American pianist Jonathan Biss has already proved himself an accomplished and exceptional musician with a flourishing international reputation through his orchestral, recital, and chamber music performances in North America and Europe and through his EMI Classics recordings. Noted for his prodigious technique, intriguing programs, artistic maturity and versatility, Mr. Biss performs a diverse repertoire ranging from Mozart and Beethoven, through the Romantics to Janáček and Schoenberg as well as works by contemporary composers, including commissions from Leon Kirchner and Lewis Spratlan.

Since 2001, when he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic, Jonathan Biss has appeared with the foremost orchestras of the United States and Europe. He is a frequent performer at leading international music festivals and gives recitals in major music capitals both here and abroad.

In April 2006 EMI Classics signed Mr. Biss to a two-year exclusive contract. He has produced three recordings under this contract, featuring works of Schumann, Beethoven, and Mozart, that have received wide popular and critical acclaim. Biss has been a regular guest at the Gardner Museum, both as a solo recitalist and in a series of the violin and piano sonatas of Bartók and Brahms with his mother, violinist Miriam Fried.