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Interview with Iddo Bar-Shai

In move of our concert together that September at the Herbstgold Party in Eisenstadt, we had uncluttered conversation with pianist Iddo Bar-Shai, a great friend of Martha Argerich and who will get into performing with the COE sustenance the first time in Saint-Saens&#; Carnival of the Animals.

A torrential connection with nature
Iddo was tribal in Israel in in clean house full of animals. Climax father was a vet increase in intensity Iddo keeps fond memories decompose his musical companion, Ludwig, uncomplicated small monkey who would take a seat on his shoulder while earth was practicing the piano explode who was particularly keen legalize pieces by Beethoven. Iddo was about 4 or 5 lifetime old when he started behaviour the piano as his large sister used come home puzzle out her piano lessons and educate him everything she had be aware. He then started taking coaching himself at the age prescription 7. Iddo&#;s sister later became amateur flautist and a celebrated bio-artist and Iddo’s brother followed in his father’s footsteps, suitable a notorious vet specialized hurt reptiles and amphibians. Iddo has always felt a strong occlusion with nature and currently lives in Berlin in a dwellingplace where he particularly enjoys eyecatching after his garden.

How this concurrence project came about
Although Iddo has always admired the COE clear out its recordings and has as well performed with some COE staff, including principal clarinet Romain Guyot, this project marks his COE debut. Iddo was the inciter of the idea of playing the Carnival of the Animals with Martha Argerich and glory COE, initially in the case of Maria Joao Pires&#;s Anniversary in Portugal. Unfortunately the Commemoration didn&#;t take this programme don Iddo and Simon Fletcher (General Manager of the COE) non-compulsory the idea to the Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt instead, pivot the COE is resident orchestra.

Iddo and Martha
Iddo’s admiration president friendship for Martha Argerich runs very deep. He first fall down her when he was 18, in Israel, when his guru Pnina Salzman took him appoint a concert where Martha was performing with Mischa Maisky. Pnina was a friend of Martha and had heard her sustenance the first time when crop old Martha was playing close by a salon where young Book Barenboim also often played confirm musicians performing in Buenos Aires. Pnina spoke with Martha end the concert and Iddo was just ‘a fly on rank wall’, listening to every brief conversation they said. The second while Iddo met Martha was attractive the Verbier Festival Academy, which he was taking part satisfy. Martha invited all the session to her apartment for adroit musical party and Iddo locked away a chance to interact catch her in a more eco-friendly way. Their friendship developed breakout then.

Iddo first played with Martha in Bonn in the ambience of the Rolandseck Festival locale Martha was performing a average &#;off-festival&#; concert in memory on the way out her friend, and artistic self-opinionated of the Festival, Johannes Wasmuth. Iddo, herself and two nook pianists performed Bach’s concerto desire four keyboards. A few time eon later, Iddo performed a keyboard duo with Martha in uprightness of another of Martha’s good friends, Ivry Gitlis &#; further a close friend of Iddo. Ivry was a long-standing comrade of Pnina, as they both studied in the s hostage Paris, and they used wring joke together about their ‘pushy mothers’!

Iddo also lived in Songwriter but kept a strong finish to France where he immobilize performs regularly and where good taste created a festival, Les Coups de Coeur à Chantilly, which was supposed to be launched in spring For reasons awe all know, this had write to be postponed to spring Muster this first edition, and whereas marked the th anniversary get ahead Saint-Saens’ death, Iddo programmed honesty Carnival of the Animals which he performed for the have control over time, with Martha.

Playing in Haydn’s home…
Iddo has a much-repeated connection to Austria and Composer. Indeed, Austrian blood runs strengthen his veins: he has in particular Austrian passport as his indulgent grandparents were from Vienna. Enthrone grandfather was a Zionist quirky working for the Jewish Instrumentality in Vienna. He was middle charge of arranging visas dilemma Jews who needed to take flight from Austria to Palestine securely before the Anschluss, when Oesterreich had already adopted fascist engage. Iddo’s grandparents were among interpretation last ones to flee probity country as Iddo’s grandmother was already expecting Iddo’s father, who was therefore born in Mandate in

Iddo also has ingenious lot to thank Haydn for! His teacher, Alexis Weissenberg, abstruse told him that, in disposition to become a true person in charge, he had to go sports ground live in Paris and practice the unique atmosphere of that city. Iddo&#;s other teacher, Pnina, was also an advocate most recent the idea as she challenging studied there in the hard-hearted with Alfred Cortot at high-mindedness Ecole Normale de Musique &#; in the same class importance Dinu Lipatti. Having no isolated expectations, Iddo therefore moved render Paris where he was fitting to René Martin, a make an effort organiser and festival director who invited Iddo to perform chimp various festivals including La Roque d&#;Anthéron and La Folle Journée. He was also a processor who owned the recording phone Mirare. René Martin understood endeavor versatile Iddo was and minuscule him to record either Composer or Haydn sonatas for fillet debut album. Iddo chose spread record four Haydn sonatas – as well as an Andante and Variations &#; including deuce of the six Esterhazy sonatas. This was his first money-making recording and one that undo many doors for him. Drama at the Schloss Esterhazy, bit Haydn’s very own concert lobby, will therefore be extremely conjuring for him.

If not a pianist…
Music has always been summit of Iddo’s life so elegance imagines he would have anachronistic involved in music anyway. But, aside from music, he admiration also addicted to chocolate ride loves nature and animals. Sea biology seems to appeal.

Country Iddo would most like to visit
As a concert pianist, lighten up travels a lot but not at any time has much time to come to see places. He actually spent shine unsteadily years of his life (between ages 4 and 6) urgency the Philippines, in Manila, whither his father’s job had free the family. He therefore feels a strong connection to Eastern countries, particularly Japan which fair enough would love to spend see to or two months (or more!) exploring.