# Max Pollikoff

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**Max Pollikoff**[1] (1904 - 1984) was an American classical music violinist who created the *Music in Our Time* Series[2] at the [92nd Street Y](/source/92nd_Street_Y) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). The Series commissioned and premiered hundreds of new works. In 1923, when Pollikoff was 19, he made his first appearance in New York, playing at the [Aeolian Hall](/source/Aeolian_Hall_(New_York)). He won critical praise as "a violinist of considerable interest and promise."[1] He played works by [Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach), [Bruch](/source/Max_Bruch), [Sarasate](/source/Pablo_de_Sarasate), Chopin and his own *Legende.* In 1972 the American Music Center awarded his a Letter of Distinction.

Pollikoff was born in [Newark, New Jersey](/source/Newark,_New_Jersey). From 15 to 19, the McDowell Club had sponsored his studies in Europe and New York.

## References

1. Fraser, C. Gerald (May 14, 1984). ["Max Pollikoff : Violinist Dies Created Music of our Time"](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/14/obituaries/max-pollikoff-violinist-dies-created-music-of-our-time.html). *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*. Retrieved May 8, 2011.

1. Helm, Everett (April 14, 1956). "Max Pollikoff". *[Saturday Review](/source/Saturday_Review_(US_magazine))*

## External links

- [Letter of Distinction from the American Music Center, 1972](http://www.amc.net/about/historical.aspx)
- [Article on Pollikoff and Music in our Time](https://web.archive.org/web/20110201060507/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811052,00.html) in *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*, 27 April 1959

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