Michael Lisicky
Michael Lisicky is an American non-fiction writer, and oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As a department store historian, Lisicky has given lectures at the New York Public Library, Boston Public Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, Enoch Pratt Free Library, DC Public Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and at New York Fashion Week. He has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and his works have appeared in such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He has contributed to newspaper articles in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Southern Living, and Fortune magazine and served as a historical consultant for the Oscar-nominated movie Carol. As an oboist, Lisicky has been a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2003 and was a former member of the Richmond Symphony and the Savannah Symphony. Lisicky serves as a historian for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and is the author of the Baltimore Symphony's 100th anniversary book.
On May 1, 2020, Lisicky joined Forbes.com as a contributing writer and covers department store and retail histories.Life
He was born in Camden, New Jersey and grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Lisicky is a 1982 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory and the St. Louis Conservatory.
He resides in the Fell's Point section of Baltimore, where he serves as the community's Towne Crier. Lisicky is married to oboist Sandra Gerster and has one daughter, Jordan.Works
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