András Schiff was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1953. He began piano lessons at the age of five with Elisabeth Vadasz and continued his musical studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy with Professor Pal ...

Bartók faces a big decision: stay in Hungary or leave forever?

Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.” By Javier C. Hernández Taking a cue ...

Few classical artists are welcomed as heartily in New York as the Budapest Festival Orchestra and its brilliant conductor, Iván Fischer. With the assistance of an eminent colleague, the pianist András ...

Don’t let the elegant tails and cufflinks, the measured gait and the courtly bows, fool you. Yes, outwardly the pianist András Schiff appears to be the quintessence of Central European charm and ...

Sz. 101 44 Duos for Two Violins, BB 104, Sz. 98 Out of Doors, Sz. 81 Mikrokosmos, Book V String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114 Piano ...

Schiff has said he won’t perform in countries with what he calls strongmen leaders, a list that still includes the United States and Russia. By Adam Nagourney Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in ...

The beauty of having written for All About Jazz since the early years is that I was given one of the first personal columns, “Bailey's Bundles," as named by publisher Michael Ricci. I have used it ...