He has also become an outspoken critic of the Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán, whom he has publicly accused of racism, anti-Semitism, and neo-fascism, stating in January 2012 that he would never again set foot in his native country.
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On January 14, 2012, in an interview with the German newspaper Der Tagesspiel Schiff accused the Viktor Orbán government of racism, anti-Semitism and neo-fascism, and declared that he would never set foot in Hungary again.
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He prefers to play a Bösendorfer piano rather than the more widely used Steinway, and when possible travels and performs with his own instrument.
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For G. Henle, he provided fingerings for new editions of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier (published in 2006) and fingerings and missing cadenzas for a new edition of the Mozart piano concertos (begun in 2007).
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On 16 January 2011, Schiff told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that he had become "persona non grata" in Hungary and would probably never perform there again "or even visit."
She gave the world premiere of Bach’s recently discovered aria, Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn BWV 1127 with András Schiff and Quatuor Mosaïques.
During the 1990s he made a number of documentaries in the BBC’s “Omnibus” series, including films with Jung Chang, Isabel Allende, Joshua Bell, András Schiff, Roland Petit and Zizi Jeanmaire.
András Schiff | Richard Schiff | András Frank | Schiff base | Peter Schiff | András Kern | Tevele Schiff | Moritz Schiff | Steven Schiff | Schiff test | Paul Schiff | Lewis Schiff | Irwin Schiff | András Sütő | Andras Schiff | András Sárközy | András Littay | Andras Jones | András Fáy | András Batiz | András Ágoston | András Adorján | Adam Schiff |
The Orchestra has performed with a remarkable roster of distinguished artists, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nicola Benedetti, Valery Gergiev, Hélène Grimaud, Nigel Kennedy, Lang Lang, Menahem Pressler and András Schiff.
He was head of the piano department of the Franz Liszt Academy for many years and his students have included such leading musicians as György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Árpád Joó, András Schiff, Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Valéria Szervánszky, Ronald Cavaye and Jenő Jandó.