InonBarnatan

“One of the most admired pianists of his generation” (New York Times), Inon Barnatan has established a unique and varied career, equally celebrated as a soloist, curator and collaborator. Barnatan is a regular soloist with many of the world’s foremost orchestras and conductors and served as the inaugural Artist-in-Association of the New York Philharmonic for three seasons.

Inon has performed with the symphony orchestras of Minnesota, Dresden, Barcelona, Stockholm, Ottawa, Innsbruck, Tenerife and Los Angeles; and recreated Beethoven’s legendary 1808 concert with the Cincinnati Symphony. Also passionate about contemporary music, he has commissioned and performed works by many living composers, premiering pieces by Thomas Adès, Sebastian Currier, Avner Dorman, and Andrew Norman, among many others. Inon has released a number of albums with Pentatone, the most recent being his Rachamninoff Reflections album, the centerpiece of which is Barnatan’s own new piano arrangement of the Symphonic Dances.

Recent concerto highlights include debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, as well as performances with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, LA Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He gave recitals and chamber music concerts in Ostrava and Schwetzingen. The 2023/24 season sees Barnatan make return visits to Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also give recitals with Den Norske Opera, Leeds international Concert Season and Wigmore Hall.

The recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, Barnatan is also a sought-after recitalist and chamber musician, and in 2019 he embarked on his first season as Music Director of La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest in California, one of the foremost music festivals in the US.