Itai Navon
Sir András Schiff Performance Porgramme for Young Pianists Studies with Sir András Schiff, funded by the Yvonne König patronage
Itai Navon regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician across Europe in distinguished concert halls such as Konzerthaus Berlin, the Pierre Boulez Saal, Beethovenhaus Bonn and Wigmore Hall. He has performed with orchestras including the Israel Camerata and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and at music festivals such as Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Ruhr Piano Festival and Aspen Music Festival. At the invitation of Sir András Schiff, Navon performed in the Building Bridges concert series throughout Europe. Furthermore, 2021 saw him participate in a series of filmed masterclasses with Daniel Barenboim featuring Beethoven’s sonatas for solo piano and cello.
Born in Jerusalem in 1996, Navon began studying piano with Esther Narkiss at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Conservatory, continuing his training with Emanuel Krasovsky at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv. He is a graduate of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, where he studied from 2018 to 2022 with Sir András Schiff.
Since October 2022, he has been studying in Kronberg Academy's Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists, funded by the Yvonne König patronage.
Espresso-Konzert
Participants
- Philipp Schupelius cello
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Adagio und Allegro
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
„Louange à l’éternité de Jésus“ für Violoncello und Klavier aus dem „Quatuor pour la fin du temps“
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Cellosonate L 135
Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824)
Sicilienne
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
3 Preludes (arr. für Cello und Klavier von Jascha Heifetz)
Subject to change.
LIEBESERKLÄRUNG
Participants
- Gidon Kremer violin
- Miklós Perényi cello
- Leonhard Baumgartner violin
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Yeyeong Jin violin
- Seohyun Kim violin
- Leanne McGowan violin
- Jason Moon violin
- Oliver Neubauer violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Marija Strapcāne violin
- Eike Coetzee viola
- Toby Cook viola
- Edgar Francis viola
- Laura Liu viola
- Joseph Skerik viola
- Otoha Tabata viola
- Maxim Calver cello
- Sebastian Fritsch cello
- Chase Park cello
- Macintyre Taback cello
- Alexander Warenberg cello
- Arne Zeller cello
- Dominik Wagner double bass
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Intermezzo in d minor for string quintet WAB 113
Gidon Kremer, Seohyun Kim (violin)
Laura Liu, Joseph Skerik (viola)
Chase Park (cello)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (Arr. Stadlmayr for 16–21 string players)
Gidon Kremer, Leanne McGowan, Oliver Neubauer, Guido Sant’Anna, Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Yeyeong Jin, Marija Strapcāne, Jason Moon, Leonhard Baumgartner, Michael Shaham (violin)
Edgar Francis, Otoha Tabata, Joseph Skerik, Toby Cook, Eike Coetzee (viola)
Macintyre Taback, Sebastian Fritsch, Maxim Calver, Alexander Warenberg, Arne Zeller (cello)
Dominik Wagner, Iurii Gavryliuk (double bass)
Intermission
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet No. 1 in g minor op. 25
Leanne McGowan (violin)
Eike Coetzee (viola)
Miklós Perényi (cello)
Itai Navon (piano)
Subject to change.
MUSIKALISCHE REISELUST
Participants
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Miklós Perényi cello
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Yeyeong Jin violin
- Evan Johanson violin
- Seohyun Kim violin
- Edgar Francis viola
- Katie Liu viola
- Itai Navon piano
Programme
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String quintet in C major op. 29
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, Yeyeong Jin (violin)
Edgar Francis, Katie Liu (viola)
Gary Hoffman (cello)
Intermission
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Suite for two violins, cello and piano (left hand) op. 23
Evan Johanson, Seohyun Kim (violin)
Miklós Perényi (cello)
Itai Navon (piano)
Subject to change.