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András Schiff
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Beethovens Klaviersonaten und ihre Deutung
- Music Comes Out of Silence
- A zenéről, zeneszerzőkről, önmagáról
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1953
Discography
- Andras Schiff / Johann Sebastian Bach1990
- Schubert: Impromptus, D935; Ländler, D790; Klavierstücke, D9461990
- Schumann1995
- Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 88: András Schiff1999
- András Schiff: Concertos & Chamber Music2007
- Encores after Beethoven2016
- Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos2021
- Complete Decca Recordings2024
- Piano Odyssey2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 55,666
- Total plays
- 1,331,620
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From Wikipedia András Schiff (born December 21, 1953) is a Hungarian-born classical pianist. He was born in Budapest and began piano lessons at the age of 5 with Elisabeth Vadasz. Schiff studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and later in London with George Malcolm. He emigrated from Hungary in 1979[1]. In 1999 he formed his own chamber orchestra, the "Cappella Andrea Barca" (the name being "Andras Schiff" in Italian). He has since appeared as a conductor with many major orch
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-12-21 ) 21 December 1953 (age 72) , Budapest , Hungarian People's Republic
- Education
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music , University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar
- Occupations
- Pianist conductor
- Spouse
- Yūko Shiokawa
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.rbartists.at/kuenstler/sir-andras-schiff
- Image
- András Schiff Salzburg2013 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- András Schiff
- date of birth
- 1953-12-21
- name in native language
- Schiff András
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Article
Sir András Schiff ( Hungarian: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈʃif]; born 21 December 1953) is a Hungarian and British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music.
Schiff continues to travel widely to perform, although there are countries which he chooses not to visit because of their politics.