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<strong>ANDRÁS</strong> <strong>SCHIFF</strong><br />
András Schiff is worldrenowned<br />
and critically<br />
acclaimed as a pianist, conductor,<br />
pedagogue and lecturer. Born<br />
in Budapest, Hungary in 1953, Mr.<br />
Schiff started piano lessons at age five<br />
with Elisabeth Vadász. He continued<br />
his musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt<br />
Academy with Professor Pál Kadosa,<br />
György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados,<br />
and in London with George Malcolm.<br />
Recognized for touring the globe with<br />
large-scale and concentrated studies<br />
of the major keyboard works, András<br />
Schiff’s special recitals of J.S. Bach,<br />
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert,<br />
Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form<br />
an important part of every concert<br />
season. In 2004 he embarked on<br />
an astonishing journey of the 32<br />
Beethoven piano sonatas and to date<br />
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has performed the complete cycle in<br />
20 cities. The Beethoven cycle was<br />
recorded live for ECM in the Zurich<br />
Tonhalle and released in eight volumes.<br />
Indisputably one of the most<br />
prominent proponents of the keyboard<br />
works of J.S. Bach, Mr. Schiff has long<br />
proclaimed that Bach stands at the core<br />
of his music making. In October 2012,<br />
April 2013 and October 2013 András<br />
Schiff will embark on The Bach Project<br />
in North America, comprising six Bach<br />
recitals and a week of orchestral music<br />
of Bach, Schumann and Mendelssohn<br />
with Mr. Schiff at the piano and on the<br />
podium. The complete Project will<br />
visit Symphony Hall supported by the<br />
San Francisco Symphony, Disney Hall,<br />
supported by the LA Phil and New<br />
York City in partnership between the<br />
New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall,
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