András Schiff (December 21, 1953 - ) was born in Budapest and began piano lessons at the age five with Elisabeth Vadasz. Schiff studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and later in London with George Malcolm. He emigrated from Hungary in 1979 and lives in Britain. Click here to be redirected to the Guardian website (a great resource for information about the pianist), where you can download some of Schiff's lectures about the Beethoven piano sonatas. To hear some of Schiff's performances of the sonatas, please go to the same website by clicking here.