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Maxfield Panish Violinist with Abram Korsunsky on Piano

September 17, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Free
Max Panish
This event will be in the Pavilion, the smaller venue in the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center. Drive around the back of the building to find the entrance to a very unique space.
This is a free concert donated by Maxfield Panish, https://www.maxfieldpanish.com/, Music for Humanity’s first Grand Scholarship Recipient & now member of the scholarship committee. He will be accompanied by Abram Korsunsky, https://www.youtube.com/user/Hashey514, on piano. We ask for donations to “pay it forward” to the next generation of musicians, but if you are financially stressed please join us for free & let the music work its magic… it will.
Maxfield Panish is a violinist and composer who distinguishes himself through his creative artistry and musical passion. Since beginning his violin studies at age five, Maxfield has shown musical promise, performing in his first recitals at age six and debuting as a soloist with orchestra at ten years old. He has performed concerts in prominent halls throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall and David Geffin Hall, and has won prizes at both the Rocky Mountain Music Competition and the Aaron Copland School of Music Concerto Competition. Maxfield studied with notable violin pedagogues Lisa Kim and Daniel Phillips. He currently holds a bachelor’s degree in violin performance and a master’s degree in music composition.
Abram Korsunsky is one of the most promising young pianists of his generation, performing as a solo and chamber musician in numerous venues throughout the United States. He has appeared as a soloist with the Queens College Symphony Orchestra and Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra and in solo and chamber recitals at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts – LeFrak Concert Hall, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, and numerous other venues across the Tri-State Area. Internationally, he has appeared in recitals in Norway and Denmark, including one at the home and museum of composer Edvard Grieg. In 2019, he was invited to perform at the Todi International Music Masters Festival in Umbria, Italy.
Abram has been a champion of new music, appearing in concerts sponsored by the New York Composers Circle and Long Island Composers Alliance, playing works by eminent composers, including Hubert Howe and Edward Smaldone. In 2013, he was part of a rare performance of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians as part of the Queens Nota Bene Ensemble.
In 2010 and 2015, he was a scholarship recipient at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival, where he participated in master classes with noted pianists Alexander Kobrin, Jerome Rose, Jeffrey Swann, Victor Rosenbaum, Mykola Suk, and others.
A native of New York, Abram completed his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees under the tutelage of Dr. Nina Lelchuk at the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, where he is currently an Adjunct Lecturer. During this time, he has had the opportunity to work with a number of renowned musicians, including Charles Neidich, Marcy Rosen, Daniel Phillips, and Michael Lipsey. He also took part in master classes with Robert McDonald, Niklas Sivelov, and Gerald Robbins. Abram was also the winner of numerous awards and scholarships, including the LeFrak Family Award, the Martha Feldman Award, and the Beatrice Schachter-Myers Award. Since 2018, he has also served as Music Director of the United Methodist Church in Floral Park.

Details

Date:
September 17, 2023
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Music For Humanity

Venue

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center
231 Creamery Pond Rd
Chester, NY 10918 United States
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Phone
845-469-7000 Ext 3
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