Welcome to the online home of pianist Jonathan Biss. Included here is up-to-date information on his performances and recordings; audio and video; writings and ramblings.
A special page is devoted to Beethoven, whose complete piano sonatas he has now begun recording. Enjoy the site!
23rd January, 2012
(Note: This continues the dialogue begun December 6th with a post entitled, “Further Afield?”) JB: I’m very glad you ended your piece with this question of the single player of the sonatas versus the multiple players of the quartets, and whether that accounts for the fundamental difference between them. Very glad because as I was reading your piece, I felt – subject by subject – that you made a compelling case for the two bodies of work being more-or-less equal in terms of innovation, and yet I could not get away from my gut feeling that the quartets have a…
Jan 31, 2012
Mozarteum MOZART Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, K497
Salzburg, Austria
Mitsuko Uchida