Matan Porat ( he, מתן פורת), is an Israeli

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

and composer. He lives in Berlin.

Life

Porat has a

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from the

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in New York City. He has studied piano under Emanuel Krasovsky,Emanuel Krasovsky
on Bach Cantatas Website

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and

Maria João Pires Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Early life and education Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthu ...

and composition with Ruben Seroussi and George Benjamin. He has performed piano recitals at the Philharmonie hall in Berlin,

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and

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in London, at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the

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in Paris. He has played with

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, Sharon Kam,

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and

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, with the

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and Ysaye Quartets, and as a soloist with the

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891. The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is Riccardo Muti, who began his tenu ...

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), is one of Poland's radio orchestra and premier musical institutions. It was founded in 1935 in Warsaw. In 1945 the orchestra was re-established in Katowice and since 2006 it has become a "Nati ...

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, SWR Symphonieorchester, Münchener Kammerorchester,

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and

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Hebrew: התזמורת הסימפונית ירושלים, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Simfonit Yerushalayim'') is a major orchestra of Israel. Since the 1980s, the JSO has been based in the Henry Crown Symphony Hall, part of ...

.Matan Porat Profile
Oper Am Rhein. Accessed January 2021. Porat has participated in festivals including

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, Ravinia,

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and

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Festivals. His compositions were commissioned and performed by

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, Maria João Pires, Kim Kashkashian,

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and

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, as well as the Academy of the

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) is a German broadcast orchestra based in Berlin. The orchestra performs its concerts principally in the Philharmonie Berlin. The orchestra is administratively based at the ''Rundfunk Berlin-Branden ...

. He has been the composer in residence at the Lockenhaus festival, festival Mizmorim in Basel, Chamberfest in Cleveland and at Intonations festival in Berlin.Matan Porat (Israel)
Nomus21, platform for new orchestral music. Accessed January 2021. Porat's playing for the silent movies ''The General'' and ''Metropolis'' at Marlboro Music in 2009 was described as "an astounding feat of creative musicianship" by Alex Ross,Alex Ross (June 18, 2009)
Music from Marlboro
''The New Yorker''. Accessed October 2014.,and as "quite sensational" by

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.Jeremy Eichler (July 31, 2009)
Marlboro man; G Force , Richard Goode
''Boston Globe''. Accessed October 2014. The New York Times mentioned his "magnificent sound and breadth of expression" from another performance at the 92Y in New York
Accessed January 2021.

Recordings

Porat has released three solo Albums for the French label MIRARE, "Variations on a theme by Scarlatti" (2013), "Lux" (2018) and "Carnaval" (2020), as well as two chamber music discs, Ives violin sonatas with Liana Gourdjia on the Printemps des arts label (2018) and "Contrasts" with Sharon and Ori Kam on the Orfeo label which won the Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik
Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Accessed January 2021.Matan Porat's discography on Spotify
Accessed January 2021. Matan Porat's discography on Apple Music
Accessed January 2021.

References

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