Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. He is also known for his public criticism of political movements in Hungary and Austria.
Schiff in Leipzig, 2016
Schiff preparing to perform Brahms' newly discovered Albumblatt for BBC Radio 3, 2012
The Barenboim–Said Akademie is an academy located in Berlin, Germany, offering bachelor's degrees and Artist Diploma certificates in music; it opened on 8 December 2016. It was co-founded by the conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the literary theorist Edward Said. The academy was financed to a capacity of 90 young musicians, with an admissions focus on the Middle East and North Africa, in the spirit of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
The façade of the Barenboim–Said Academy on Französische Straße
Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim in Seville, 2002
Pierre Boulez Saal