The New York/New Jersey Chapter
of the American Liszt Society (ALS)

The ALS New York/New Jersey Chapter

The NY/NJ Chapter of the American Liszt Society (ALS) was founded in 1992 by pianist Gila Goldstein who since has been the chapter’s president.

The chapter began its activities at the Barnard College’s Salzberger Parlor.  Between 1996-2005  it was hosted by the General Consulate of Hungary located in the Upper East Side. Between 2005 – 2023 the chapter has been presenting bi-annual concerts at the Yamaha Piano Salon in New York City and one concert at the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University (MSU) in New Jersey.

As of Fall 2024 the Chapter will host an annual concert at Klavierhaus, New York City, https://salon.klavierhaus.com/

The vice-president of the chapter is the keyboard studies coordinator at MSU, Prof. David Witten.  Please see bellow history of concerts the chapter hosted since 1992 and upcoming concerts.

Upcoming Concerts

Season 2024-2025

Friday, September 6, 2024 at 7:30pm: Maxim Lando at Klavierhaus, New York City, 790 11th Avenue, between 54th to 55th St.). Suggested donation: $20 pay at the door

Season 2023-2024

Saturday June 22, 2024 at 4pm: Piano Recital by Fei Fei.
Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, One Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ
For details: wittend@montclair.edu

List of concerts hosted by the chapter since its inauguration 1992

November 21, 1992 – Opening concert: Vladimir Feltsman & Jerome Lowenthal, pianists, at Barnard College’s Sulzberger Parlor

October 24, 1993 – Christina Kiss, piano, at Barnard College’s Sulzberger Parlor

March 28, 1996 – Jeno Jando, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City. THIS CONCERT WAS REVIEWED BY JACK SULLIVAN for THE NEW YORKER in the issue of JULY/AUGUST 1996

September 30, 1997 – Sara Davis Buechner, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

October 6, 1998 – Carlo Grante, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

December 9, 1999 – Mykola Suk & Janice Weber, pianists, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

February 20, 2001 – Boaz Sharon, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

April 11, 2002 – Justin Kolb, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

October 28, 2002 – Tihamer Hlavacsek, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

November 6, 2003 – pianists, Claire Lee, Ji In Park, Matthew Weissman, Renana Gutman, Dmitry Shteinberg, Magdalena Baczewska, Tihamer Hlavacsek at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

November 10, 2004 – Louis Nagel, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

March 21, 2005 – Magdalena Baczewska, piano, at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

November 3, 2005 – Daniel Glover, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

March 21, 2006 – David Witten & Balazs Sokolay, pianists, at Montclair State University’s Kasser Performing Arts Center, NJ

March 22, 2006 – Alan Walker, Liszt Scholar & Biographer, at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

March 24, 2006 – Leslie Howard, piano, at the Hungarian Consulate, New York City

April 8, 2006 – Balazs Sokolay, with Gergely Szokolay, pianists, at Klavierhaus, New York City

April 27, 2006 – Thomas Mastroianni, piano, ALS president at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

November 2, 2006 – Nancy Roldan, piano, & Jose Cueto, violin, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

May 10, 2007 – Artis Wodehouse, piano, harmonium at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

November 15, 2007 – Sandro Russo, piano,  at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

March 26, 2008 – Koji Attwood, piano, at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

November 13, 2008 – Gayle Martin Henry, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

September 24, 2009 – Nansong Huang & Arseny Aristov, pianists, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

May 13, 2010 – Robert Mitchell, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

October 7, 2010 – Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

April 6, 2011 – Piano Students Concert at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

May 25, 2011 – Cyprien Katsaris, piano, (in collaboration with the Cziffra Society) at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City.  THIS CONCERT WAS REVIEWED BY JED DISTLER at his GRAMOPHONE BLOG.

October 4, 2011 – Nadejda Vlaeva, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

November 14, 2011 – Jeffrey Swann, piano, (in collaboration with the Wagner Society of New York)

at  Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

January 10, 2012 – Alexandre Dossin, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

February 19, 2012 – Vadim Monastirsky, piano, at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

April 15, 2012 – Ksenia Nosikova, piano, at Montclair State University’s School of Music, NJ

May 10, 2012 – Garnet Ungar, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

October 25, 2012 – Gila Goldstein (piano), David Witten (piano), Inbal Segev (cello) and Eric Silberger (violin) at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (20th Anniversary season)

December 6, 2012 – Gyu Tae Ha, piano, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (20th Anniversary season)

January 11, 2013 – Beatrice & Christina Long, duo piano at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (20th Anniversary season)

March 7, 2013 – Young Artists Piano Extravaganza, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (20th Anniversary season)

May 14, 2013 – Pianist Viktor Valkov & cellist Lachezar Kostov, at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (20th Anniversary season)

November 7, 2013: Roberto Poli, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

January 16, 2014 – Jeremy Jordan, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

May 29, 2014 – Joanna Kaczorowska (violin) and Pablo Lavandera (piano), Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

October 9, 2014 – Liza Stepanova (piano), Laura Strickling (soprano), Itamar Zorman (violin) at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

June 26, 2015 – Eduardo Delgado (piano), Montclair State University, NJ, Cali School of Music, Leshowitz Recital Hall

June 27, 2015 – Rudolf Golez (piano), Montclair State University, NJ, Cali School of Music, Leshowitz Recital Hall

October 8, 2015 – Luiz De Moura Castro, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

March 24, 2016 – Lisa Yui, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

October 6, 2016 – Sofya Melikyan, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

May 18, 2017 – Emanuel Rimoldi, piano (concert is hosted in collaboration with London’s Keyboard Charitable Trust), Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

June 24, 2017 – Yilan Zhao, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State Univ., NJ

October 5, 2017 – Yameng Huang, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

February 26, 2017 – Hong Xu, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

May 17, 2018 – Steven Spooner, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

June 23, 2018 – Gila Goldstein, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey

September 27, 2018 – Peter Toth, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

February 1, 2019 – Eva Polgar, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, NJ

June 25, 2019 – Gila Goldstein, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

January 8, 2020 – Yi Zhong, piano, and Joseph Kingma, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City
THIS CONCERT WAS REVIEWED BY RORIANNE SCHRADE for NEW YORK CONCERT REVIEW

June 25, 2021: Lisa Yui, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey

March 25, 2022: ALS President Jay Hershberger, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City (one of three concerts to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Chapter).

June 25, 2022: Mika Sasaki, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey

September 22, 2022: Eduardus Halim, piano, Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

January 12, 2023: pianists Ji Hyang Gwak, Priscila Navarro and Derek Wang at Yamaha Piano Salon, New York City

June 24, 2023: Tiffany Poon, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey

June 25, 2023: Ann Schein, piano, Cali School of Music, Montclair State University, New Jersey