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András Schiff in the Leipzig Gewandhaus (2016)

Sir András Schiff [ ˈɒndraːʃ ʃif ] (born December 21, 1953 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian pianist , conductor and music teacher who also has Austrian and British citizenship.

Life

András Schiff, contemporary of Zoltán Kocsis and Dezső Ránki , is the son of a gynecologist and grew up as an only child in a musically interested family. Schiff started playing the piano at the age of five. He first learned from Elisabeth Vadász and at the age of 14 began his studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, with Ferenc Rados , Pál Kadosa and György Kurtág , among others . He spent several summer holidays in England with relatives. There he made friends with the conductor and harpsichordist George Malcolm , who was around 40 years his senior , with whom he played and who awakened an understanding of Bach's music in him . Schiff received Austrian citizenship in 1987 and British citizenship in 2001 . In 2014 he was ennobled and raised to the English knighthood (" Knight Bachelor " with the predicate "Sir").

Schiff performs internationally, both as a soloist and with well-known orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Vienna Philharmonic and the Berlin Philharmonic . Schiff has been the founder and conductor of the internationally performing chamber orchestra Cappella Andrea Barca since 1999 .

From 1989 to 1998 Schiff directed the Mondsee Festival near Salzburg . Together with Heinz Holliger , he founded the "Ittinger Whitsun Concerts" in 1995 in the Ittingen Charterhouse .

In 2000 Schiff canceled his participation in the Schubertiade in Feldkirch , thus expressing his protest against the participation of the right-wing FPÖ in the Austrian federal government . In January 2011, Schiff and several artists drafted a resolution against the Hungarian media law and the interference of politics in culture under the Orbán government. In interviews he announced that he would no longer give concerts in Hungary because he was persona non grata there and he was personally threatened by anti-Semitic agitation. He was "very angry" with Hungary and angry about the behavior of the Jewish community in Hungary, which did not take a public position against these developments.

Schiff is married to the violinist Yuuko Shiokawa. He has residences in London and Florence . In addition to his native Hungarian, Schiff speaks German and English on a practically native level.

Awards - prizes

András Schiff 2013 in Salzburg

repertoire

Schiff, who is considered one of the best and most versatile pianists of the present, is a renowned interpreter of the music of Mozart , Beethoven , Schubert , Robert Schumann ( e.g. Kreisleriana ) and especially the piano works of his compatriot Béla Bartók . In addition, he devotes himself intensively to the work of Johann Sebastian Bach , whom he considers “the greatest composer who ever lived” and “the best of us”, although he does not follow strict historical performance practice , but rather Bach's music usually based on modern music Offers grand pianos of various types ( Bösendorfer , Steinway ). In 2019, at the Schubertiade master classes, he spoke publicly about the suitability of Steinway & Sons and Bösendorfer instruments for interpreting music from the early 19th century.

Recordings and publications

Von Schiff has recorded all of the sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as Mozart's piano concertos, as well as most of Johann Sebastian Bach's major solo piano works. Together with Peter Schreier he has recorded songs by Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann , with Robert Holl songs by Brahms and Schumann. In 1991 and 1992 he played with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Schubert's “Die Schöne Müllerin”, a DVD recording of the memorable concert at the 1991 Schubertiade in Feldkirch has been released by TDK .

In 2002 a double CD with works by Schumann was released on the ECM label , based on a live concert by Schiff in Zurich. In 2007 Warner Classics released a box with works by Brahms, Handel, Haydn, Reger, Schumann and Smetana (6 CDs).

literature

  • Christoph Kammertöns : András Schiff - an authoritative pianist. In: Joachim Brügge (Ed.): About András Schiff and the " Goldberg Variations " (= sound-talking. Writings on the history of musical reception and interpretation. Volume 24), Rombach Wissenschaft, Baden-Baden 2020, ISBN 978-3- 96821-012-4 , pp. 73-87.
  • Beethoven's piano sonatas and their interpretation. “Finding the language for every note ...” András Schiff in conversation with Martin Meyer . Verlag Beethoven-Haus Bonn / Carus-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-88188-107-4 .
  • Thomas Steinfeld : Justice for every tone. Da capo al fine: András Schiff's great recording of the Goldberg Variations. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 6, 2003, p. 30.

Web links

Commons : András Schiff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Wagner: Sir András Schiff on his 65th birthday: music master with an opinion. Concerti, December 21, 2018, accessed June 27, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Information about ship ( Memento from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the NDR website (accessed December 9, 2012).
  3. ↑ news.de: András Schiff no longer wants to perform in Hungary ( Memento from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Interview with Alex Rühle: Where to Trample Europe's Values , Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 8, 2011
  5. ↑ Interview with Peter Laudenbach: Europe must finally put pressure on , Der Tagesspiegel, January 14, 2012
  6. ↑ אינטרמצו עם אריק - בסגנון הונגרי András Schiff - Hungarian style. Retrieved on March 15, 2016 (English, excerpt from a YouTube video, interview with Andras Schiff ).
  7. ^ The Telegraph, November 19, 2012
  8. ^ A b András Schiff on the recording of Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier". August 12, 2012, accessed June 26, 2020 (English, YouTube video).
  9. ↑ Sir András Schiff in conversation with Prof. Dr. Bernhard Appel on Robert Schumann. Schumann Forum Schumann Network (YouTube video), July 27, 2016, accessed on March 15, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b András Schiff explains Bach. YouTube video, July 27, 2015, accessed March 15, 2016 .
  11. ↑ 19.09.2019 at the bar with Sir András Schiff. September 24, 2019, accessed on March 15, 2016 (conversation with András Schiff at Oper Frankfurt).
  12. ↑ Schumann Prize for András Schiff. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of February 9, 2011, p. B4
  13. ^ Orden Pour le Mérite: Member Sir András Schiff ( Memento of November 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ^ András Schiff In Concert - Robert Schumann: 2 CDs ECM Records
  15. ↑ Andras Schiff - Solo Piano Music: 6 CDs jpc.de
personal data
SURNAME Ship, András
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian pianist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest