Maxim Anikushin, solo piano

Wednesday Noonday Concerts
October 4, 2023
Maxim Anikushin, solo piano

Maxim Anikushin, Russian pianist, started studying piano at the age of five and entered the local music school at the age of six where he studied with L.A. Andreyeva.  In 1987, at the age of 11, he entered the music school of the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory.  Here he studied with Y.I. Batuyev.  Maxim immigrated with his family to the USA in 1991 and entered the San Francisco Conservatory where he studied with Milton Salkind.  In 1992 he was accepted on full scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, studying under Oxana Yablonskaya, and received his Bachelor’s (1996) and Master’s (1998) degrees. He has won prizes in several international piano competitions. In 1993, he won the first prize in
the Long Island’s “Five Towns Competition”.  In 1995, he was awarded third prize in both the International Senigallia Piano Competition in Italy and the third prize in the International Prokofiev Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia.  In 1996, he won the second prize in the International Vincenzo Bellini Competition in Caltanissetta, Sicily and in 1998 he received a Diploma in the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.  The same year he was awarded the Artist International Auditions and gave his New York recital debut on May 9, 1999 in the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall. Maxim Anikushin has already performed with a number of renowned international orchestras and conductors in America, Russia and France including Yuri Bashmet with Moscow Soloists and Dmitry Yablonsky with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.  Maxim regularly participates in international master classes.

Bret Williams, solo guitar

“The Music of Bret Williams has it all: fantastic playing, great recording quality, and compositions that will please classical, jazz, and general listeners alike.” –ThisIsClassicalGuitar.com. Classical Guitar Magazine profiled his work as “alluring” and “accomplished.” Tony Morris of NPR’s Classical Guitar Alive! praised his music for it’s “energetic, warm and polished sound.” Soundboard Magazine credits him with “wonderful precision.”

The Gospel Choir offers a range of styles spanning both traditional and contemporary Gospel music.

Calling All Vocalists

Become an Interchurch Center Gospel Choir Member!

If you have a spirit of praise and a song in your heart, The Interchurch Center Gospel Choir is looking for you.

The Gospel Choir offers a range of styles spanning both traditional and contemporary Gospel Music. Although sight-reading skills are not necessary, some choral experience is desirable, given that the rehearsals are relatively short.

Rehearsals are on Tuedays from 12PM to 1PM. All rehearsals and most performances are at the Interchurch Center Chapel. For more information contact rrivera@interchurch-center.org.

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Join us for the 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

By Fr. James Loughran, SA, Director of Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute

Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute is pleased to announce the international scriptural theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 18 – 25, 2024: “You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27)

This year’s theme comes through the combined efforts of the Pontifical Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, the World Council of Churches and the Christian churches of Burkina Faso. Much of the coordination of this ecumenical project was done by the community of Chemin Neuf, a French Catholic and ecumenical community of vowed and lay people, particularly through their local community in Burkina Faso, a country in the Sahel region of West Africa.

Luke 10:25-37 tells the story of how Jesus is asked by a lawyer, “What must I do to inherit everlasting life?” and Jesus responds, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” The lawyer responds, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” Then Jesus says to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.” But then in order to justify himself, the lawyer says, “And who is my neighbor?” which leads Jesus to tell the parable of the Good Samaritan.

It is a theme rich in charity, mercy, justice and unity. We hope it will facilitate powerful ecumenical prayer and homilies in the 2024 commemoration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Hard copy and online materials for the USA Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be available at www.geii.org beginning in October 2023.

Hsin-I Huang, Solo piano

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Taiwanese pianist Hsin-I Huang captivates his audiences with his virtuoso performances, in which he exhibits masterful playing and profound musical sensitivity. His impressive range has attracted much praise, and his illustrious career has earned him many awards. As a soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Huang has performed throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States and continues to hold recitals around the world.