MATAN PORAT PIANIST Israeli pianist and composer Matan Porat has performed in distinguished venues including the Philharmonie in Berlin, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, ConcertgebouwAmsterdam, Auditoriumdu Louvre in Paris and Alte Oper in Frankfurt, and with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Geneva Camerata, SWR Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, Helsinki Philharmonic and Hong Kong Sinfonietta, working with such conductors as Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim, András Keller, Susanna Mälkki, Ludovic Morlot, FrançoisXavier Roth and Ilan Volkov. Known for his unique, narrative-based programming, his varied repertoire ranges from the complete Bach Partitas and Schubert Sonatas to Ives’ Concord Sonata and Ligeti's Piano Concerto. His award-winning recordings have won critical acclaim. Matan Porat has participated in prestigious festivals including Marlboro, Lockenhaus, Ravinia, Verbier, Hohenems, Rheingau, La Folle Journée, La Roque d’Antheron, Piano aux Jacobins and Musikfest Berlin. Chamber music appearances include performances with the Artemis Quartet, Quatuor Ysaÿe, Cuarteto Casals, Pacifica, Dover, Modigliani, Schumann and Jerusalem Quartets. His love for the performing arts has led him to collaborate with legendary director Peter Brook, touring with his production of Mozart’s Magic Flute for piano solo and 7 singers; with the Ballett am Rhein in the Dusseldorf Opera House, and with the music theater group Nico and the Navigators in Bozar and Konzerthaus Berlin. Matan Porat also improvises live music for silent films, hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross as “an astounding feat of creative musicianship.” Born in Tel-Aviv, Matan Porat studied with Emanuel Krasovsky, Maria João Pires and Murray Perahia, obtaining his Master’s degree from the Juilliard School. His composition teachers were Ruben Seroussi and George Benjamin. Winner of the Prime Minister Composers Award (2009), his works have been commissioned and performed by Nicolas Altstaedt, Avi Avital, David Greilsammer, Vladimir Jurowski, Kim Kashkashian, Maria João Pires, Andreas Scholl, Cuarteto Casals and Dover Quartet, as well as Ensemble United Berlin and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. They include two operas, four string quartets, a Requiem and a mandolin concerto. This is his first appearance with the Israel Philharmonic.
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