The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society

Young Talent Concert

Max Zuckerman has won first prizes in the Portland Guitar Festival Solo Competition, the Menuhin-Dowling Young Musicians Competition, and the American String Teachers' Association national competition, where he was the first classical guitarist to ever win the Grand Prize for all string instruments in the junior division.  He has performed in master classes for Lily Afshar, Manuel Barrueco, Roland Dyens, and William Kanengiser, among many other top guitarists, and he has twice been featured on "From the Top," a PBS radio program featuring talented young musicians.

A native of San Francisco, Max studied for twelve years with Scott Cmiel of the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  He recently received a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where he is currently continuing post-graduate studies with Manuel Barrueco.  This year he has been invited to perform in various concerts in California and will premier a new work commissioned by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society.

This is the fourth year the BCGS presents a special Young Talent Concert. At this concert, Mr. Zuckerman will do the World Premiere of a new composition for solo guitar by18 year old composer Matthew Cmiel, who is the recipient of the BCGS Composition Commission Award.

Max Zuckerman website