Iddo Bar-Shai

Rôle

Pianiste

Pays

Israel

Born in Nazareth Illit in 1977, Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Shai studied with Pnina Salzman at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University, before receiving guidance from Alexis Weissenberg. Noticed from a young age, he began receiving scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation at eleven, and quickly established himself on the international scene. He performs in the world's most prestigious venues — Wigmore Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Tokyo Opera City Hall — and participates in the most renowned festivals, including La Roque d'Anthéron, La Folle Journée, and Verbier. His recordings for Mirare, dedicated to Haydn and Chopin's mazurkas, have received unanimous praise from the international press.

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Concert vocal

Martha Argerich / Iddo Bar-Shai / Magdalena Kožená

Interprété

Philharmonie de Paris

Born in Nazareth Illit in 1977, Israeli pianist Iddo Bar-Shai studied with Pnina Salzman at the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. He also received guidance from Alexis Weissenberg.

He garnered attention from a young age and, starting at eleven, received scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. His career then took on an international dimension. He performs in numerous European countries, Israel, the United States, Brazil, Japan, and China, in prestigious venues such as London's Wigmore Hall, Tel Aviv's Mann Auditorium, Paris's Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Tokyo Opera City Hall, and the Beijing Zhongshan Concert Hall.

Iddo Bar-Shai has performed with major orchestras in Europe and Israel, including the English Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra-IBA, and the Orchestral Ensemble of Paris, under the direction of conductors such as Lawrence Foster, Aldo Ceccato, and Jesús Lopez Cobos.

He has participated in prestigious festivals such as the International Piano Festival of La Roque d'Anthéron, La Folle Journée, Verbier, Ravinia, La Grange de Meslay, and the Radio France-Montpellier Festival.

His album dedicated to Haydn, released by Mirare in 2006, was widely acclaimed by the press (Diapason, Le Monde de la Musique, Piano International, etc.). In December 2008, his recording of Chopin's mazurkas was released on the same label, in turn receiving unanimous praise worldwide, with top ratings from prestigious newspapers and magazines such as Le Figaro and Fono Forum.

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