Inon Barnatan, a multifaceted artist equally celebrated as
concert pianist, curator, and collaborator, returns to Portland for a pair of solo
recitals presented by Portland Piano International (PPI). For the final concerts
of PPI's 2023 / 2024 Main Recital Series, Barnatan will perform on May 5 at
Portland State University's Lincoln Performance Hall, followed by a recital at
the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton on May 7.
Acclaimed as a pianist of "breathtaking charisma" (Philadelphia Inquirer) and
"a true poet of the keyboard: refined, searching, unfailingly communicative"
(Evening Standard), the Israeli pianist has presented sold-out solo recitals in
many of classical music's leading venues, including London's Wigmore Hall
and New York's Carnegie Hall and The 92nd Street Y. As a concerto soloist, he's
shared the stage with the New York Philharmonic (including three seasons as
the ensemble's inaugural Artist-in-Association), BBC Symphony, LA Phil,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Chicago,
Cleveland, and Boston.
Equally at home as a curator and chamber musician, Barnatan is Music
Director of La Jolla Music Society Summerfest in California, one of leading
music festivals in the US. He regularly collaborates with world-class partners
such as Renée Fleming and Alisa Weilerstein, and performs with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center and at the major chamber music festivals of
Seattle, Santa Fe, and Spoleto USA.
Barnatan's extensive discography includes his latest album, Rachmaninoff
Reflections, as well as critically acclaimed albums of the complete Beethoven
piano concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Olivier Messiaen's
Des canyons aux étoiles ("From the Canyons to the Stars"), and Schubert's
late piano sonatas, which BBC Radio 3 hailed as one of the all-time best
recordings of the composer's A Major Sonata, D. 959.
Barnatan's programs for Portland Piano International are as follows.
SUNDAY, MAY 5, AT 4 PM
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University
TUESDAY, MAY 7, AT 7:30 PM
The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton
"Rachmaninoff Reflections"
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Moments Musicaux, D. 780
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF / INON BARNATAN
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Tickets and more information
Tickets for Inon Barnatan's Portland and Beaverton recitals are available now
at portlandpiano.org, where other details may be found — including the
complete Main Recital Series season and program notes.
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