Sir András Schiff
Hauptfachlehrender in den Kronberg Academy Studiengängen
András Schiff was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1953 and started piano lessons at the age of five with Elisabeth Vadász. Subsequently he continued his musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy with Professor Pál Kadosa, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados, and in London with George Malcolm.
Recitals and special cycles, including the major keyboard works of J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann and Bartók form an important part of his activities. Since 2004 he has performed complete cycles of the 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas in 20 cities, and the cycle in the Zurich Tonhalle was recorded live.
His latest disc with ECM Records released in April 2015 features the late piano works of Franz Schubert recorded on a 1820 Viennese fortepiano made by Franz Brodmann and was recently awarded the International Classical Music Award for best “Solo Instrumental Recording of the Year”. This is the second time András Schiff has received this award. The first was in 2012 for his recording “Geistervariationen” with works by Robert Schumann (ECM).
András Schiff has worked with most of the major international orchestras and conductors, but nowadays he performs mainly as a conductor and soloist. In 1999 he created his own chamber orchestra, the Cappella Andrea Barca, which consists of international soloists, chamber musicians and friends. In addition to working annually with this Orchestra, he also works with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Since childhood he has enjoyed playing chamber music and from 1989 until 1998 was Artistic Director of the internationally highly praised "Musiktage Mondsee" chamber music festival near Salzburg. In 1995, together with Heinz Holliger, he founded the "Ittinger Pfingstkonzerte" in Kartause Ittingen, Switzerland. In 1998 Mr Schiff started a similar series, entitled "Hommage to Palladio" at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza.
András Schiff has been awarded numerous international prizes. In 2006 he became an Honorary Member of the Beethoven House in Bonn in recognition of his interpretations of Beethoven’s works; in 2008 he was awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal in appreciation of 30 years of music-making at Wigmore Hall; in 2009 he was made a Special Supernumerary Fellow of Balliol College (Oxford, UK); in 2011 he received the Schumann Prize awarded by the city of Zwickau; in 2012 he received the Golden Mozart-Medaille by the International Stiftung Mozarteum, the Order pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts, the Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, and was made a Member of Honour of Vienna Konzerthaus; in December 2013 he was given The Royal Philharmonic Society’s Gold Medal; in July 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music honoris causa by the University of Leeds.
In the spring of 2011 Mr Schiff attracted attention because of his opposition to the alarming political development in Hungary and in view of the ensuing attacks on him from some Hungarian Nationalists, decided not to perform again in his home country.
In June 2014 he was bestowed a Knighthood for services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Schiff’s book, “Musik kommt aus der Stille” (essays and conversations with Martin Meyer) was published in March 2017 by Bärenreiter and Henschel.
In 2022, András Schiff was awarded the Bach medal of the city of Leipzig in honour of his services to “the greatest of all composers”.
DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN
Participants
- Julian Prégardien tenor
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Die schöne Müllerin op. 25 D 795
Sir András Schiff has spontaneously decided to present to you all an additional work by Franz Schubert: the Piano Sonata G major D 894.
This sonata contains much of the emotional depth of the 'Schöne Müllerin', as if Schubert had remembered his song cycle when composing it. Both works share a deep intimacy, melancholy and longing. They come from a period in Schubert's life when he was intensively exploring questions of love, nature and human existence and expressing his thoughts in music.
This leads to the following new programme for the concert:
16:00 Introduction to the song cycle 'Die schöne Müllerin' with Norbert Abels (instead of 17:00 as originally planned, duration approx. 30 minutes)
17:00 - 17:45 Franz Schubert's Sonata in G major D 894 with Sir András Schiff, piano
18:15 'Die schöne Müllerin' with Julian Prégardien, tenor and Sir András Schiff, piano (as planned)
You can choose to attend any or all of the events on the programme.
The concert ends at around 7.30 pm
Subject to change.
HAYDN UND MOZART MIT DER CAPPELLA ANDREA BARCA
Participants
- Cappella Andrea Barca
- Sir András Schiff conducting & piano
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano concerto No. 25 in C major KV 503
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony No. 103 in E flat major Hob I:103 „Mit dem Paukenwirbel“
Intermission
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Piano concerto No. 24 in C minor KV 491
Subject to change.
TRIO SCHIFF | TAMESTIT | WIDMANN
Participants
- Sir András Schiff piano
- Antoine Tamestit viola
- Jörg Widmann clarinet
Programme
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Fairy tales op. 132
Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Four pieces op. 5
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Fairytale Pictures op. 113
intermission
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Fantasy pieces op. 73
Ghost Variations
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Trio in E flat major for piano, clarinet and viola KV 498 ‘Kegelstatt’
Subject to change.
KLAVIERABEND MIT SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF
Participants
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
The programme will be announced on the evening of the concert.
Sir András Schiff dedicates the concert to the G. Henle publishing house
Subject to change.
KLAVIERABEND 4-HÄNDIG
Participants
- Sir András Schiff piano
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Julia Hamos piano
- Nathalia Milstein piano
- Schaghajegh Nosrati piano
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Contrapunctus XIII inversus à 3 rectus - inversus from ‘The Art of Fugue’ BWV 1080
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sonata in D major KV 381 for piano for 4 hands
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Andantino Varieé in B minor for piano for 4 hands D 823 No. 2
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Six Épigraphes antiques L 131
Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
Jeux d'enfants op. 22
György Kurtág (*1926)
Játékok (Games)
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Sonata in E minor, Rondo in C major for 8 hands
Sir András Schiff dedicates the concert to the G. Henle publishing house
Subject to change.
ERÖFFNUNGSKONZERT / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE / SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF
Participants
- William Hagen violin
- Bryan Cheng cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Sir András Schiff conducting
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Entr’acte No. 3 in B flat major from „Rosamunde“, D 797
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Triple concerto in C major, op. 56
When chamber music and orchestra come together, a very special energy is created: in his ‘Triple Concerto’, Beethoven brings together a piano trio with a large orchestra. Experience the unique ‘vibes’ when the three soloists bounce musical ideas off each other! There is hardly any music more suited to this than that of Ludwig van Beethoven, which radiates cheerfulness and joie de vivre despite his progressive deafness – and is often used in music therapy. In this concert, the Kronberg Young Soloists – alumni and students – perform together with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Sir András Schiff.
5:15 PM, Casals Forum, Great Hall
CONCERT INTRODUCTION K1
With Norbert Gertsch (Henle Verlag)
Subject to change.
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SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF / CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE
Participants
- Sir András Schiff conducting & piano
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
5 Minuets with 6 Trios, D 89
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
Concert without intermission.
Subject to change.
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SIR ANDRÁS SCHIFF / KRONBERG YOUNG SOLOISTS
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- LiLa cello
- Manuel Lipstein cello
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
„Kreutzer-Sonate“ No. 9 in A major. op. 47
Intermission
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 47
You have probably never heard Beethoven played with such fire, talent, and southern passion: Brazilian violin prodigy Guido Sant’Anna performs Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata” at the Casals Forum, embodying the positive energy and joie de vivre of Beethoven’s music like no other. See for yourself! Also appearing: András Schiff and other Kronberg Young Soloists with trios and quartets by Schumann and Mendelssohn.
Subject to change.
Kronberg Academy on Tour - Wigmore Hall
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- LiLa cello
- Manuel Lipstein cello
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 „Kreutzersonate”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Subject to change.
Julian Prégardien, Sir András Schiff
Participants
- Anja Mittermüller mezzo soprano
- Julian Prégardien tenor
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Selected songs and duets.
Subject to change.
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concert package “Lied” 176 / 144 / 112 €