Michail Lifits

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

Biography

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover under Bernd Goetzke and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, and at the Incontri col Maestro Academy in Imola, Italy, under Boris Petrushansky. In 2009, he won first prize at the 2009 Hilton [Head International Piano Competition] in South Carolina and at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. He was also a 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, École Normale [de Musique de Paris#Salle Cortot|Salle Cortot] in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London and the Tonhalle in Zurich.