The New York/New Jersey Chapter
of the American Liszt Society (ALS)
FRANZ LISZT 1811-1886
composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, author
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. Since 2005 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. 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.
American Liszt Society www.americanlisztsociety.net established 1964
The ALS New York/New Jersey Chapter:
Founder-President Gila Goldstein
Vice-President David Witten
Upcoming Concerts
Season 2023-2024
Events To Be Announced in the near future
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