Inon Barnatan

piano

Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan, still in his twenties, has already proved himself an exceptional musician with a flourishing international reputation through his orchestral, recital and chamber music performances worldwide.

In recent seasons Inon performed recitals in New York’s Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Louvre Auditorium in Paris, Salla Verdi in Milan, Wigmore Hall in London, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Arts Theatre in Shanghai and the Rising Star series of the Ravinia and Gilmore festivals.

His orchestral appearances include concerts with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic orchestra, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Porto Symphony and London Soloists Chamber Orchestra. He has worked with such conductors as Lawrence Foster, James Gaffigan, Philippe Entremont, Nir Kabaretti and Kynan Johns.

Mr Barnatan’s debut CD of Schubert piano works was released by Bridge Records in 2006 to warm and enthusiastic critical response, and was recommended by Gramophone Magazine in it’s 2006 awards issue. In 2007 he released a Duo CD with violinst Liza Ferschtman on Challenge Records, with works by Beethoven and Schubert. Mr Barnatan also appears in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s first critically acclaimed release on Deutsche Grammophon’s digital label, DG Concerts.

An avid chamber musician, Inon has appeared at the Bergen International Festival in Norway, the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival in Canada, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, Music@Menlo in California, The Delft Chamber Music Festival in the Netherlands and the Lyon Musicades in France. He collaborated with the Jerusalem String Quartet, Chiao-Liang Lin, Miriam Fried, Gary Hoffman, Jonathan Biss, Martin Fröst ,Paul Neubauer ,Joseph Silverstein and Liza Ferschtman.

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Inon now resides in New York City. He is an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as a member of Chamber Music Society Two.

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