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Jonathan Biss
Soloist

Pianist Jonathan Biss published his fourth book, Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven, in 2020. The book was the first Audible Original by a classical musician and one of Audible’s top audiobooks of the year. Throughout the 2024-25 season, he continued his ongoing project pairing Schubert’s last sonatas with new compositions by Alvin Singleton, Tyson Gholston Davis, and Tyshawn Sorey, including performances in St. Paul, Philadelphia, and Seattle. He appeared with the Boston, BBC, Swedish Radio, and San Diego symphonies; the National Arts Centre Orchestra; the National Symphony of Taiwan; and the National Symphony of Ireland. He also joined the Doric String Quartet for dates in Denmark before going on to perform with Liza Ferschtman, Malin Broman, and Antoine Lederlin in Madrid, Helsinki, and throughout the Netherlands.

Mr. Biss has appeared with some of the world’s foremost orchestras, including the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics, the Boston and London symphonies, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2004. He has served as the co-artistic director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival alongside pianist Mitsuko Uchida since 2018. He served on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music for 10 years and has been a guest professor at schools such as the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Biss is a third-generation professional musician: his grandmother is Raya Garbousova (for whom Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto) and his parents are violinist Miriam Fried and violist/violinist Paul Biss. He began piano studies at age six and later studied with Evelyne Brancart at Indiana University and Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Leonard Bernstein Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a Gilmore Young Artist Award. His albums for EMI won the Diapason d’Or de l’Année and Edison awards. He was the first American chosen to participate in the BBC’s New Generation Artist program.

Jonathan Biss
Soloist

Pianist Jonathan Biss published his fourth book, Unquiet: My Life with Beethoven, in 2020. The book was the first Audible Original by a classical musician and one of Audible’s top audiobooks of the year. Throughout the 2024-25 season, he continued his ongoing project pairing Schubert’s last sonatas with new compositions by Alvin Singleton, Tyson Gholston Davis, and Tyshawn Sorey, including performances in St. Paul, Philadelphia, and Seattle. He appeared with the Boston, BBC, Swedish Radio, and San Diego symphonies; the National Arts Centre Orchestra; the National Symphony of Taiwan; and the National Symphony of Ireland. He also joined the Doric String Quartet for dates in Denmark before going on to perform with Liza Ferschtman, Malin Broman, and Antoine Lederlin in Madrid, Helsinki, and throughout the Netherlands.

Mr. Biss has appeared with some of the world’s foremost orchestras, including the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics, the Boston and London symphonies, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He made his Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2004. He has served as the co-artistic director of the Marlboro Music School and Festival alongside pianist Mitsuko Uchida since 2018. He served on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music for 10 years and has been a guest professor at schools such as the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Mr. Biss is a third-generation professional musician: his grandmother is Raya Garbousova (for whom Samuel Barber composed his Cello Concerto) and his parents are violinist Miriam Fried and violist/violinist Paul Biss. He began piano studies at age six and later studied with Evelyne Brancart at Indiana University and Leon Fleisher at the Curtis Institute. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Leonard Bernstein Award, an Avery Fisher Career Grant, and a Gilmore Young Artist Award. His albums for EMI won the Diapason d’Or de l’Année and Edison awards. He was the first American chosen to participate in the BBC’s New Generation Artist program.