b'Guest ArtistOne of the most admired pianists of his genera-tion (New York Times), INON BARNATAN hasreceived universal acclaim for his uncommonsensitivity (The New Yorker), impeccable musicality and phrasing (Le Figaro), and his stature as a true poet of the keyboard: refined, searching, unfailingly communicative (The Evening Standard).As a soloist, Barnatan is a regular performer with many of the worlds foremost orchestras and conductors, and he was the inaugural Artist-in-Association of the New York Philharmonic. 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 country, and he regularly collaborates with world-class partners such as Rene Fleming and Alisa Weilerstein. His passion for contemporary music has resulted in commissions and performances of many living composers, including premieres of new works by Thomas Ads, Andrew Norman and Matthias Pintscher, among others.Barnatans 2022-23 season highlights include concerto performances in the U.S. with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and others, and internationally with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, and Philharmonie Zuidnederland. Barnatan will give solo recitals in London, Kansas City, Aspen, and Santa Fe,and play chamber music at festivals throughout the U.S. Barnatan will also tour North America with Les Violons du Roy, performing concertos by CPE Bach and Shostakovich.A recent addition to Barnatans acclaimed discography is a two-volume set of Beethovens complete piano concertos, recorded with Alan Gilbert and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on Pentatone. In its review, BBC Music Magazine wroteThe central strength of this first installment of Inon Barnatans piano concertos cycle is that, time and again, it puts you in touch with that feeling of ongoing wonderment.Born in Tel Aviv in 1979, Inon Barnatan started playing the piano at the age of three, when his parents discovered his perfect pitch, and made his orchestral debut at eleven. He studied with some of the 20th centurys most illustrious pianists and teachers, including Professor Victor Derevianko, Christopher Elton, Maria Curcio, and the late Leon Fleisher.inonbarnatan.comPhoto by Marco Boreggreve'