Inon Barnatan (; born 1979 in

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) is an American/Israeli classical pianist.

Biography

Inon Barnatan lives in

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Music career

He studied with Victor Derevianko,

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at The

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. Barnatan often performs works by contemporary composers such as

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, George Benjamin,

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, and

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. He regularly performs with cellist

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. In 2014 Barnatan became the first Artist in Association at the

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listed his album ''Darknesse Visible'' as one of the best classical recordings of 2012. Barnatan has received many awards, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2009 and the Andrew Wolf Memorial Award. In 2019, Barnatan debuted with the record label PENTATONE.

Recordings

''Rachmaninoff Reflections''
(2023), PENTATONE *''Beethoven Cello Sonatas'' (2022) - with

on Pentatone *''Beethoven - Piano Concertos Part 2'' (2020) with Alan Gilbert, Lydia Teuscher, Toby Spence, Amy Lyddon, Rosie Aldridge, Ben Bevan, Neal Davies,

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, London Voices ( PENTATONE) *''Beethoven - Piano Concertos Part 1'' (2019) with Stefan Jackiw,

, Alan Gilbert, Academy of St Martin in the Fields ( PENTATONE) *''Schubert Late Sonatas'' (2013) *''Darknesse Visible'' (2012) *''Works for Piano and Violin'' (2010) with Liza Ferschtman *''Inon Barnatan'' Plays Schubert (2010)

References

External links

* *https://www.youtube.com/user/fidelio567 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnatan, Inon 1979 births Living people Israeli classical pianists Musicians from Tel Aviv Jewish classical pianists 21st-century classical pianists