Hungarian-born British musician

András Schiff

Intro
Hungarian-born British musician
Record Labels
Awards Received
Kossuth Prize
Franz Liszt Prize
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
Léonie Sonning Music Prize
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau
Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize
honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music
Knight Bachelor
Member of, past and present

European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Sir András Schiff (Hungarian: [ˈɒndraːʃ ˈʃiff]; born 21 December 1953) is a Hungarian-born Austro-British classical pianist and conductor, who has received numerous major 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. He is also known for his public criticism of political movements in Hungary and Austria.

Schiff is Distinguished Visiting Professor of Piano at the Barenboim–Said Akademie in Berlin, and the first artist-in-residence of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.