Pianist Jonathan Biss and members of the Elias String Quartet brought their Schumann: Under the Influence program to Carnegie Hall. Melanie Burford/for NPR hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: Jonathan Biss And The Elias String Quartet
Lisa Batiashvili plays the Stradivarius used to help birth Brahms' great Violin Concerto in D. Anja Frers/DG hide caption
Lisa Batiashvili plays the Stradivarius used to help birth Brahms' great Violin Concerto in D. Anja Frers/DG hide caption
Composer Robert Schumann has his share of critics. Pianist Jonathan Biss is out to prove them wrong. Michael Nicholson/Corbis hide caption
Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann
Communication was not a strong suit for Robert and Clara Schumann. But music surely was. Lebrecht Music/Corbis hide caption
Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann
Robert Schumann may have been the first to infuse a yearning for music of the past in his own compositions. Joseph Kriehuber/Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Hear Jonathan Biss Play Schumann In The Studio
Vocal duets by Brahms took pianist Jonathan Biss by surprise. J. Katz hide caption
One of the great unknown Russian composers?: Tsar Alexander II of Russia, in a portrait from c. 1875. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Jonathan Biss thinks the debate around classical music is centered on getting bigger audiences, instead of on the music. Benjamin Ealovega hide caption