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Itai Navon

piano

2022-2025
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. 


Last updated: September 2025
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
FreundschaftsSpiele

ANTJE WEITHAAS, DÉNES VÁRJON & FRIENDS II

Weithaas, Várjon, Students of Kronberg Academy

Participants

  • Antje Weithaas violin
  • Leonard Fu violin
  • Ruslan Talas violin
  • Noga Shaham viola
  • Sul Yoon cello
  • Dénes Várjon piano
  • Anna Han piano
  • Itai Navon piano

Programme

Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
Three romances for violin and piano op. 22

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Sonata No. 3 in D minor for violin and piano op. 108

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano quartet E flat major op. 47

Subject to change.

Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum
MittwochsKonzerte

Itai Navon – Distorted Dances

I. Navon, Zemach, E. Navon, Aavik, Shaham, Friedensburg

Participants

  • Itai Navon piano

Programme

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Suite from L’Histoire du Soldat 

Irena Svetlova
12 Chromatic Bagatelles for piano solo 

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Sextet in C major, Op. 37

Further participants
Bar Zemach - Horn
Elad Navon - Clarinet
Hans Christian Aavik - Violin
Noga Shaham - Viola
Clara Yuna Friedensburg - Cello

The program and concert flyer will be designed individually by the students.
 

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Tickets
24 €
Großer Saal, Casals Forum
Kronberg Festival - K3

YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF UKRAINE / DMYTRO UDOVYCHENKO / MARIIA KHODAKIVSKA / ALEKSEY SHADRIN / OKSANA LYNIV

Udovychenko, Khodakivska, Shadrin, Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Lyniv

Participants

  • Mariia Khodakivska cello
  • Daryna Bachynska flute
  • Dmytro Udovychenko violin
  • Aleksey Shadrin cello
  • Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
  • Oksana Lyniv conductor

Programme

Mariia Khodakivska (*2003)
"Die Jahreszeiten" für Solo Cello, Flöte und Streicher

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Doppelkonzert a-Moll op. 102


Concert without intermission
 

While the war in their homeland continues, they are travelling as musical ambassadors for Ukraine: the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, conducted by Oksana Lyniv, has already given one enthusiastically received performance at the Casals Forum. They are returning to Kronberg for this year's festival, bringing Johannes Brahms' passionate Double Concerto to the stage with Ukrainian Academy alumni Dmytro Udovychenko and Aleksey Shadrin. Emotional warmth and empathy are hallmarks of Brahms' music – and it has been scientifically proven that his music noticeably reduces listeners' stress levels. Who wouldn't benefit from that? 

Also featured: the musical ‘Seasons’, not by Vivaldi this time: colourful sounds for solo cello, flute and strings characterise the work ‘The Seasons’ by the young Ukrainian composer Mariia Khodakivska, born in 2003.


5:45 PM, Casals Forum, Great Hall
CONCERT INTRODUCTION K3 & K4
What the Music Does to You!
With Prof. Stefan Kölsch

Subject to change.

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65 €