Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff known around the world for his incredible skill and talent is travelling to Moscow and St. Petersburg with concerts this September. The performer’s return to the country is organized once again by The Musical Olympus Foundation.

September 12 Andras Schiff performs at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow and September 14 the musician will play for the audiences in St. Petersburg at The Shostakovich State Philharmonics. It’s the pianist’s fourth visit to Russia in recent years.

Last year, Andras Schiff’s concerts in Russian capitals were an incredible success with the audiences. After such an astonishing response, Musical Olympus Foundation brings maestro back to the Russian public. “Andras’s delicate and spiritual art carries you over to another place, to a cathedral” – Irina Nikitina, the president of Musical Olympus Foundation describes her experience, “you’re taken aback by the clarity and beauty of the music”.  

The concert program includes Joseph Haydn’s Sonata N62 E-flat major, Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Sonata N32 in C minor (op. N 111) in the first act and Andras Schiff’s interpretation of Franz Schubert’s Sonata N21 in C-flat major (D 960) in the second act.  

András Schiff is one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation. He’s known for his virtuoso technique and musicality of his performances. Schiff has a unique professional individuality, a sizeable discography and two Grammy’s for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist for Bach’s English Suites and Best Classical – Vocal Solo for Schubert’s Swan Song album recorded together with a tenor Peter Schreier.      

Musical critics and the press unite in appraising Schiff’s extraordinary talents. “Every detail is so refined that it makes you think of a big journey or an intriguing and sometimes unsettling fairy tale. No sugar-coating, just a naked thought of a distraught modern man – and yet the performance is stripped bare of any flashy effects”, says Olga Manulkina, musical critic of Afisha magazine. Musicologist Leonid Gakkel wrote that “any point in Schiff’s performance is a high point in creativity”, while Vedomosti’s Petr Pospelov notes “If we were to find a pianist today who represents an intellectual musical tradition in its highest form – that person would be Andras Schiff”.