Portland Piano International: Inon Barnatan

A celebrated pianist of “breathtaking charisma” (Philadelphia Inquirer) and “uncommon sensitivity” (New Yorker), Inon Barnatan brings Portland Piano International’s season to a close with a program of mesmerizing music by Rachmaninoff and Schubert.

Rachmaninoff’s early Moments musicaux showcase signature elements of the Russian composer’s unabashedly romantic music — lush melodies, heightened expression, and thunderous, bell-like sounds — while honoring Schubert’s own Moments musicaux, emotional tone poems one critic called “intimate confidences from Schubert’s innermost soul.” And Rachmaninoff’s nostalgia-laced Symphonic Dances, his final expression of unfulfilled longing for home after 20 years of exile in the US, is born anew in Barnatan’s explosive transcription for solo piano. For tickets and more information, visit portlandpiano.org.

Inon Barnatan
Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave., Portland, OR 97201
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, 12625 SW Crescent St., Beaverton, OR 97005
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 7:30 PM