Mischa Maisky

Cello

Born in Latvia, Mischa Maisky has the distinction of being the only cellist in the world to have studied with both Mstislav Rostropovich and Gregor Piatigorsky. Truly a worldclass musician and a regular guest at many major International Festivals, he has collaborated with the most outstanding conductors. His long and illustrious career has brought him many honours and awards, just some of which include: the 46th Istanbul Music Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, the title of Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music in 2019, Accademico Onorario of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the Honorary Fellow Award of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Maisky’s recordings have enjoyed world-wide critical acclaim and have been awarded several prizes. In June 2021 a set of complete recordings on DG with over 40 CDs was released.

Maximilian Maisky

Piano

Maximilian Maisky, born in 2004, is a Belgian-Italian pianist. He started playing piano at the age of 4 with Lyl Tiempo, and for several years he was a student of Hagit Hassid-Kerbel. At the age of 13 he became one of the first students of the newly opened Musica Mundi School in Waterloo, Belgium where he continued to study with Hagit Hassid-Kerbel and took regular masterclasses with Jacques Rouvier. He performed numerous times around Belgium with the school, both chamber music and solo pieces, and he enjoyed participating regularly in the Musica Mundi Course and Festival during the summer. Maximilian regularly performs with his father, Mischa Maisky, and his older sister, Lily Maisky. In 2022 October, he made his debut in Japan, playing at the Suntory Hall with his father. In 2023, he made his debut at the Philharmonie of Berlin. As of September 2023, Maximilian is an undergraduate RCM Scholar at the Royal College of Music under Prof. Dmitri Alexeev and Prof. Vitaly Pisarenko.