Maxim Lando

American pianist Maxim Lando first made international headlines when he performed with Lang Lang, Chick Corea, and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall’s 2017 Opening Night Gala. Since then, he has performed with major orchestras around the world and has received numerous accolades, including a Gilmore Young Artist Award, Musical America‘s New Artist of the Month, the Vendome Grand Prize, first prize at the New York Franz Liszt International Competition, and first prize at the Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. Maxim’s album with violinist Tassilo Probst, Into Madness, was awarded a 2023 International Classical Music Award for best chamber music recording of the year. It also received a double nomination for Opus Klassik, and the duo was honored at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland.

Dedicated to making classical music accessible to his own generation, Maxim has been featured on CNN’s Best of Quest, NPR, BBC Radio, WQXR, Bavarian Radio, Israel’s Intermezzo with Arik, and Russia’s TV Kultura. Maxim is an alum of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation and has been the Laureate of the Artemisia Foundation since 2019. He studies with long-time mentor Hung-Kuan Chen at the Juilliard School.