Michail Lifits

Michail Lifits is a prizewinning concert pianist of German nationality who was born into a family of musicians in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1982.

Biography

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover under Bernd Goetzke and at the Incontri col Maestro Academy in Imola, Italy under Boris Petrushansky. In 2009, he won first prize at 2009 Hilton Head International Piano Competition in South Carolina and at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. He was also semi-finalist at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. Lifits has played at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Cortot in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London anf the Tonhalle in Zurich.^[1][2]

External links

• Michail Lifits' website

References

1. ^ Michail "Michail Lifitis", Van Cliburtn Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
2. ^ "A Gragnano il debutto del Valtidone Festival", PiacenzaSera.it. (Italian) Retrieved 4 July 2011.

Persondata
Name	Lifits, Michail
Alternative names
Short description	Pianist
Date of birth	25 September 1982
Place of birth	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Date of death
Place of death