Piano virtuoso visits Bay Ridge for special performance

March 24, 2015 By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Maxim Anikushin will be performing in Bay Ridge on March 27. Photo courtesy Art on the Corner

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Maxim Anikushin, a piano virtuoso who has performed at Lincoln Center at other famous venues, will be bringing his talents to Bay Ridge on Friday.

Anikushin will be appearing in a concert at Art on the Corner, an arts program at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 7420 Fourth Ave., at 7 p.m.

The program will include works by Bach and Beethoven.

“Maxim is an exceptional talent. When I watch him play, it appears as if his arms become an extension of the piano. His fingers meld with the keys becoming ‘one’ with the instrument. You don’t want to miss a chance to see and hear him in action,” said Rita Pihra-Majurinen, the artistic director of Art on the Corner.

A native of Moscow, Anikushin began his piano studies at age five. By the age of 11, he entered the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1991, he studied at the San Francisco Conservatory and completed his Bachelor and Masters Degrees at Juilliard on a full scholarship. He is currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the Manhattan School of Music.

Art on the Corner is a community-based arts ministry of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, where local, city-wide and international artists perform and have shared their art with the communities of southwest Brooklyn for the past nine years. 

For more information about the concert, contact Pihra-Majurinen at 718-745-8520.