Schumann Fantasie in C, Op. 17
Holst/Lando The Planets
Gershwin/Wild “Embraceable You”
Gershwin/Wild “I've Got Rhythm”

American pianist Maxim Lando was lauded by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times for his “brilliance and infectious exuberance.” He is hailed as “one of the most brilliant and imaginative young  pianists to emerge in recent years” (Gower Festival), “a total musical being” (National Review), “a Demigod at the keys”(Frankfurter Neue Press) and “a dazzling fire-eater” (ARTS San Francisco). 

Lando first made international headlines performing together with Lang Lang, Chick Corea, and The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, at Carnegie Hall’s 2017 Opening Night Gala. Since then, he has performed with over 75 major orchestras around the world, including Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and St. Petersburg Symphony.

Recent seasons and upcoming highlights include appearances with the Frankfurt Opera Museum Orchestra, Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia, Franz Schubert Filharmonic, Belgrade Philharmonic, Sofia Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia, and the Baltimore, Indianapolis, Columbus, Charleston, Anchorage, Maryland, Chautauqua, and Princeton Symphony Orchestras; recitals featuring Lowell Liebermann’s brilliant new masterpiece Frankenstein; and a recording with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna.

Awarded the 2025 Khaledi Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Classical Music from Festival Napa Valley, Lando is also winner of the 2022 New York Franz Liszt International Competition, 2022 Vendome Grand Prize, and top prizes at both the 2024 Cleveland International Piano Competition and 13th International German Piano Award. Lando is the recipient of a Gilmore Young Artist Award, and won the Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions at age 16. His following recital debuts at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and Kennedy Center Terrace Theater were hailed by the New York Times as concerts “You Won’t Want To Miss!” Dedicated to making classical music accessible to his own generation, Lando has been featured on CNN, NPR, BBC, WQXR, Bavarian Radio, Euroradio’s Top Young Performers, Israel’s “Intermezzo with Arik”, and Russia’s TV Kultura.

Lando’s concerts include venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Beijing National Center for Performing Arts, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Louis Vuitton Foundation, and Salle Cortot in Paris, Symphony Hall in Shenzhen, Kulturpalast Dresden, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, and Chicago’s Millennium Park. 

A frequent Guest Artist on the music festival scene, recent appearances have included The Gilmore, Aspen, Caramoor, Moritzburg, Dresden Music Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Stars and Rising Stars Munich, Musical Olympus International Festival in Russia, Vilnius Piano Festival, Gower Festival in Wales, and Lednice-Valtice Music Festival in Czech Republic. He was invited by Lang Lang to perform for the historic opening of Steinway and Sons in Beijing.

Lando partners frequently with violinist Daniel Hope, and is passionate about chamber music and unusual repertoire. He has collaborated with Lynn Harrell, Julian Rachlin, and the Danish String Quartet among others, and plays regularly with Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City. Together with his German friend and violinist Tassilo Probst, his album Into Madness, recorded by Bavarian Radio on Berlin Classics, was awarded a 2023 International Classical Music Award (ICMA) as 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 Wroclaw, Poland.

Lando is a Laureate of Artemisia Foundation, an alumnus of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, and studied with long-time mentor Hung- Kuan Chen at The Juilliard School.

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