“Jonathan Biss, the highly regarded Philadelphia pianist, has been named to help lead the Marlboro Music School and Festival,” writes Peter Dobrin in Monday’s (8/6) Philadelphia Inquirer. “He will join pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who has been sole artistic director since 2014, and both will hold the title of co-artistic director…. ‘Marlboro is a place I’ve been going to for 21 years,’ … said Biss, 37…. ‘This is the sort of thing people say lightly, but this really is my musical home.’ … Biss, who studied at Indiana University and the Curtis Institute of Music, is a pioneer in engaging curious classical newbies through essays released as e-books and by leading a series of popular online Coursera courses with the Curtis Institute.… He is a member of the piano faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music and frequently appears under the banner of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, which is Marlboro’s sister organization (the two groups share staff)…. Biss … has known Uchida since he was 16 years old….. ‘I think the main job is to put that group of musicians together and to make sure those 85 people feel happy and productive and inspired when they are there,’ he says.”
Posted August 8, 2018
