebermann’s Three Dances from Frankenstein, Op. 140, which this season Maxim has performed at the Gower Festival in Wales, Death of Classical in NYC, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Concert Hall in Vilnius, Cleveland Museum of Art, Lancaster International Piano Festival, The Gilmore Piano Festival, Piano Salon Series in Wisconsin, and in the Czech Republic at the Lednice-Valtice Music Festival. Read on for the interview…

Interview in Opera PLUS

“Pianist Maxim Lando: Music belongs to the whole world” – Interview with Opera PLUS ahead of concerts in the Czech Republic at the Lednice-Valtice Music Festival and in Prague with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.

Interview in Opera Slovakia

As featured in Opera Slovakia: “Maxim lives to the max. The vital and artistic power of the young pianist from the USA resonates with every touch of his hand and musical instrument. He is satisfied when he transfers it to his audience, and it becomes part of the whole concert puzzle.” Read on for full interview…

World Premiere tour of Lowell Liebermann’s Frankenstein!

It is an absolute honor to premiere Lowell Liebermann’s Three Dances from FRANKENSTEIN this season – a major new virtuoso piano work commissioned through funds from The Gilmore – and based on Liebermann’s ballet Frankenstein. The World Premiere took place at the Gower Festival in Wales and was selected by BBC Music Magazine as one of the month’s best concert highlights in the UK. The NYC premiere takes place October 10 and 11, 2023 at Death of Classical’s The Crypt Sessions!

“Best Chamber Music Album of the Year” for Into Madness!

Thrilled to announce that Into Madness with violinist Tassilo Probst (our debut album recorded by Bavarian Radio on Berlin Classics) was just declared winner of the 2023 International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) “Best Chamber Music Album of the Year” category! Read on for our recent interview with Pizzicato’s Remy Franck.

First Prize at New York Liszt International Piano Competition

It was an absolute thrill to be awarded First Prize at the New York Liszt International Piano Competition. Performing Liszt Concerto No. 1 at Carnegie Hall – Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Gabor Hollerung conducting, is an experience I will never forget! Click “Read More” for the YouTube video of the performance.

Performance with Mauro Castillo at Lang Lang Gala

It was a privilege and a blast to perform with Mauro Castillo from the cast of Disney’s “Encanto” at Lang Lang’s Fall Gala 2022 and Birthday Bash! The Gala at Cipriani Broadway and earlier Pre-Gala Sunset Soiree at Christopher Burch’s new Watermill residence are particularly meaningful to me because of the huge impact Lang Lang has had on my life since I was 11 years old.

Rave Reviews for “Into Madness”

Absolutely thrilled to release this double album with violinist Tassilo Probst on Berlin Classics in collaboration with Bayrischer Rundfunk! Included are three fantastic Violin and Piano Sonatas by Bartok, Enescu, and Joseph Achron. I am so excited to share this music with everyone, and touched by the wonderful reviews already coming in!

“Tassilo Probst and Maxim Lando are a dream team on violin and piano”…”The wild youngsters are here – chamber music is as adrenaline-pumping as bungee jumping”…”Unconditional artistic truthfulness right down to the tips of the hairs of the scores”…”With their first album the German violinist Tassilo Probst and the American pianist Maxim Lando play themselves right into the first league.”

Concerts at Aspen and Skaneateles Music Festivals

I was very excited to be invited as a guest artist at both Aspen and Skaneateles Music Festivals this summer. It was a fabulous opportunity to try out two new solo programs and to play Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 with The Skaneateles Festival Orchestra. Of I course I also enjoyed the very beautiful resort towns, seeing good friends, and meeting some fantastic new people!

Rachmaninoff 3rd for 50,000 people

This was just pure fun! A concert in front of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin playing one of my favorite concertos, Rachmaninoff 3rd, for 50,000 people enjoying the great outside weather, friends, food, and music. I give so much respect to Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Maestro Andrew Sewell for this amazing summer tradition!

Copenhagen with Danish String Quartet & Daniel Hope

I had an absolute blast performing in Copenhagen with Daniel Hope and the Danish String Quartet on the Series of Four at the Royal Danish Academy of Music Concert Hall.

Reviewing the concert, The Politken wrote “The American pianist Maxim Lando was truly a personality despite his 19 years, and matched Hope’s fierce violin voice with perfectly timed blocks of sounds up and down the keys.” On the program: Chausson Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet – Franck Violin and Piano Sonata – and Enescu.

Rave Reviews at Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

“The audience was mesmerized. Nailed to the seats, enraptured by his cosmos, which the young American conjured up on the stage. Completely united with the music, with the piece and with the world.”

“The young American turns out to be a real devil on the keys and the artistic discovery of this spring festival …Wild, rapid and heroic, melodic and then again with orchestral thunder.”

Vendome Grand Prize!

I am absolutely thrilled to have been jointly awarded the Grand Prize at the prestigious 2021/22 Vendome Prize competition, juried by Marin Alsop, Gordon Back, Martin T:son Engstroem, Stephen Beus, Jan Vogler, and Susan Wadsworth.

A personal tribute to my friend – Chick Corea

I took the loss of Chick Corea from this world very hard. I realize now that he will always be with us. He will be a major influence in my thought process forever. Click here for a concert I performed back in April as a musical dedication to Chick. The idea was to create a program that for me connected to Chick , jazz, and hearing classical music in new ways.

Sibelius and Khachaturian at the Morgan in NYC

I was excited to play and share these two rarely performed Sonatas by Sibelius and Khachaturian! What a great surprise that the performance was featured in this terrific article in The New Criterion. The Sibelius also made it into WQXR’s Guide to New York’s Classical Scene with John Schaefer! Click here for Jay Nordlinger’s full article and video.

Over 35 Virtual Concerts and some reflective thoughts

Early on in the pandemic, I performed over 35 virtual concerts. Highlights include my own livestream series to raise funds for civil rights organizations; and concert programs for presenters such as The Violin Channel, Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, YCA, Johns Hopkins University, Cosmos Club, Candlelight Concerts, LLIMF and others. Read more for some of my thoughts on the past 10 months.

Beethoven with Daniel Hope, Lynn Harrell and ZKO

This was an experience I will never forget – a three generation concert tour with Daniel Hope, Lynn Harrell, and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Trios. A few months later the world lost Lynn Harrell, one of the most beloved cellists of his generation and a very special individual who I am so grateful to have met.

Musical America Feature

Thank you Musical America for this wonderful article naming me as New Artist of the Month! …”Apart from the fact he has enormous facility and musicianship, he feels a deep need to connect to his audiences, something all of us in the industry really need right now.” Read the full feature here.