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Sunday, November 12, 2023, at 3:00
Piano Series SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF The program will be announced from the stage.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.
Sir András Schiff Piano Sir András Schiff is world-renowned as a pianist, conductor, pedagogue, and lecturer. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he studied piano at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág, and Ferenc Rados and in London with George Malcolm. He has performed cycles of Beethoven’s thirty-two piano sonatas and the complete works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Schubert, and Bartók, which constitute an important part of his work. He now focuses primarily on solo recital, play-conducting appearances, and exclusive conducting projects. In the 2023–24 season, Sir András Schiff plays recitals presented by Carnegie Hall, Celebrity Series of Boston, Washington Performing Arts, Club Musical de Québec, Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, and Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City. He joins the Philadelphia Orchestra to direct and perform piano concertos by Haydn and Mozart and conducts Schubert’s Second Symphony. Sir András Schiff enjoys close relationships with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). In 2018 he accepted the role of associated artist with the OAE, complementing his interest in performing on period keyboard instruments. In 1997 Sir András Schiff established an exclusive relationship with producer Manfred Eicher and ECM New Series. Discography highlights include the comP H OTO BY © N A D I A F. R O M A N I N I
plete Beethoven piano sonatas recorded live from Zurich; solo recitals of works by Schubert, Schumann, and Janáček; and J.S. Bach’s partitas, Goldberg Variations, and Well-Tempered Clavier. His most recent discs, a two-CD set of works by J.S. Bach performed on the clavichord, were released in early 2023. He teaches at the Barenboim-Said and Kronberg academies, gives frequent lectures and master classes, and supports young talent thorugh his Building Bridges series. His memoir, Music Comes from Silence, essays and conversations with Martin Meyer, was published in 2017. Sir András Schiff’s many honors include the International Mozarteum Foundation’s Golden Medal, Germany’s Great Cross of Merit with Star, the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Gold Medal, a knighthood for services to music, and a doctorate from the Royal College of Music. He was awarded the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance in 2021 from the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. Sir András Schiff now prefers to announce each recital program from the stage. Sir András Schiff’s recordings are available on the Decca/London, Teldec/ Warner, and ECM labels. Exclusive Representation: Kirshbaum Associates Inc. 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 506 New York, NY 10001 kirshbaumassociates.com Bösendorfer 280VC concert grand piano provided by Yamaha Artist Services New York in association with Grand Piano Haus in Skokie, IL.