Four days left: Konstantin Lifschitz Piano Recital

Name: Four days left: Konstantin Lifschitz Piano Recital
Start: 2025-10-21T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Saint John's in the Village, 218 West 11th Street, New York, NY, 10014

Schedule

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Saint John's in the Village, 218 West 11th Street, New York, NY, 10014 | New York, NY

On his rare visit to New York, legendary pianist 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐳 performs a remarkable solo program in the intimate setting of Saint John's in the Village Church.
"Konstantin Lifschitz is not merely a pianist—he is among the last of the true philosopher-artists at the instrument, a voice that must be heard. ... He travels through music as one travels through the depths of thought, arriving at places even the composer himself may not have discovered. His revelations are not only profound—they are utterly convincing. ... He possesses a rare gift in that his artistry transcends technical mastery. ...What is extraordinary is that his interpretations have the ability to reach listeners of different levels. Whether you are a casual listener or a seasoned ear, you will find a truth within his playing. ... His concern is not with outward display but with the inner world, which for him is infinitely richer. It is within that world he dwells, and if we, as listeners, are granted even the briefest glimpse into it through his music, it is our great fortune. His gift is a rare honor bestowed upon us all."
Jakov Jakoulov, composer (Boston)
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:
𝐉.𝐒. 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 (1685-1750)
Partita No. 4 on D Major, BWV 828
𝐅. 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐡𝐧 (1809-1847)
7 Songs without Words:
Op.19 No.1, Op.38 No.5, Op.62 No.5,
Op.67 No.3 and 5, Op.85 No.4, Op.102 No. 5.
𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝐃. 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐡 (1906-1975)
Aphorisms, Op. 13
𝐑. 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 (1810-1856)
Kreisleriana, Op. 16
General admission tickets are $50 and $25 for students (no fees), available online here: https://shorturl.at/DanBR
School children of all ages are welcome and come for free.
Contact: [email protected] Tel.: 347-458-7795
𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫:
Konstantin Lifschitz has established a worldwide reputation for performing extraordinary feats of endurance with honesty and persuasive beauty. His performance was praised as “the most magical moment“ and “deeply satisfying” by The Independent, and “naturally expressive and gripping” by the New York Times.
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1976, at the age of five, Konstantin Lifschitz was enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow as a student of Tatiana Zelikman. In the early 1990s, with a grant from the Russian Cultural Foundation, Konstantin Lifschitz started to play recitals in European capitals, and toured with The Moscow Virtuosi and St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and performed Shostakovich Piano Trio with Mischa Maisky and Gidon Kremer. In 1995 he received the ECHO Klassik Award and in 1996 he was nominated for a Grammy award for Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Since his sensational debut recital in Moscow at the age of 13, Konstantin Lifschitz performs solo recitals at the major festivals and the most important concert venues worldwide. In Germany he has performed with such orchestras as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, SWR Symphony Orchestra and Stuttgart Philharmonic. And internationally, he has appeared with many of the great orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with leading conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Spivakov, Yury Temirkanov, Sir Neville Marriner, Bernard Haitink, Sir Roger Norrington, Fabio Luisi, Marek Janowski, Eliahu Inbal, Andrey Boreyko, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Christopher Hogwood.
As a chamber musician, Konstantin Lifschitz has collaborated with such artists as Gidon Kremer, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Misha Maisky, Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Gutman, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Lynn Harrell, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Daishin Kashimoto, Leila Josefowicz, Carolin und Jörg Widmann, Sol Gabetta, Eugene Ugorski, Alexander Knyazev and Alexander Rudin.
As a prolific recording artist, he has been releasing over 30 CDs and DVDs, many of which have received exceptional reviews. In 2020 to celebrate the composer’s 250 years jubilee Lifschitz released CD and Vinyl Box of Beethoven’s Complete 32 Piano Sonatas with Alpha Classics (Live recordings). His most recent CD release, dedicated to Bach and Peter Seabourne’s toccatas, came out in 2022, and digitally, his latest Bach recording accompanies and illustrates his Bach Wanderbook (Book of Hours, Days, and Seasons with J.S. Bach).
Konstantin Lifschitz is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in London and has been a professor of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts since 2008.