Michail Lifits | Piano

19 - 24 July 2025
Numerous concerts have taken the winner of the 57th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition to Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Wigmore Hall in London, the Philharmonie Berlin, the Herkulessaal, the Prinzregententheater and the Philharmonie in Munich, the Laeszhalle and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Sala Verdi in Milan, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Michail Lifits has performed as a soloist with many renowned orchestras, including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, the Moscow Soloists, the Orchestra of Valencia, the Orchestra dell'Arena di Verona, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Munich Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Lifits is a welcome guest at renowned international festivals. In addition to his extensive work as a soloist, Michail Lifits is an equally passionate and sought-after chamber musician. He has performed with renowned artists such as Vilde Frang, Nicolas Altstaedt, Steven Isserlis, Cristina Gómez Godoy, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Andreas Ottensamer, Veronika Eberle, Gil Shaham and Nils Mönkemeyer. He has recorded two CDs with his chamber music partner Vilde Frang for Warner Classics, which have won several awards including ECHO KLASSIK and Diapason d'or. He has been an exclusive artist with DECCA since 2011. Born in 1982 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Michail Lifits moved to Germany at the age of 16. He studied at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover, where he attended the masterclasses of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Bernd Goetzke. He also received significant artistic influence from Boris Petrushansky during his postgraduate studies at the International Piano Academy Incontri col Maestro in Imola, Italy. In April 2022, Michail Lifits was appointed professor of piano at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Prior to this, he taught at the HMTM Hannover and gave various masterclasses in piano and piano chamber music in Germany and abroad. Michail Lifits has been a ‘Steinway Artist’ since 2014. website
Preselection: Two works from different musical periods (YouTube link)
Beginning of the master class: 19.07.2025, 10:00 am
Course Languages: German, English
Orchestra Studio (as soloist, free choice of works): 23 July 2025
Registration fee: 80 Euros
Active participation: 370 Euros
Orchestra Studio: 100 Euros
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Online registration will be possible from 1 March 2025.
Accommodation Offer
Period: 18 - 25 July 2025 (7 nights)
Leonardo Hotel
- ½ Double room: 224 Euros (breakfast not included)
- Single room: 385 Euros (breakfast not included)
Concerts
Michail Lifits and Alexey Stadler: 19 July 2025, 7:30pm
Participants I: 24 July 2025, 4pm
Participants II: 25 July 2025, 7:30pm