Inon Barnatan, pianist of "breathtaking charisma," returns to Portland Piano International with solo recitals in Portland & Beaverton, May 5 & 7
Inon Barnatan
PORTLAND, OR — 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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PORTLAND PIANO INTERNATIONAL has presented more than 220 artists in recital and through outreach activities. Some of the greatest pianists in the world of music have played for Portland audiences because of this organization. While pianists have many opportunities to play the concerto repertoire, this is one of only a handful of recital series that remains devoted to the solo piano recital. Portland Piano International is a vital part of Portland's quality cultural life and it has consistently garnered praise from both the local and national media, heralded a "consistently brilliant Piano Recital Series" (Willamette Week) and "one of this city's musical treasures" (The Oregonian).