Basel-Landschaft honors Michael Zisman
Michael Zisman has been awarded the 2021 Music Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft. The prize is endowed with 20,000 francs. The bandeonist performs as a soloist and in various formations and has already realized projects with numerous renowned artists.
Michael Zisman is a dual Argentinian-Swiss citizen and is regarded as "one of the great talents on his instrument, the bandoneon", writes the canton. In Argentina, he specialized in tango music. He developed an extraordinary brilliance, his playing is "natural and effortless, warm and exciting".
In his childhood, Zisman learned music mainly from his father, the violinist, bandleader and composer Daniel Zisman. After learning the instrument largely self-taught - together with his long-time colleague Peter Gneist - he studied in Buenos Aires at the age of 13 with Nestor Marconi and Juan C. Cirigliano, the former pianist of Astor Piazzolla.
In 2007 Michael was awarded first prize in the bandoneon solo category at the International Accordeon Competition Klingenthal (Germany).
