Maxim Lando
2020 GILMORE YOUNG ARTIST Maxim Lando
American pianist Maxim Lando has been lauded by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times as displaying “brilliance and infectious exuberance” combined with “impressive delicacy” and a “wild-eyed danger.” In 2022, he won First Prize in the New York Franz Liszt International Competition and was awarded the 2022 Vendome Grand Prize.
Mr. Lando first made international headlines in 2017, when, together with Lang Lang and Chick Corea, he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall’s 2017 Opening Night Gala. Subsequent duo performances with Lang Lang include concerts with the Hawaii, Pittsburgh, Toronto, and Vancouver Symphonies and China NCPA Orchestra.
Maxim Lando began playing the piano at age three and soon began to play in public, including at Carnegie Hall, where he first performed at age six. Since his orchestral debut at age 14 performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Mr. Lando has appeared as a soloist with the Israel and Moscow Philharmonics and the Russian National Orchestra, as well as with orchestras across the US and Europe.
Solo and chamber engagements by Mr. Lando include performances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing; Ravinia Festival in Chicago; Aspen Music Festival; Oxford Piano Festival; Music Fest Perugia; and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. He has performed with major orchestras around the world including Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Charleston Symphony, and thge Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
Winner of first prize at the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Mr. Lando is on the roster of Young Concert Artists. Additional competition prizes include a Gold Medal at the 2017 Berliner International Music Competition and the Audience Award at the 2016 Musical Olympus Foundation Festival at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. He has been featured on CNN’s Best of Quest, NPR’s From the Top, BBC Radio 4, and WQXR.