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Sir András' Next Project

Janos Gereben on June 24, 2014
András Schiff
András Schiff

Tucked at the end of the announcement about András Schiff being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II is this paragraph of interest to San Francisco audiences:

Beginning in February 2015, Schiff's next project in the United States will be the final sonatas of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert presented in the cities of New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Ann Arbor.

So the new Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire departs from his recent brilliant work in the service of J.S. Bach. Here's the extravagan BBC commentary on Schiff's knighthood:

He has been hailed as the greatest musician Hungary has produced since the composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. Alongside his brilliance as a pianist, he has a reputation as one of the great musical thinkers. His lectures on Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas remain a central tenet of music broadcasting."