Indisputably one of the most prominent proponents of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach, András Schiff has long proclaimed that Bach stands at the core of his music making.  Over the course of two seasons,András Schiff has been focusing on The Bach Project in North America, comprising six Bach recitals and an orchestral week of Bach, Schumann and Mendelssohn with Mr. Schiff at the piano and on the podium.  The complete Project will visit Davies Symphony Hall supported by the San Francisco Symphony, Disney Hall supported by the LA Phil and New York City in partnership between the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, 92Y and Great Performers at Lincoln Center.   Individual recitals will be presented in Vancouver, Seattle, Washington DC, Chicago, Santa Barbara, Chapel Hill, Ann Arbor, Boston and Toronto.
 
Repertoire for the final chapter of The Bach Project will include The Complete Partitas and The Goldberg Variations.  Mr. Schiff’s final recitals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Ann Arbor, Toronto, and New York will feature a unique program with Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations following the Goldberg Variations. Mr. Schiff also plays this monumental program in London’s Wigmore Hall to celebrate his 60th birthday.
  
Mr. Schiff has established a prolific discography, and since 1997 has been an exclusive artist for ECM New Series and its producer, Manfred Eicher.  On September 24, 2013, ECM released Beethoven’s Diabelli Variationsrecorded on two instruments:  The Bechstein from 1921 and an original fortepiano from Vienna 1820 – the place and time of the composition.  A microsite created by ECM and devoted to The Bach Project and the recent release of the Diabelli Variations, can be accessed using the following link:  www.andrasschiff.com.  On October 29, Mr. Schiff will lecture on Bach and Beethoven in New York at the 92nd Street Y. Additional albums for ECM include the complete solo piano music of Beethoven and Janácek, two solo albums of Schumann piano pieces, his second recordings of the Bach Partitas and Goldberg Variations and The Well Tempered Clavier, Books I and II. 

ANDRÁS SCHIFF – THE BACH PROJECT  
FINAL PERFORMANCE DATES:

October 6, 2013 - Davies Symphony Hall - San Francisco, CA: The Complete Partitas

October 9, 2013 – Walt Disney Concert Hall – Los Angeles, CA:  The English Suites

October 11, 2013 - Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA: The Goldberg Variations

October 13, 2013 –Davies Symphony Hall – San Francisco, CA:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations

October 16, 2013 - Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles, CA: The Complete Partitas

October 20, 2013 - Walt Disney Concert Hall – Los Angeles, CA:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations

October 23, 2013 - University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, NC:  Goldberg Variations

October 25, 2013 – University Musical Society – Ann Arbor, MI:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations

October 27, 2013 - Symphony Center - Chicago, IL: The Complete Partitas

October 29, 2013 - 92Y:  András Schiff in conversation:  Bach and Beethoven

October 30, 2013 – Carnegie Hall – New York, NY:  The Complete Partitas at 8:00 PM

November 1, 2013 – Jordan Hall – Boston, MA:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations

November 3, 2013 – Koerner Hall – Toronto, CA:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations

November 5, 2013 – Carnegie Hall – New York, NY:  Goldberg & Diabelli Variations at 8:00 PM