Max Lifchitz (born 1948 inMexico City) is a classicalpianist,composer, andconductor.^[1]

Lifchitz was born and grew up in Mexico City. After one year of study in Mexico, he moved to the United States in 1966^[1] and graduated fromThe Juilliard School of Music andHarvard University.^[2] He has appeared inconcert and recital throughout the US,Latin America and Europe.^[1] In 1980, he founded theNorth/South Consonance Ensemble, which is dedicated to the performance of contemporaryclassical music from the Americas; he serves as the ensemble's director.^[1]

Lifchitz has served on the faculty ofColumbia University and theUniversity at Albany, The State University of New York.^[1]

Max Lifchitz was awarded first prize in the 1976International Gaudeamus Competition for Performers ofTwentieth Century Music held in the Netherlands.^[2]

• Mosaicos, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, double bass and piano (1971)
• Roberta, orchestra (1973)
• Exploitations, solo double bass, chamber ensemble and tape (1975)
• Intervencion, violin and chamber orchestra (1976)
• Exceptional String Quartet, 4 double basses (players wear small sleigh bells on the wrist of right arm) (1977)
• Rhythmic Soundscape, piano and percussion (1978)
• Affinities, piano (pub. 1979)
• Transformations, cello (1979)
• Winter Counterpoint, flute, oboe, bassoon, viola and piano (1979)
• Yellow Ribbons #1, flute and piano (pub. 1981)
• Yellow Ribbons #6, flute and piano (pub. 1982)
• Yellow Ribbons #11, wind ensemble [2 fl, 2 cl, 2 ob, 2 hn, 2 bsn] (1982)
• Yellow Ribbons #12, chamber ensemble [2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 1 cntr-bsn, 3 horn, va, vc, db] (1982)
• Yellow Ribbons #13, clarinet (pub. 1982)
• Yellow Ribbons #15, chamber ensemble [fl, ob, cl, vln, vc, pf] (1982)
• Night Voices No. 3, oboe and piano (pub. 1984)
• Transformaciones 2, violin (pub. 1986)
• Yellow Ribbons #25, flute, alto sax, tenor trombone, percussion and double bass (pub. 1986)
• Pulsations, 4 percussionists (1988)
• Mosaico latinoamericano, flute and piano (1991)
• Explorations, double bass, chamber ensemble and tape^[1]

• 1989 -Bronx Arts Ensemble (New World)
• 1995 -Of Bondage and Freedom (North/South)
• 1996 -Mexico: 100 Years of Piano Music (North/South)
• 1999 -Elan (North/South)
• 2003 -Carnaval/Carnival: Music from Brazil and the U.S. (North/South)
• 2003 -Millennium Overture: Music by American Composers (North/South)
• 2003 -Elizabeth Bell: Snows of Yesteryear (North/South)
• 2004 -American Tapestry (North/South)

• Flutist Lisa Hansen and Pianist Max Lifchitz to Perform at Lincoln Center.http://broadwayworld.com/article/Flutist-Lisa-Hansen-and-Pianist-Max-Lifchitz-to-Perform-at-Lincoln-Center-210-20130121
• Interview with Max Lifchitz, July 21, 1997

• Juilliard School alumni
• Harvard University alumni
• 1948 births
• 20th-century classical composers
• Mexican male conductors (music)
• Columbia University faculty
• Contemporary classical music performers
• Living people
• Mexican classical pianists
• Male classical pianists
• Mexican male classical composers
• 20th-century Mexican conductors (music)
• 21st-century Mexican conductors (music)
• 21st-century classical pianists
• 20th-century male musicians
• 21st-century male musicians