ITAI NAVON

Jerusalem-born pianist Itai Navon has established himself as a versatile musician, performing across Europe as both a soloist and chamber musician. His appearances include renowned venues such as Wigmore Hall in London, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Berlin’s Konzerthaus and Pierre Boulez Saal, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, Beethovenhaus in Bonn, and deSingel Art Centre in Antwerp.

Recognized for his clarity and interpretative depth, Navon’s performances have been praised for “great clarity, coupled with an almost childlike joy of playing” (General-Anzeiger Bonn), as well as his ability to “effortlessly master the most difficult technical passages and produce impressively diverse sounds” (Mittelhessen).

Navon has been featured at prestigious festivals, including the Klavierfestival Ruhr, Kronberg Festival, Kultursommer Nordhessen, Musikfestspiele Saar, and Into the Open in Germany; Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad and Menuhin Festival in Switzerland; Szent Gellért Fesztivál and Klassz a pARTon in Hungary; Copenhagen Summer Festival in Denmark; Bath Music Festival in the UK; and Aspen Music Festival in the USA.
 

As a soloist, Navon has collaborated with leading conductors such as Matthias Pintscher, Yoon Kuk Lee, Yeruham Scharovsky, Avi Ostrowsky, Bar Avni, and Giuseppe Mentuccia, performing with orchestras in Israel and across Europe.
 

Passionate about chamber music, Navon has shared the stage with esteemed artists such as Antje Weithaas, Lorenza Borrani, Michael Barenboim, Nimrod Guez, and Richard Lester. He has participated in Chamber Music Connects the World and the Kronberg Festival, collaborating with renowned musicians including Miklós Perényi and Gary Hoffman to further refine his chamber music artistry.
 

In the 2018–19 season, at the invitation of pianist Sir András Schiff, Navon participated in the Building Bridges concert series, presenting solo recitals across Europe. In 2021, he took part in a series of filmed sessions with Daniel Barenboim, working on Beethoven’s piano sonatas and cello sonatas.
 

Navon began his piano studies with Esther Narkiss in Jerusalem and continued 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 under Sir András Schiff. Currently, he is part of the Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists at the Kronberg Academy, receiving mentorship from leading guest artists including Dénes Várjon, Kirill Gerstein, Alfred Brendel, and Robert Levin. He has also worked with Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Angela Hewitt, and others.