Sitsky, Larry

Sitsky, LarrySitsky, LarryLarry Sitsky [Lazarus, Lazar] (* Tianjin, China, 10 Sept. 1934), composer, pianist, musicologist, of Russian Jewish parentage. Sitsky grew up in European concessions of Tianjin, showing precocious pianistic talent. In 1951 his family fled China, settling in Sydney. He studied piano with Winifred Burston at the NSW Conservatorium 1952–58, then with Egon Petri at San Francisco Conservatorium 1959–61, when he began composing seriously. A chief study piano teacher at the…