{"id":15903,"date":"2023-05-10T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=15903"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T19:01:27","slug":"jonathan-biss","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/event\/jonathan-biss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Biss\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About the Event<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Described as \u201ca pianist whose probing, incisive, and deeply considered performances are consistently challenging and rewarding\u201d (<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">San Francisco Classical Voice<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">), Johnathan Biss is a world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">renowned pianist who channels his deep musical curiosity into performances and projects in the concert hall and beyond.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Biss\u2019s endeavors represent his complete approach to music-making<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and desire to imbue audiences with his own passion for music. Previous projects include<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> an exploration of composers&#8217; \u201clate style\u201d in various concert programs at Carnegie Hall, the Barbican Centre, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and San Francisco Performances. He also gave master<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">classes at Carnegie Hall and published the Kindle <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">S<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ingle <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Coda <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">on the topic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This program pairs one of the last three sonatas of Schubert\u2014works which address the mysteries of life and death, and do so unflinchingly and with astonishing beauty\u2014with a newly commissioned work by a composer of color. The intention is not to suggest a particular connection between the old and new works<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> it is to show that one can immerse oneself in the greatest music of the past and work to ensure that the present and future are more just, and richer for it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Program<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Schubert: Impromptu in F Minor, no. 1, D. 935<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Alvin Singleton\u2019s new solo work (15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8211;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">20 minutes)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Intermission<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D. 959<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">World Class Partner<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11714\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/VGP_Green-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"177\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Presenting Sponsor<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7786\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Dayton-Fowler-Grafman-Endowment.png\" alt=\"The Dayton Fowler Grafman Endowment for Classical Music logo\" width=\"247\" height=\"74\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7786\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dayton Fowler Grafman Endowment for Classical Music<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World-renowned pianist Johnathan Biss channels his deep musical curiosity into performances and projects in the concert hall and beyond, including works by Schubert and a newly commissioned piece by Alvin Singleton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":15905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[16,307,34],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Scottsdale Center For The Performing Arts","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/15903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15903"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsdaleperformingarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=15903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}