PLENARY SESSION

A Conversation With Byron Janis
Monday, March 24,
9:15–10:15 a.m.

One of the world’s greatest pianists, Byron Janis has had a long, distinguished career. In this interview, Janis will share how he overcame the challenges of being a pianist with arthritis. He has played with every major symphony orchestra in the world and performed at the White House six times. Janis has been featured on television programs such as The Tonight Show, 20/20, CBS Sunday Morning and in the PBS documentary The Byron Janis Story. He composed the score for the musical “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Janis’s many honors include Commander of the French Legion d’Honneur for Arts and Letters, the Grand Prix du Disque, the Stanford Fellowship and the gold medal from the French Society for the Encouragement of Progress. His recordings appear on the RCA, Mercury Phillips and EMI labels, and he became a Yamaha artist in 2011.