The Program

Janácek: Sonata 1.X.1905, From the Street
Rands: Three Pieces [Phila. Premiere] 
Beethoven: Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata"
Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17

The Artist

Jonathan Biss began his piano studies at age six, first collaborating with his mother, violinist Miriam Fried, and his father, violist/violinist Paul Biss.  At the age of 17, he went to the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Leon Fleisher.  He made his New York recital debut at the 92nd Street Y in 2000 and has since given recitals throughout the country.  Abroad he has performed with the BBC Symphony, the Munich Philharmonic and the Staatskapelle Berlin and at the Verbier and Bad Kissingen Festivals; he has also given recitals in London and Zurich, at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in Germany.  Mr. Biss was an artist-in-residence on NPR's Performance Today and has been recognized with numerous awards, including Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2003 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.  Jonathan Biss’s newest recording is an album of Schubert Sonatas—A Major, D. 959 and C Major, D. 840—and two short Kurtág pieces from Játékok.  This album follows four acclaimed recordings he made for EMI Classics.  For more information on Jonathan Biss, visit www.jonathanbiss.com