Concert Review: Rank Has Its Privileges

Sir András Schiff plays Carnegie Hall.
by Paul J. Pelkonen

Sir András Schiff. Photo by Steve Bowbrick
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Sir András Schiff is one of the most revered figures in contemporary pianism, an international touring and recording artist with a vast CD catalogue and a reputation for cerebral programs that engage the mind and the ear at the same time. A former citizen of Hungary and later Austria, he is now a British subject, knighted by the Queen of England last year, in recognition of his longstanding service and expertise in a vast repertory from Bach to Bartók.