Jonathan Biss
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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
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
Communication was not a strong suit for Robert and Clara Schumann. But music surely was. Lebrecht Music/Corbis hide caption
Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann
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
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