András Schiff

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Hungarian-born British musician (born 1953)

MusiciansBorn 1953 · age 72

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Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian and British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous 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.

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Schiff preparing to perform Brahms' newly discovered Albumblatt for BBC Radio 3, 2012

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Awards 14

2025Praemium Imperiale

2024Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class

2022Bach Medal

2018honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music

2013Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal

2011Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

2011Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau

2007Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

1997Léonie Sonning Music Prize

1996Kossuth Prize

1995Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Instrumentalist)

1976Franz Liszt Prize

Knight Bachelor

Pour le Mérite

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SpouseYūko Shiokawa

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Mari TörőcsikAlso in Mrs. Dery Where Are You? (1975)

János PilinszkyAlso in Mrs. Dery Where Are You? (1975)

András KozákAlso in Mrs. Dery Where Are You? (1975)

Daniel BarenboimAlso won Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau

Masaaki SuzukiAlso won Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize

Ferenc SnétbergerAlso won Franz Liszt Prize