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An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert You are invited to a private recital by pianist and composer Nicolas Namoradze in our home in New York City. Just last month, Nicolas had a whirlwind European tour, jumping in for Yefim Bronfman for a series of concerts of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2… Continue reading Nicolas Namoradze – Saturday, April 27, 2024

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert You are invited to a private recital by acclaimed Russian pianist and arranger Vyacheslav Gryaznov (Slava as known to his friends) in our home in New York City. Slava has been one of the series’ favorites and we are delighted to have him back. He… Continue reading Vyacheslav Gryaznov – Friday, March 15, 2024

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert We are thrilled to have Mikhail Voskresensky, one of the most famous Russian pianists of our time, back to Lilacs for an intimate evening of piano, drinks, and dessert. As the Moscow Conservatory’s chair of the piano department for many decades, Mr. Voskresensky trained many… Continue reading Mikhail Voskresensky – Thursday, February 29, 2024

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert You are invited to a private recital by the Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit in our home in New York City. Since his last performance — a huge success — at the Lilacs Recital 2 years ago, Albert completed his Artist Diploma at the Juilliard… Continue reading Albert Cano Smit – Saturday, January 13, 2024

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert You are invited to a private recital by the celebrated and award-winning pianist Anthony Ratinov in our home in New York City. He is the recent winner of the 2nd Prize at the prestigious 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, where his performance of Prokofiev’s… Continue reading Anthony Ratinov – Saturday, December 9, 2023

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert We welcome back Zitong Wang. As part of our Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday celebration back in April, Zitong delighted us with a contemplative and soulful performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 2. Now, Zitong is back performing a solo recital for us of Chopin, Janáček and… Continue reading Zitong Wang – Saturday, November 4, 2023

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert To start off our 2023-2024 season, we have a special performance from the highly acclaimed Sergey Belyavksy, whom I had the luck of seeing performing live in Provence a few weeks ago. He was the opening act of this year’s Liszt en Provence festival that… Continue reading Sergey Belyavsky – Saturday, September 30, 2023

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert To cap off our 2022-2023 season, the celebrated young virtuoso Maxim Lando will perform the complete set of Liszt’s Transcendental Études. This will be the last Lilacs recital until the new season starts in the fall. Saturday, June 3 — doors open at 7pm —… Continue reading Maxim Lando – Saturday, June 3, 2023

Music and a festive dinner for Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday, Lilacs-style Come celebrate our beloved Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff at this special presentation of The Lilacs Recital Series on Sunday, April 2, 2023 – his 150th birthday – including two afternoon all-Rachmaninoff concerts performed by six hand-picked artists, followed by a festive catered dinner. Join in for… Continue reading Rachmaninoff’s 150th Birthday Celebration– Sunday, April 2, 2023

An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert We have the unique pleasure of hosting Mikhail Voskresensky, the renowned chair of piano at the Moscow Conservatory, for an intimate evening of piano, drinks, and dessert. One of Russia’s most esteemed musicians today and an international prize-winner of many competitions himself, Mr. Voskresensky’s pupils… Continue reading Mikhail Voskresensky – Friday, March 17, 2023