Jonathan Biss (born September 18, 1980) is an American pianist, teacher, and writer based in New York City.
Biss was born into a family of musicians. His paternal grandmother was one of the first well-known female cellists, the Russian cellist Raya Garbousova, for whom Samuel Barber wrote his cello concerto. His parents, Miriam Fried and Paul Biss, are both violinists. After ... Show More