JONATHAN BISS

Sunday, October 28, 2007 - 3:00 p.m.

Jonathan Biss, a 26-year old graduate of Peabody Conservatory, enjoys an increasingly busy international career in which he has established a strong reputation for intriguing programs, interpretive depth, and exceptional versatility. His two critically acclaimed CDs on the EMI label will be joined by an all-Beethoven disc due for release in October, 2007. Since appearing with the Chopin Society in 2001, Biss was named a Gilmore Young Artist, served as artist-in-residence on Performance Today, and became the first American chosen for the BBC's New Generation Artist program. His still-developing career has also been distinguished by an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award, and the 2005 Leonard Bernstein Award.

Artist's Website

PROGRAM

• BEETHOVEN  Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ('Pathetique')
• JANACEK  'In the Mists'
• BEETHOVEN  Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 ('Pastoral')
• JANACEK  Sonata 'From the Street'
  
• BEETHOVEN  Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

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Photo: Chester Higgins

"…a clear, penetrating, and commanding sonority; rhythmic vitality and robust feelings of every kind."

—The Boston Globe