Biography
Piano
Inon Barnatan
INON BARNATAN is a regular soloist with many of the world’s foremost orchestras and has been Music Director of La Jolla Music Society Summerfest since 2019. He recently served for three seasons as the inaugural artist- in-association of the New York Philharmonic and recreated Ludwig van Beethoven’s legendary 1808 concert with the Cincinnati Symphony. He made his SF Symphony debut in 2008 and became a Shenson Young Artist in 2016.
The recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, Mr. Barnatan is also a sought- after recitalist and chamber musician. In recent seasons he played solo recitals at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall, and reunited with his frequent recital partner, cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Passionate about contemporary music, he has commissioned and performed works by many living composers, premiering pieces by Thomas Adès, Sebastian Currier, Avner Dorman, Alan Fletcher, Joseph Hallman, Alasdair Nicolson, Andrew Norman, and Matthias Pintscher. Mr. Barnatan’s discography includes The Time Traveler’s Suite and Beethoven’s complete piano concertos with Academy of St Martin in the Fields on Pentatone, Rachmaninov & Chopin with Ms. Weilerstein for Decca Classics, and Darknesse Visible.
The recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, Mr. Barnatan is also a sought- after recitalist and chamber musician. In recent seasons he played solo recitals at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall, and reunited with his frequent recital partner, cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Passionate about contemporary music, he has commissioned and performed works by many living composers, premiering pieces by Thomas Adès, Sebastian Currier, Avner Dorman, Alan Fletcher, Joseph Hallman, Alasdair Nicolson, Andrew Norman, and Matthias Pintscher. Mr. Barnatan’s discography includes The Time Traveler’s Suite and Beethoven’s complete piano concertos with Academy of St Martin in the Fields on Pentatone, Rachmaninov & Chopin with Ms. Weilerstein for Decca Classics, and Darknesse Visible.
