Official Trailer: Season 6 Eps 9: "Schubert Now" feat. Ammiel Bushakevitz

12 Jan 2026 · 2 min

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This content was created by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This content was uploaded by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This is a YouTube trailer (Official Trailer: Season 6 Eps 9: "Schubert Now" feat. Ammiel Bushakevitz) posted January 12, 2026. It includes an interview excerpt with concert pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz discussing Schubert’s melodic simplicity, creativity, and his Schubert 200 project to record Schubert’s complete piano works by 2028. The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song (the host) introduces the episode, highlighting themes like intimacy over scale, the return of Schubertiäden, and the podcast premiere (Schubert NOW) on January 13, 2026.

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As a pianist playing solo and working with singers, the thing that ties it together is the melody. Just the beautiful melody, which is something so ancient and so primal in humanity, connected from our ancestors and from our childhood. And especially with Schubert, there's this great simplicity that again is very, very primal, I find. It's very important to us that that Schubert remains important in these times where things go so fast. The modern world is just so full of distractions. So for us, it's important to work with the young generation and to make a place for enjoying the time and the peace that's in Schubert. Schubert has a very different voice to Haydn and Beethoven. A lot more fantasy, I think, and experimental in many ways. This creativity is for me the embodiment of Schubert, that his music is so— as I mentioned earlier, he was criticized a lot during his time for almost being too creative and not obeying the formal rules of composition, which were of his time. And I think that's why I love him so much, because he has this freedom that just— he follows his soul and not his brain, not his mind. And that is for me the essence of Schubert, is just the love and sharing the love.
We begin 2026 with Schubert. In our first episode of the new year, I sit down with concert pianist and recording artist Amiel Bruszkiewicz for a deep conversation about his bold Schubert 200 project, his journey toward recording Schubert's complete piano works by 2028, and why this music continues to speak so powerfully today. We explore intimacy over scale, the return of Schubertiäden, and why presenting classical music in more intimate ways may help shape its future. Schubert NOW premieres Tuesday, January 13th. Audio available wherever you listen to podcasts. Don't miss it!