Itai Navon
Sir András Schiff Performance Porgramme for Young Pianists Studies with Sir András Schiff, funded by the König/Reinhuber 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.
From 2022 to 2025, he had been studying in Kronberg Academy's Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists, funded by the König/Reinhuber patronage.
FRANKREICH
Participants
- Francoise Verherve
- Stephanie Winker
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Gabriel Schwabe Cello
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Itai Navon piano
- Irène Duval violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Benedict Kloeckner Cello
Programme
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Introduction et Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet (1905) – approx. 11'
Francoise Verherve, harp
Stephanie Winker, flute
Thorsten Johanns, clarinet
Sarah Jégou-Jageman, violin
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp – approx. 16'
I. Pastorale: Lento, dolce rubato
II. Interlude: Tempo di minuetto
III. Finale: Allegro moderato ma risoluto
Stephanie Winker, flute
Matthew Lipman, viola
Francoise Verherve, harp
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Scaramouche, Op. 165b (version for clarinet and piano) – approx. 10'
I. Vif
II. Modéré
III. Brazileira (Mouvement de Samba)
Thorsten Johanns, clarinet
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano
INTERMISSION
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Gnossienne No. 1 for solo piano – approx. 3'
Itai Navon, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 41 – approx. 31'
I. Allegretto
II. Andante maestoso ma con moto
III. Poco allegro più tosto moderato
IV. Allegro
Irène Duval, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Itai Navon, piano
Programme subject to change
NORWEGEN
Participants
- Ragnhild Hemsing
- Edgar Moreau Cello
- Itai Navon piano
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Suyoen Kim violin
- Irène Duval violin
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Peijun Xu viola
- Sebastian Fritsch Cello
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
Programme
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Andante in C minor for Piano Trio – approx. 11'
Ragnhild Hemsing, violin
Edgar Moreau, cello
Itai Navon, piano
Ragnhild Hemsing (*1988)
• Vetra – Chamber Suite based on Norwegian folk melodies for Hardanger fiddle (Norwegian folk fiddle) and strings
Ragnhild Hemsing, Hardanger fiddle
Kaoru Oe, violin
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Edgar Moreau, cello
N.N., bass
INTERVAL
Johan Svendsen (1840–1911)
• String Octet in A major, Op. 3 – approx. 38'
I. Allegro risoluto ben marcato
II. Allegro scherzoso
III. Andante sostenuto
IV. Finale: Moderato – Allegro assai con fuoco
Suyeon Kim, violin
Irène Duval, violin
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Peijun Xu, viola
Sebastian Fritsch, cello
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Program subject to change