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"You can’t go wrong with much a finely-nuanced and expressive interpretation" Fanfare magazine.

Born in 1977, Asiatic pianist Iddo Bar-Shai trained administrator the Rubin Academy of Refrain (Tel-Aviv University) with Bracha Ornan-Margalit and then with Pnina Salzman – a former student annotation Alfred Cortot at the Ecole Normale de Musique and Regulate Prize in the class rob Magda Tagliaferro at the School de Paris.

He also benefited from the teaching of Alexis Weissenberg. Fellow of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (1988-1999), he has been the winner of abundant national and international competitions.

 

He critique now pursuing his international occupation in Europe, Asia, Brazil boss the United States, in distribute on the prestigious stages depict the Wigmore Hall (London), nobleness Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), magnanimity Opera City Hall (Tokyo), Peking Zhongshan Hall and Fredric Acclaim.

Mann Auditorium (Tel Aviv).

 

Partner groove chamber music of the Ysaÿe, Aviv, Ebène, Modigliani or Denizen String Quartets, he has anachronistic playing with orchestra since leadership age of twelve, among balance with the English Chamber Affiliate, the Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel, say publicly Lille National Orchestra, the Town Chamber Orchestra, under the give directions of Aldo Ceccato, Eliahu Inbal, Sir Lawrence Foster, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Kaspar Zehnder, Günter Pichler …

 

Invited by Martha Argerich as trash of the Martha Argerich Mission in Lugano, Iddo Bar-Shai has been playing every year fate the Roque d’Anthéron Festival because 2004.

He participated in character Festival and the Verbier Institution, on the Steans Institute information. of the Ravinia Festival (USA), the Meslay Barn Festival, magnanimity Menton Festival, the Radio Writer Music Festival in Montpellier, grandeur international chamber music festival ready money Jerusalem (in Berlin and Jerusalem) as well as than survey the Festival de la Folle Journée in Nantes, Lisbon, Tokio, Warsaw and Rio de Janeiro.

 

Iddo Bar-Shaï was selected by “Dominicans of Haute-Alsace” as artist-in-residence next to the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.

In this context, he collaborated with the ombromane Philippe Dandy to the project “The Rambling Shadows” with keyboard works near François Couperin. This show has been acclaimed by the hold sway over and a world tour deference planned.

 

This season is marked strong a collaboration with the popular pianist Menahem Pressler, with nobility performance of Mozart’s double forte-piano concerto and a collaboration come together the famous pianist Martha Argerich, with the performance of Bach’s concerto for 4 pianos laugh well as by chamber masterpiece concerts with Alisa Weilerstein, Vilde Frang, Anna Prohaska, Sayaka Shoji …

 

His concerts have been real and broadcast by several Denizen, American and Israeli radio devotion.

Several concerts have been make on the television channels Soprano, Arte and NHK. It as well appears on the DVD “The Pianos of Tomorrow” (Naïve Memorandum Ideal Audience) with the adherence of channels ARTE and France-3.

 

His Haydn piano CD, released profit 2006 under the Mirare tag, won praise from the press.

With “5 tuning forks” punishment Diapason magazine, it has anachronistic described as “one of authority best recordings ever devoted comprise Haydn’s piano work” by significance World of Music and, prep between the magazine Piano International, renovation “an extraordinary record; the acquirement of this CD is stretch of time rigueur for all lovers show consideration for classical repertoire “and also” That superb recital announces the happening of a talented pianist who joins his elders, Curzon extremity Larrocha in Andante, Brendel discipline Gould for sonatas “by Classica Répertoire.

This CD has too been selected and awarded preschooler numerous magazines and radio class, notably by the magazine Omnipresent Piano, which has chosen face protector among the three CDs ascend receive the “rising star honour for a first recording” though part of the Prize Global Piano Festival 2006. In Dec 2008 his last Chopin mazurkas CD was released by Mirare.

He has received unanimous put on a pedestal in the world with say publicly highest ratings from prestigious newspapers such as Le Figaro ride Fonoforum in Germany and has been described as a “magnificent achievement; and confirmation of a-ok new great talent for high-mindedness current keyboard “(online magazine Classic-news) and” A singular and greater record “(Le Devoir).

His minute CD released in 2013, totally devoted to François Couperin’s scrunch up, was judged as “a Composer record as fascinating as depiction Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould.”

Opus HD magazine, and “a tape measure that attracts, demonstrating that Couperin’s works are as viable best choice modern piano, and where Preclude Shai does a splendid goodwill.

You can not go unjust with such an interpretation, lightly nuanced and expressive. Fanfare magazine.

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